In a modern mansion with an area of 250-metersSwiss architects created a strict neoclassical interior filled with the latest technical innovations and design items. The customer was inspired by the interiors of the boutiques of top Italian brands. The result is a house that can transform from private space into a representative space and back literally in 5 minutes. This modern house stands on the edge of a small Swiss town of Schindellegi, famous for its secluded elite real estate and stunning ecology, and from its windows a magnificent panorama of Lake Zurich opens. Similar apartments can cost about 2.5 - 3 million euros depending on the location. 
The owner is a well-off person, moderatelyA conservative businessman, enthusiastic about aviation, sports and Italian high fashion. The last circumstance also became decisive: he wanted a boutique house, functional and modern, but not out of fashion, with expensive woods, luster of lacquered surfaces and luxury of true craftsmanship. And this is what happened. 
The owner of the residence uses it both for work andfor relaxing with friends. The house has always had two tasks that are not so easy to unite: representative - to demonstrate good taste and reasonable conservatism in business, and private - for family entertainment and parties in a narrow circle. Renovation of the interior began with the replacement of the old sofa. Against the backdrop of new furniture, the house began to appear obsolete. And then the customer turned to the Studioforma architectural bureau, to the experts on the interiors of elite boutiques and the authors of fashionable retailing concepts for Bucherer, Hublot, Van Cleef & Arpels, and others. 
Miriam Vasquez & Alex Leuzinger, StudioformaArchitects Studioforma Architects is a German-Swiss tandem founded in 2002 by architects Miriam Vasquez and Alex Leuzinger. Moreover, Miriam gravitates more towards neoclassicism, and Alex towards modernism. Together they have created a bureau that works with luxury and premium interiors from Paris to Lisbon. A distinctive feature of the office's work is high-tech solutions for traditional spaces. They are excellent at both ultra-modern interiors and interesting reconstructions of medieval mansions and old chalets. Studioforma has a special relationship with the world of expensive jewelry and Swiss watches. The watchmakers are convinced that it is these architects who are the best at interiors that combine elitism with exceptional functionality and classics with fashionable technological innovations. studioforma.ch 
Studioforma Architects:-The customer loves Italian aesthetics and contemporary art. He asked to fill the house with southern energy, while maintaining austere Swiss elegance. When it came to the concept of space, we suggested Bottega Veneta and Salvatore Ferragamo as inspiration. And the client said - Here! This is exactly what you need! studioforma.ch 
Layout The apartment has been planned.The main space with great views went to the combined kitchen-living-dining room. Behind the transparent partitions there is a study and a small seating area with access to the winter garden and to the terrace. There is a separate large bedroom with an extensive dressing room. 
Studioforma Architects:-The main difficulty was not so much in planning - there is a large footage and excellent natural lighting, but in the combination of representative and private functions. In order for the rooms to be easily transformed to perform different tasks, it was necessary to come up with such an arrangement of pieces of furniture and storage systems so that everything needed was removed from prying eyes in 5 minutes. And now - the perfect order. studioforma.ch 
Decorative solutions The main material of the house iswood. , different in warmth, saturation and texture, are successfully combined with honey by themselves. The main ones are walnut parquet, oak furniture and rosewood panels. Some panels hide rather deep, convenient and completely invisible storage systems. 
This rosewood is more than 300 years old. To achieve a deeply even pinkish hue and perfect smoothness, each panel was polished by hand 7 times. After this, the old-timer restoration workshop covered them with a special vintage car paint, which was once used in the decoration of retro collection cars. He gave the rosewood incredible strength and almost three-dimensional depth. 
In the center of the living room is a bespoke fireplace made fromcast iron and steel, which is in harmony with the ultra-modern kitchen, covered with granite countertops with. To slightly reduce the brutality and contrast of these bright materials against the background of white walls, textiles were used - a soft blue carpet, purple upholstery of chairs and rare decorative pillows. 
Light The most important function in this spaceperforms light. To make the most of the benefits of panoramic glazing, the architects made almost all partitions inside the house fully or partially glass or "bar". 
The only exception is the bathroom and bedroom,which are separated tightly. The most interesting solution is lamella partitions: when necessary, they give freedom, and when necessary - separate the room. In addition, their shape-blade, they remind of the main passion of the owner of this house - piloting. 
Artificial lighting is chosen according to the museumprinciple - apparently affected the experience of design boutiques - sculpted and graphically. A variety of lamps, lights and LED stripes create their own pattern on the ceiling and walls and profitably illuminate canvases, vases, figurines and books arranged in colors. 
Light glides and plays on shiny, glossy andsemi-matt surfaces, which filled this house from the leather tabletop of the desk and to almost mirror doors of rosewood furniture. From this, the whole interior seems unreal, as if floating in space and pushing the boundaries. And to believe that the total area of apartments, together with a winter garden and an extensive terrace, is "only" 250 meters is almost impossible. 
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