apartment with a total area of ​​120 m2 Grigoriy Marov, Svetlana Vasilyeva

Passing the gallery

A photo: Zinon Rasudinov

Text: Vasily Lifanov

Architect: Grigory Marov, Svetlana Vasilyeva

Magazine: N5 (15) 1997

Everything passes ... Everything bothers ... Even unlimited diversity ... I want one big love ... Similar life patterns are manifested in the professional design environment - many of its representatives are already waiting for the coming of the One Big Style. The young architect Grigory Marov is convinced that the main idea of ​​the III millennium design will be the idea of ​​trance-forming, which will allow the interior to gain flexibility of plasticine. The presented interior is the first experience of Gregory in creating a "flexible" space. The description, perhaps, should be started from the “top view”, since the apartment entrusted to the architect has undergone a massive redevelopment. This approach is logical, because ... ... For the interior was created according to the formula of Grigory Marov: the kitchen and the bathroom should become the central rooms of the apartment, as they are "strung" on utilities. The rest of the rooms are lined up flexibly so that they can be easily changed with one touch of your hand (foot) ... However, the result of such mathematical calculations is very approximate: the central bearing wall did not allow the architect to unleash the full power of his creative concept. Considering this annoying circumstance, as well as the fact that the traditional “room” system is closer and dearer to the customers, Gregory found an elegant compromise: he placed the kitchen in the center of the apartment, in the place of the old hallway. At the same time, on the right hand side of the bearing wall lay a private zone, including a bedroom, a nursery, a laundry room and a bathroom, and on the left there was a dining room, a living room and an entrance hallway. Immediately settled element of the transformation - sliding wall. The new layout turned out to be quite comfortable, as evidenced, for example, by the fact that it was immediately approved by the owners. True, at first they were cautious about the idea of ​​sliding innovation, but, trusting Gregory and evaluating the result, they were pleased with it. As for the interior style, the customers didn’t want to hear about neoclassicism, to which the architect was glad unspeakably. For his part, he offered them a variant that “along the line of the father” is related to constructivism, and “along the line of the mother” - with the “paper architecture” of the Land of the Rising Sun. Having appreciated the volume of light and air masses in the interior of gold, Grigory Marov demonstrated architecture in the project that economically “consumes” oxygen. Each room of the apartment is a separate piece from the design cycle "Games with clean planes". "Clean" - in the sense of peeled from the decor. Only gray, light yellow, light green and blue, only straight lines - and nothing more ... It turned out that this was quite enough. Strictly, ascetic, expressive. Against this background, a few things stand out even sharper, as if concentrating all the comfort of home in themselves. Against such a background, colored cushions of sofas, whimsical lampshades of chandeliers and a "wavy" shelf in the nursery look childishly touching. Here day and artificial light feels free, and spatial and light zoning are easily realized here. And now about everything in more detail.EFFECTS: - planning, - light, - color, - spatial, - decorative.CORRIDOR The apartment, as usual, begins with the front door. With the new position, she stood in line with the balcony door, working "for clearance". The architect further strengthened the "tunnel effect" by making a balcony out of solid glass. As a result - a new corridor formed by a wall and a closet-pantry, most of the day is full of light. A few words about the cabinet. He, in addition to his direct responsibilities, plays the role of an important element of the new "cutting" of living space. Namely: allowing the newcomers to store their clothes, the wardrobe sets the direction of their subsequent movement. Having turned into dark silhouettes against the background of a balcony door, the newly arrived disappear around the bend, in the dining room. In the event that someone is loaded with food (here it is - the wisdom of a convenient layout!), He can leave the closet on the right and go straight to the kitchen and put heavy bags there.KITCHEN The kitchen, as mentioned above, is located on the site of the old hallway, in the center of the interior composition. Based on the design features of the house, the architect squeezed it between two ventilation risers. At the request of the hostess, the refrigerator was placed in a special compartment, so as not to obstruct the passage to the privat zone. As a result of all construction manipulations, the kitchen turned out to be “turned” into the dining room, “not forgetting” about the presence of other rooms (they also sometimes need a “new day sip”!). The kitchen zone from the common space of the apartment is allocated primarily architectural solutions. The room is raised through the podium and is compressed by a suspended ceiling. The design height of 3 meters here is reduced to 2.5, consistent with the total area of ​​the kitchen. Psychologically, this is perceived normally - there is no “cave” sensation in a person. When moving to the canteen, the difference in height is perceived even better. The isolation of the kitchen is also emphasized by color: the blue volume of the suspended ceiling contrasts with the yellow planes of the neighboring rooms. The most obvious delimiter is the stand-up table.BATHROOM The new bathroom is deployed relative to the old communications by 90 degrees. Due to the fact that a laundry room appeared in the apartment, the architect had to beat with a large tile with the texture of granite a massive ledge that “invaded” within the bathroom. The remaining walls are painted in gray and yellow tones. The very same bath successfully fit into the niche between the window and the ledge. At the same time, she was "plunged" in the thickness of the blue podium, continuing the blue theme of the floor. Completes the "bathing" composition yellow curtain, which in contrast contributes to the ongoing note of optimism. As for the sink, it is built into the asymmetric plane of the drop-shaped table. A special nightstand from Kartell is intended for the storage of washing supplies.CHILDREN'S Its color range is gray, light yellow, green. Rear wall - built-in wardrobe. The same as in the kitchen, the game with heights: the berth is under the level of the "lowered" false ceiling, becoming more secluded. The rest of the situation is simple and unpretentious: a table, a chair, a wall of walls, a "wavy shelf" - that's the whole interior ... But there is plenty of space for games and "standing on the ears."BEDROOM The customer had a wish: to create the feeling of a grotto in the bedroom. The architect did this in the general spirit of the apartment, dropping the false ceiling to 2.5 meters, which plays the role of a canopy. An additional man-made stroke-textured wall imitating the surface of a stone eroded by groundwater was also introduced into the room. Next to the bed, by the window, there is a small table and chair. Interestingly, this microzone is located in the light flux formed by the height difference between the "fake" and "true" ceiling.LIVING ROOM - SLIDING WALL - DINING ROOM In the dining room, the main piece of furniture is the dining room table. Chaired TV, climbed on the gray back of the closet-pantry, as the podium. The kitchen in this case is the secretariat. The back wall of the living room is also occupied by appliances that have been introduced into the very core of the furniture wall. The presence of the latter in the interior was prompted by customers. It would seem, what kind of purity of space can we talk about, when cellular furniture joints are piled up all over the wall? However, the architect and then found a competent compromise: he merged together the TV, wall and wall. How? Color and pyramidal construction of the composition, which ledges expands toward the rear wall of the room. In addition to the wall, upholstered furniture settled in the living room: the Saparti chair and a pair of sofas. One of them is located in the center of the room, and the other - against the wall. Another interesting designer