Project name: MOD_APART
Architects: Ivan Kochev, ARCHJOINT
Location: Russia, Moscow
Photo: Anton Brzhozovsky
Area: 65 m2
Year: 2023
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Project description from design firms ARCHJOINT
Apartment 65 sq. meters in the center of Moscow Ivan Kochev, studio ARCHJOINT, designed for the bachelor. “The main idea is to create an adaptive timeless interior. We developed a design with the ability to easily transformation. It implies multifunctionality, open layout, flexibility, “explains the architect.
The advantages of the initial layout – the possibility of free planning and high ceilings: 3.2 meters in draft version. Disadvantages – a standard structure with small rooms, an irrational space involved. “The customer asked for a modern interior with a masculine character, an abundance of light and competent functional content,” says Ivan Kochev. “As a result of the redevelopment, an entrance hall, kitchen-living room, bedroom, dressing room and bathroom were formed.
The main finishing materials are glass, metal, wood, stone, paint. The architect came up picky about their choice. “The idea was that all materials should be certified, practical, durable and safe. I consider the finishing of the entrance and kitchen areas to be a particularly interesting solution. The entrance hall flows smoothly into the kitchen – here we applied the “cube” technique: the entire volume is lined with veneer panels, including the door to the bathroom. “
The overall color palette is black and white. The architect minimized the number of colors so that individual planes did not break out of the ensemble. Such a solution visually increases the space. The herringbone parquete softens the laconic interior.
All body furniture is custom made according to ARCHJOINT drawings. The architect considers the hidden kitchen to be the most remarkable object. “Our customer – a young man, leads an active lifestyle, and such a kitchen at least gives the” right to make a mistake “- allows you to hide everything superfluous at the right time. And, of course, it looks aesthetically pleasing. “
The main color accent was BoConcept chairs in terracotta leather. A soft modular Navi of the Boca factory and a large rack were placed in the TV zone. In the bathroom, the sink pedestal and closet are custom-made. The countertop and sink are made according to individual drawings from a single material – artificial stone and supplemented with a Hansgrohe mixer. Lights in the project: Arlight.
The bedroom separated from the kitchen-living room by sliding doors made of dark aluminum and tinted glass. They make the place of sleep private, while passing natural light. Doors installed on both sides of the bedroom to create comfortable access to the bathroom and living room. Here, as in the entire apartment, a shadow plinth with LED lighting was used for the floor and ceiling.
According to Ivan Kochev, the main complexity of the project was to assemble all engineering units with the utmost accuracy in order to get the effect of floating walls. “We succeeded. The apartment turned out to be a single organism, one room flows into another. Wherever a person is, from any angle there are species axes – you can view the panorama of the city or the entire apartment. There are no closed points.”
