House with character

mansion in the suburbs with a total area of ​​420 m2

Passing the gallery

A photo: Sergey Ananiev

Text: Kira Khmelnitsky

Project author: Lana Kulishenko

Architect: Maria Zakharova, Alexandra Panteleeva, Anna Lavrenova

Magazine: de Luxe Classic N2 2012

Mansion in the near suburbs, designed by an architect Lanoi Kulishenko, seems like a specimen of respectable classic style only at first glance

Mansion, designed by the architect Lanoi Kulishenko, built on the model of a real English manor: a small but imposing, made of “eternal” wood and stone, surrounded by a garden, with a cabinet, a billiard room and a wine collection. It was quite logical to choose the style of comfortable and “warm” English classics for interiors. The spirit of a country English house is observed everywhere except in the SPA-zone.

Work on the project began for Co- Kulişenko and the architects of the Bureau "Triangle" with the design of the facades of the already erected volume. It did not require rebuilding of the building: the intervention of the architects was limited to refining the exterior walls with classical elements in the English style. The main work had to go inside: a three-story house with an area of ​​420 square meters was to be divided into functional zones and create an interior in the spirit of comfortable Victorian classics.

The core of the internal volume of the house has become a staircase. On each floor around the staircase hall are grouped rooms. On the ground floor - common areas: kitchen, dining room, living room. On the second - master bedroom, guest room, owner's office. The basement accommodates spaces that do not require natural light: a billiard room with a bar, a vinotheque and utility rooms.

In the decoration of the house, it was decided to use only stone and lacquered wood. The entrance hall and living room, the billiard room and the guest bedroom - the most representative rooms - are decorated in dark noble maroon-brown tones. For the design of family rooms, such as the dining room and the master bedroom, the architect chose lighter, cream shades. Lana departed from the "classic" color scheme in only one part of the house - in the underground SPA, connected to the basement floor by a gallery.

If a solid English classic reigns at the rest of the mansion, the architect decided to arrange “tropics” in the pool. The underground space is decorated in the open-air atrium style. The walls and the floor of the pool Lana proposed to lay out a glass mosaic based on the island cycle of Paul Gauguin. Gilded columns are placed between the mosaic canvases supporting the mosaic cornice. The ceiling of the pool is a stretch ceiling in the form of a velvety southern sky shimmering with constellations and comets. For the adjoining premises, the architect chose the works of another famous artist of the end of the 19th century - Alphonse Mucha. According to Co- Kulişenko, the idea of ​​arranging a SPA area in a “tropical” manner prompted the identity of the customer - a person with a bright personality and charisma.

Architect Lana Kulishenko: “The character of this mansion was determined by the extraordinary personality of its owner, a serious and thorough man, but at the same time bright, charismatic and sensitive to beauty. His house could not only be classic, it had to reflect the versatility of the host’s character ”

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