The architectural firm Betillon/Dorval-Bory tooktook on the responsibility of reconstructing a space of 20 square meters. The complexity of the task set before the team was the lack of not only square meters, but also natural light in a single room. Despite this, the authors of the project managed to create a harmonious, comfortable space that meets most of the requirements of modern urban life. It was the layering of several light streams that determined the visual geometry of the design. This solution was based on in-depth research into the spectral characteristics of various light sources, the most important of which is the color rendering index. Depending on the value of this parameter, some devices are capable of displaying the palette of an object as accurately as possible, while others can reduce its perception by human vision to zero. The idea of the authors of the project was to use lighting devices with different color rendering indices to create a complex structure within this absolutely rectangular volume.
Private studio area including sleeping areaand a shower cabin, is illuminated by sodium lamps, which have the lowest color rendering index. At night, this space will seem completely monochrome, not quite real. This effect can be observed at night on city streets, when it is almost impossible to distinguish the colors of passing cars in the light of street lamps.
On the other side of the two-meter partitionThe kitchen and mini-living room are located here, which are illuminated by lamps with almost the maximum color rendering index. This is quite logical, considering that in this part of the apartment the owners must receive guests, work and cook. Both zones are illuminated independently of each other, which allows for the creation of amazing optical effects that change the perception of the architecture of the space.
It is noteworthy that the design of the apartment as a wholeexpressed in an extremely simple and neutral way. It is not burdened with color or an abundance of details, so that nothing but the composition generated by the play of light influences the perception of the special structure of this interior.
Below is a floor plan of an apartment consisting of an almost perfect rectangle of living space and an adjoining room with a bathroom.
And this is a graphic visualization of artificial lighting in an apartment.
Of course, light and color cannot change the physical parameters of an object, but they effectively influence how we see it. And isn't consciousness ultimately what determines our perception of the world?
Small studio apartment: interior design with Parisian chic
