Historic flats, it appears, discover our studio by themselves. They know for certain that we’ll deal with them with respect. This time, our condominium is situated in Lipki, one of many historic districts of Kyiv; cosy and inexperienced. The condominium is situated on the second ground of a home designed by the architect Verbytskyi in 1908. Down the road, the turbulent metropolis begins, however our home stands peacefully amongst outdated linden timber.
The condominium has an space of 175 sq.m. and four-metre excessive ceilings. The entrance a part of the flat is stuffed with huge home windows so the sunshine, which penetrates the dwelling, is actually unbelievable. A bay window with a splendid balcony and the presence of a functioning hearth in the lounge bought this condominium to my shoppers. The area had numerous potential, however earlier than the transformation began, many dismantling and planning choices needed to be made.
The dismantling course of took two and a half months. We cleared away the layers of time, again to the time of the creation of the home itself. We revealed and widened the doorways as much as their authentic sizes, seen the traces of the 1941 hearth, eliminated an unbelievable quantity of outdated plaster and rotten beams. Within the archives we discovered the plan from 1908 and tried to observe it, whereas including trendy performance.
Our shoppers are an lovable household with two youngsters. They got here to us with a quick to create an area full of historic components and senses, however, on the similar time, not cluttered with pointless issues. These individuals are true minimalists with regards to commodities, taking a aware method in direction of buying something new. Typically it could appear that inside pictures are purposefully cleaned up, however in our case, these pictures signify on a regular basis actuality!
The lounge has develop into the centre of our condominium, to which we connected the kitchen space. So as to not spoil the classical plan of the premises, we divided these two areas with an arch, preserving the contours of the stucco on the ceiling. The arch additionally hides built-in cabinets, the fridge and air con unit. We performed hide-and-seek with up to date house home equipment, with the intention of preserving performance with out dropping magnificence.
The lounge has a unbelievable space – 64 sq.m – and once we open the unique doorway to the bed room we achieve an excellent larger perspective of as much as 17 m lengthy. The condominium area is split into two blocks: an adults’ block and a youngsters’s one. Because of round passages in every block, the condominium feels ethereal, and the actual sq. footage is scaled to extra manageable proportions. The construction, on which we constructed our venture, is sort of basic, however owing to the utilized supplies and hues, the area sparkles with a contemporary palette.
The central philosophy of our studio is that the area that we create ought to be timeless, and the supplies used need to age with dignity. Subsequently, we use solely pure supplies, reasonably than creating completely clean surfaces.
The feel of the partitions is tough and uneven; all of the corners are rounded and the color is heat white, contrasted by the snow-white doorways and home windows, which had been custom-made in accordance with basic drawings of the constructing. The stucco was additionally custom-made from sketches made by our studio. It’s our interpretation of the period of artwork nouveau. The sketches of the unique stucco had been sadly misplaced. The ground is manufactured from two supplies: parquet with a checkerboard sample (typical of the artwork nouveau interval in Kyiv) and white marble terrazzo. Italian travertine adorns the kitchen and the fireside, shading the monochrome of the partitions.
Workforce: Iya Turabelidze, Emil Dervish, Katerina Bandura; Location: Kyiv, Ukraine; Complete space: 175 sq.m.; Implementation: 2022; Photograph: Yevhenii Avramenko;
Supply: Inside Zine
