Уютное «обволакивающее» пространство с множеством милых русскому сердцу мелочей, с мягкой зелено-охристой интерьерной гаммой, с обилием деревянной отделки… Кажется, это не у нас и не сейчас, а где-то в окрестностях Лондона, в конце XIX - начале XX века. Architect Zhanna Kochurova I am sure that this idea of ​​comfort and family happiness is closest to the Russian person. The inner gaze of our compatriot is focused on the style and aesthetics developed in Northern Europe and in the UK. The customer turned out to be just such a person.

“I prefer to work with English styles,” explains the author of the project. - All English styles have clear basic characteristics, although these features are few. Therefore, the English theme is easily “strung”, like beads, onto one main semantic thread. ” The classical organization of space became the center of the project.

The classical approach is based on essentially simple things: proportions, the system of axes, symmetry and the ratio of volumes. Contrary to the narrow-mindedness, the basis is always architecture, a plan, that is, a scheme, a skeleton of space. “If the volume is built correctly (that is, all functions of the space are thought out, the optimal ways of moving the household, the most convenient ratio of sizes, heights), the style and image will come by themselves, this is a matter of professional intuition,” says Zhanna Kochurova. - In addition, for our northern climate the system of contrasts, which is inherent in the British interior, came in very handy. The lack of sun and daylight found in its tradition there its compensation in the form of a bright, contrasting interior. And the laws of color combinations are quite strict. For example, there are two leading colors. Or, say, three.

Here, the main tone was the dense, thick color of mature grass - the so-called English green. And the tree - dark natural and light colored - is included in one or another stage setting based on a specific task. At the junction of the corridor and the dining room, the architect used a simple technique - created the illusion that the visitor enters from the hallway into a room flooded with light. To do this, the corridor was “blacked out”, using rich colors, and in the future, where the look should be, they put light furniture. The effect is enhanced by another trick: the space between the two bearing columns is filled with a library, which gives the effect of a continuing space.

English style is easy to grasp - and it is not easy to imitate. A small arsenal of techniques - wide baseboards or panels, developed door trim panels, the ratio of colors, the "allowable" amount of wood in the finish - all these techniques should be carefully applied, measuring the proportion of each eye. Therefore, the English interior every time it turns out its own, the author, believes Zhanna Kochurova.

Architect Zhanna Kochurova: “The architect must understand the avalanche of customer's wishes, choose two or three of the most important ones, sift everything heard through his professional filter from experience, taste preferences, through the most diverse layers of knowledge (and not only architectural ones) and build an image. That is why the project - it is always communication at the individual level. Personalities and customer, and architect "