At the heart of the layout of a two-story apartment is the shape of a semicircle. The center is a staircase to the second floor. Around this center, on different radii, are the semicircular walls of the dressing room and corridor. More distant rooms have a standard, rectangular shape. Where the corridor enters the dining room, the lines of the semicircle continue in the floor drawing. This drawing is laid out in various segments of parquet and tile zoning space.

The colors chosen are fairly calm: light beige, light gray. But nevertheless the architect Vera Gerasimova decided to add to the pastel palette a small amount of more thick and bright colors. In some rooms, colors play in contrast. For example, in the corridor, the sand tint of walls with graphic works in frames is in harmony with the color of the floor tiled with a pattern that looks like thick blue ink stains. Such a contrast at the same time does not strain the eyes and looks stylistically very true. Color was also one of the criteria when choosing materials.

According to the design studio project ArnatThe materials used here are mostly eco-friendly: the apartment has a lot of wood (beams, light maple parquet), glass and metal. Separate attention deserves a bedroom on the second (closed to guests) floor. It was decided to use more textured materials. Wall-paper is selected multilayer and fibrous, similar to the dried straw. There is a chair made of wire braided with soft rope and a lamp made of rough white paper. The room is designed according to its purpose: it is warm and cozy in the bedroom. Plus, there is a feeling of lightness and spaciousness.

The project as a whole was designed to make guests feel: it is spacious and unusual here. Furniture has the same effect. For example, in the kitchen a lot of glass furniture, which looks very light. All kitchen appliances removed in a special niche. The rooms are only squat storage systems and small open shelves with light. There are no massive cabinets or racks. The curtains in most rooms are multi-layered, but very light and almost transparent. There is a lot of light and not enough furniture - this decision successfully echoes the nature of customers who lead an active lifestyle and follow design trends.

There, where it could be boring to look, added some details. But so that they do not oversaturated the space, but only placed accents. For example, a glass "apron" with lighting in the kitchen, a designer chair in the bedroom or a large frosted glass lamp in the dining room. A kind of highlight among such accents is a large aquarium, mounted in a bar in the kitchen.

According to the architect, no need to pay attention to any one aspect, any single idea, even if it seems to be the most important one. Whole project Vera Gerasimova built on the fact that in the layout itself, and in the use of materials, and in the selection of furniture, the necessary proportion is observed. And the proportion, as in algebra, helps to solve the equation quickly and without errors.

Project author Vera Gerasimova: "We tried to create a project for people young, active and creative. Therefore, the apartment turned out to be eclectic minimalist. Space is non-linear and complex. Some details in it are custom-made in a single copy. And the result is the character of the owners and the character of the interior almost completely coincide."