Concrete, metal, and natural malachite-colored marble are the main visual accents in the project by architect Alexey Aladashvili. The apartment belongs to a family of two with two Maine Coon cats and a small dog. It is located on the third floor of a new building and occupies an area of 68 square meters. "The greatest advantage of this project was that it was necessary to make a two-room apartment out of a three-room apartment. We were not limited by the design," says Alexey Aladashvili.
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"The customer's references were very different from our vision. They had many details, and we went from the initial data - darkness and brutality, metal and concrete. Green was a must. So brutal minimalism became the basis of the interior. Only natural materials, without fakes and unnecessary elements," says the architect. "Gray shades of boards, porcelain stoneware, concrete, stainless steel in the decoration of the walls and furniture. A monochrome base and bright accents in the form of natural marble in the decoration of the kitchen island and plumbing in the bathroom. Our main task was to balance and bring together into a single picture the customer's vision and our design principles."
"We chose the finishing, as well as the furniture, from wear-resistant and reliable materials. There are three animals in the house. Interior doors were not necessary, but the mobility of spaces had to be preserved. We enlarged the bathroom and dismantled the interior partitions. We combined the kitchen with the living room, dismantled the partition between the bedrooms, and got a second living room or guest room. We made a common wardrobe from sand-lime brick, and enlarged the bathroom at the expense of the hallway."
Marble and steel always look different in the interior depending on the sun. The dressing room partition is made of sand-lime brick and also refracts light. Most of the furniture was made according to the architect's sketches. "I can point out the oak bar stool and the design icon - the Camaleonda chair designed by Mario Bellini from B&B Italia," says Alexey Aladashvili. - Another expressive solution is the doorway that led to the bedroom and became part of the bathroom. We did not make a blank wall, but closed it with frosted glass, thereby obtaining diffused daylight from the bedroom window. Against the background of this window is the washbasin countertop and floor mixer tap. The effect is stunning."
“It was a great success for me to catch the general wave from the first sketches and support all the clients’ experiments, bring them to implementation, and enjoy the result,” the architect concludes.
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