More space won’t fix a bad layout

If adding square metres automatically improved life, open-plan mansions would be calm, focused, and deeply functional. They’re often none of those things.

What I see again and again isn’t a lack of space — it’s a lack of spatial intelligence.

Bad layouts create constant micro-stress:

• crossing paths that don’t need to cross

• noise bleeding into moments that require calm

• daily routines fighting each other instead of flowing

So when we “solve” this by extending, we don’t fix the problem — we scale it.

More rooms won’t give you clarity. Clear relationships between rooms will.

Before building out, ask:

• Which spaces clash daily?

• Where does noise travel when it shouldn’t?

• Which rooms are doing jobs they were never designed for?

Good layout design reduces decisions, friction, and fatigue.

That’s not aesthetics — that’s performance.

Space is expensive. Thinking is cheaper — and far more effective.