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Christoph Roedig and Uli Schop live in a duplex in the 10-unit co-op building they designed in Berlin’s Mitte neighborhood. The plot the building stands on, which was nearly empty until the middle of the last decade, cost about $360,000. Construction was completed in 2005 and cost an additional $1.1 million.
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Uli Schop, left, and Mr. Christoph Roedig, right, partners in life and in work, in the upstairs living space of their duplex. Large windows on this level can open 180 degrees, turning the living area into what Mr. Roedig describes as a “balcony room.”
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The lime-green kitchen is an island in the center of the apartment. The steel stairs bolted to the concrete wall appear suspended in mid-air.
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The dining area faces the open kitchen. The dining room table was custom built. The white plastic, stacking chairs from Bontempi Casa Spider were purchased for about $575 from Die Rosen Kugel, a Berlin garden and furniture store.
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Matching wing chairs from Mr. Schop’s parents and a rug from Mr. Roedig’s family furnish the downstairs sitting area.
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The building’s owners share a garret apartment, which has commanding views of downtown Berlin. The coveted top-floor apartment rotates weekly between each tenant.
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In the couple’s bedroom, the oak platform bed was custom built by a local carpenter.
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