Think gray and black interiors are never cozyand still associate them with dusty, dirty rooms? And if a young man lives here, is the mess a constant companion? This young man's apartment will refute all stereotypes! This apartment is located in Minsk, Belarus. It is relatively small - two rooms on 69 square meters. And the owner and customer is a young 26-year-old programmer. The designers needed to create a cozy and modern atmosphere in it, referring to the theme of anti-cafe, and Anastasia Sheveleva and Alexander Malinin from INT2 architecture did an excellent job. Anastasia Sheveleva, architect-designer Graduated from the Volgograd State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering in 2009. Participated in summer schools and workshops in the Netherlands, Austria, Japan, Russia. Co-founder of INT2 architecture, leading architect and project designer. Loves foreign languages: speaks English, German, a little Spanish. int2architecture.ru Alexander Malinin, architect Graduated from the Volgograd State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering in 2005. Participated in workshops in Europe and Russia. Co-founder of INT2 architecture, leading architect and project designer. Music is the second passion. Analog photography and travel is the third. int2architecture.ru
Remodeling
Load-bearing partitions that are in the apartmentinitially, it is planned to be dismantled. They overload the space, and the existing layout does not meet the assigned tasks. It was decided to make the space of the apartment open: the kitchen, the living room are one single zone, as in a studio apartment. Only the bedroom and the bathroom will be isolated. 
Quite interestingly, the apartment has a zoned bedroom.It is bounded by a glass partition that allows sunlight to enter the room. If you need to isolate it, you can simply close the curtains. But this partition will also be made manually. Like some of the furniture, it is planned to weld it from a metal profile. 
Wishes of the customer
The main wish of the customer was to createcozy interior in the spirit of anti-cafe. The apartment will serve the young man as a dwelling for the next few years and to spend it want it in a comfortable atmosphere, tuning for rest, inspiring and, if necessary, allowing to work or invite guests. 
Furniture
Many pieces of furniture that will decorate thisapartment will be welded from a metal profile. Among them are a sideboard in the living room, a bar shelf, dining and coffee tables. The presence of such industrial elements perfectly matches the given anti-cafe theme. Alexander Malinin, architect: - However, these are not the only elements of the industrial style in the project: the air ducts are deliberately opened and painted with silver paint; the lamp by the armchair will be made of a vintage barn pulley; the door will serve as the head of the bed; and the wall of the bedroom will be decorated with an old board with graffiti; the partition between the living room and the hallway will be made of two types of hollow bricks. 
Lighting
The project used overhead ceilinglamps from Сentrsvet. This helps maintain the height of the ceilings. There are pendant lights above the dining table and in the bedroom. And additional lighting is a Jielde table lamp in the bedroom, a Maisons du monde work lamp. The lamp by the armchair in the living room is made of a vintage barn pulley. 
Colour
The color scale for the apartment is chosen quiteCharacteristic for a given style - the contrast of white and shades of gray. And bright accessories place the necessary color accents. The house has a wooden floor and a light colored table top. 
Panoramic windows will be made on the balcony, and all it will be decorated with the same tree as the floor in the apartment. There is a place for bicycle storage. 
The apartment has a separate bathroom. The toilet is decorated in black color scheme with snow-white sanitary equipment, which looks very impressive. And the bathroom is lined with white tiles and decorated with black elements: washing machine, radiator and black tiles. 
The cost of this project will be 1.7 million rubles. int2architecture.ru
