a9o1-DDN: apartment interior
when not building brings more joy
The elements of intervention in this generously layout apartment are storage, furniture, some fenestration and an internal staircase leading to the terrace.
The most significant feature of the house is the central double-volume space, which is the natural location for dining. Clients were keen to build a floor within this space and create an additional room. However, convincing them otherwise and retaining this central courtyard – albeit covered – was perhaps the most important achievement in the interior design of this house.
To state the obvious, the project was tight in both budget and schedule.
Other important gestures include connecting the drawing & balcony through a window seat and employing storage units to double up as partitions. The steel structures of the staircase and the family-living partition are integrated to reduce section sizes to an optimum; besides, the railing itself acts somewhat as a truss to stiffen the straight flight.
Oil finished Teakwood has ben used generously in the furniture. Cabinet shutter-frames above 30″ height from floor are in Teak too, framing figure glass infills, while the lower portion is paneled in a combination of Beachwood and Teakwood veneer. Skirting of all doors, Cabinets & partitions is in Teakwood.
The circular dining table responds to the busy circulation all around in geometry, while its dimension & articulation, particularly of the chairs, respond to the grandeur of the space. To lend a playful backdrop, embroidered cloth has been sandwiched between glass panes within the family-living partition.
The walls were covered with children’s drawings in various places across the house. It was important to retain these memories and works of art in some form, particularly to remind the young ones of the creativity within them. Photographs of the doodles and scribbles were printed and framed within children’s bedroom wardrobe shutters.