Этот двухуровневый лофт в Москве создан для a writer and musician who prefers to work from home and calls his home a cage in which he is imprisoned, being "a prisoner of his talent." Many would like to live in such a cage! Loft is always unusual solutions and a revolutionary approach to space. The loft style gives the designer room for imagination, and the author of the project Anna Valkina demonstrates this. Anna Valkina Architect, interior designer. Graduated from the Moscow Architectural Institute (MArchI). The project was created for a creative person, a writer and musician who prefers to work from home and calls his home a cage in which he is imprisoned, being "a prisoner of his talent."
Design of a two-level loft spaceresembles a huge checkered office with open main zones (living room, kitchen, bedroom, office) flowing into each other and secondary rooms hidden under the mezzanine. The office theme is supported by a map applied to a brick wall, as well as a multitude of inscriptions in different fonts on different surfaces selected in accordance with the zoning.
The bed is located on the upper level, behinda massive oak portal that highlights the living area and is also a library, and is framed by two spacious built-in mirrored wardrobes.
From the office, under which it was located in a nichekitchen, the living room and bedroom are clearly visible. The mezzanine and stairs are covered with a large, rigid metal mesh, which does not prevent the penetration of air and light, but serves as an excellent fence and supports the overall design idea.
Under the mezzanine there is a bathroom, a dressing room at the entrance, a laundry room and a storage room. The rest of the space is left open.
The interior is designed in cold tones. The emphasized texture of concrete on the ceiling, on the floor and partially on the walls visually unites the space.
Ceiling lighting is a design findauthor. The entire room is crossed by parallel, lengthwise cut carpentry pipes with wooden cylinders with glass and an LED bulb inserted into them. The pendant lights throughout the apartment are the same, but differ in size, which changes the feeling of scale. These lights are the original development of Ukrainian designers from K3N design studio.
The office area is decorated with two items:a floor lamp—the owner’s personal item, the only one that will go with him after the renovation is completed—and a work chair reminiscent of the legendary Egg Chair of Concrete, which the author decided to make from wood and metal in a carpentry workshop.
The bathroom is a concrete box,which is inserted a metal checkered niche with a mirror wall, square cells and a glass illuminated podium filled with pebbles, where the AVEO bathtub from Villeroy & Boch rises. The sink and toilet with a built-in cistern are a set from the Planet series by Scarabeo.
The interior turned out to be interesting and integral. The loft style is maintained, but the space remains residential and cozy. Such an interior emphasizes the individuality of its owner.
The interior in the loft: the real Moscow apartment
