Personal space

two-level apartment with an area of ​​228 m2

Passing the gallery

A photo: Dmitry Livshits

Text: Karina Chumakova

Project author: Vera Gerasimova

Architect: Irina Sapronova

Magazine: N11 (155) 2010

Competently organized apartment, in which everyone - both large and small - has its own personal space, allows parents to live in their own rhythm, and for children - from early age to learn independence

Architect Vera Gerasimova I tried to follow the wishes of customers as accurately as possible when developing this project. In their new home, they wanted to provide for the possibility of complete rest and, if necessary, work for themselves and their children, regardless of each other's daily routine.

The starting point for this two-level space became two apartments located one above the other with a similar layout. They were combined with the help of a spiral staircase, but each of the floors retained a separate entrance and functions as a completely autonomous living space.

The layout of both floors used similar techniques: both at the top and at the bottom there are spacious living rooms combined in one volume with the kitchen. Both living rooms are compositionally inscribed in a square, the corners of which rest on the columns. Parents' floor is distinguished only by the presence of a dining area where the whole family can gather at the same table.

Customers immediately liked the offer. Vera Gerasimova choose fusion as the interior style; both floors were solved in the “black - white - silver” palette, which gave the apartment a certain veil of theatricality and mystery. The abundance of shiny and metallic surfaces (silver potali, chrome-plated furniture, lacquer floors) is balanced by the use of soft textures (linen curtains, fluffy carpets, textured velvet wallpapers). In addition, a single color scheme deliberately interrupted by splashes of golden chocolate parquet and tiles in certain areas and rooms.

Fusion a priori is a direction built on the mixing of styles, so it easily assimilates such decorative accents as Corinthian columns in the parent and Ionic in the children's room, weightless non-arched chandeliers, ultra-modern plexiglass chairs and delicate chrome chairs. The black glossy fals, the ceiling in the living room, and the white, almost weightless spiral staircase between the floors fit in the framework of the stylistics chosen by the architect. The combination of seemingly incompatible objects and details brings a modern, slightly club note into the interior design. If the parents' bedroom is decided on the contrast of black and white, then in the design of the rooms of the son and daughter, turquoise blue and hot pink respectively were made as complementary colors. Forms of furniture while remaining completely classic. If it were not for the riot of colors, the rooms could even be called strict.

In general, this apartment makes an impression of a modern, dwelling, free from style and life prejudices, in which adults and children harmoniously coexist, whose lifestyle left a unique imprint on their living space.

Project author Vera Gerasimova: “The main requirement for the planning of the apartment was its division into two autonomous zones: the first floor became the territory of the parents, and the second - the patrimony of their children. At the same time, the levels are functionally independent of each other, since on the “children's” floor everything is done seriously and in an adult way: there is both its own kitchen-living room, and its own hallway, and its own guest room. ”

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