BJ APARTMENT
Architects: balbek bureau Slava Balbek, Anna Riabova
Venture Space: 74 sq. m
Venture 12 months: 03/16 – 01/17
Venture Space: 74 sq. m
Venture 12 months: 03/16 – 01/17
Location: Kyiv, Ukraine
Picture credit: Slava Balbek
Picture credit: Slava Balbek
To protect a spirit of a hundred-year previous house in a contemporary inside isn’t a straightforward activity. The architects have confirmed as soon as once more that it’s not solely potential, however it will probably create an unmistakable connection between the previous and the brand new, and invite a artistic dialogue between generations.
The trendy shapes of minimalistic fashion are apparent – straight traces, cubic types, angles in all places. However the modernism is softened by the unique arches of the recessed home windows left intact; the curves of a vintage-style upright piano; the roundness of the sunshine fixtures. The unique brickwork, left uncovered in the lounge, is in concord with the chrome of the fashionable kitchen. The heavy earthy colours of partitions and furnishings deliver out the bubbly lightness of the art work within the child’s house upstairs.
The balcony with its authentic ironwork railing and vintage-style tiles works properly with its fashionable furnishings, inviting for a cup of espresso and a view of an previous Kyiv road.
You possibly can’t assist however discover that the varied areas of this condominium are linked collectively by a thread of inexperienced. From the potted crops to the objects and components of furnishings, to the ground of the non-public house, the greens anchor your line of imaginative and prescient and unite the house.
