A two-tier apartment with a total area of 90 m2 in the building of the former plant. This loft is an excellent option of economical design with thoughtful layout and bribefully restrained aesthetics.
People of creative professions are no wonder the aesthetics of the loft - for the possibility of leaving the free space for movement and look, economy in the choice of expressive means, practical attitude to the planning. Even such a property of the loft, like cold asceticism, the true artist overcomes easily. It artistically puts the original artistic accents, bringing unique intonation to the interior.
A comfortable two-tier apartment, which will be discussed in our article, is located in the building of the former plant. He was built in the Soviet era on the territory of the new city in Vilnius, on a hill, from where beautiful panorama opens. From here there is only 20 minutes walk to the old city and 30min to the center.
The famous artist Vaidotas Zhukas and his spouse Auks bought the square in one of the buildings of the thrown plant. As a rule, such premises after the relevant update are transformed into prestigious apartments, with a complex process of centralized repair and restoration assigns a mediator company. In general, there was no such company, the repair of the premises had to hold the owners of this lofty, as well as other representatives of the creative intelligentsia, who decided to settle in the same building. Restoration, layout, conducting water pipes - All these tasks of Vaidotas and Aukse decided quite professionally and successfully. After a year, the studio, designed for their eldest daughter Veronica, became comfortable and modern space.
Veronica is a professional violinist, spending a lot of time abroad. When she comes to his native city, the studio serves her and housing, and a place for rehearsals. It is important that it is important to note that the apartment is well insulated and soundproofed walls, gender and ceiling.
The housing image has developed from two components, practical and aesthetic. The creative vision of Vaidotas allowed to connect these two lines of scoop, organically and beautiful. The stylist, according to the artist, suggested the atmosphere of the former Soviet plant. The mood of the loft decided to support, retaining an open studio planning, white walls and ceilings (they were insulated and stuck and then painted); Even the windowsill was left white. Wriki-window opening (5 2.7 m) inserted new windows with double-glazed windows and decided not to use curtains or blinds located on the second floor, but in height it corresponds to the third, the sidewalk is not visible, the empty branches of old chestnuts look into the windows.
Unique accents
The artist Vaidotas Zhukas is widely known at home and abroad as a painter and a ceramist. Weight apartment two of the four carriers of metal supports that support the mezzanine, are lined with glazed ceramic reliefs of his work. The column next to the kitchen on both sides is completely finished, the second decorate only a few smaller panels. Polychromic images located in the "Peninsula" zone, exactly the precious necklace, are shining against the background of snow-white "robes" of the walls and bring joyful emotion to a relaxing space. For finishing columns, the artist also used ceramic tiles, which helped the old factory shower out of the floor.
The apartment area increased, confessing the mezzanine, is allowed the height of the ceiling (4.56m). It was set up a sleeping place, and in the depths, outside the door, - a dressing room and a toilet. On the first floor, under the mezzanine, one side of the entrance is a bathroom, on the other, behind the sliding doors, is another wardrobe. The rest of the zones, including the living room, dining room and kitchen, occupy an open space. A high-quality laminate was put on the floor under oak, successfully imitating the texture of natural material. The former steps of the metal staircase were replaced by new, from natural oak, - the color and texture of this tree are perfectly combined with white walls.
In the kingdom of white
The decoration of this lofty became the ceiling beams with a cross section of 30 per 20cm, eight of which remained in sight. Like the ceilings, they were painted them in white, and they set a rigorous rhythmic pattern, reviving space above his head. Recompute with aesthetics Loft Lamps for all zones were picked up simple, even ascetic. Thus, in the hallway and the kitchen used lighting sources built into the drywall cuisine, on the mealsol-small spherical, similar to conventional incandescent lamps (they are attached to the polystyrene blocks, which are placed ceilings between beams for heat and noise insulation). Easting over the piano and dining table hubs on the suspension two spherical white flashers. A shining white ceiling of this loft does not violate any detail, and he seems like swelling.
According to the artist, he and his wife introduced in Loft "Humanistic" elements, mitigating the severity of its aesthetics: two of the four carrying columns that support the mezzanine, decorated with glazed ceramic reliefs.
The interior is distinguished by calm intonations. Despite the relatively small size of the room, did not save on the size of the stairs. It is common enough, and its length is about 4m, but it is easy to climb it and comfortable. The lamps built into the wall above the staircase are automatically included from the sensor sensors, as soon as a person is approaching the stairs, which guarantees the safety of motion. The studio zone reigns a feeling of free space and abundance of air. White sofa and two wide pouf "pair", as if clouds, against the background of a huge window. Around the dining group is also enough space, although the table is rather big. The kitchen zone is compact, but includes everything you need: on the "Peninsula" of 2.5 per 0.8m, a cooking surface and a washing is located, an oven and a dishwasher is also built into it. A vintage buffet and a low shelf are designed to store the kitchen utensils, there is a refrigerator in retro style next to them. The entire finish and furnishings of the apartment are made mainly in two colors: in addition to white, there are different shades of brown, from the muted dark tone of the floor covering to the golden shade of the Peninsula Countertops.
Works of art in these walls were created by V. Zhukas in different years. Most of them are not delayed here for a long time, new ones appear on the place of the previous ones that are given to other hands.
This loft is an excellent option of economical design with a well-thought-out planning and bribefully restrained aesthetics, the main value of which is artwork and lightweight, contemplative atmosphere, which has to work.
Tell the author of the project
The factory building was erected from bricks and silicate blocks, overlapping, wooden on reinforced concrete beams. Before the repair, it was unsuitable for habitat: the window frames rotted, electricity and water supply were absent, the old sewage was in disrepair. There was no interior walls. New partitions were erected from bricks and drywall. Even we conducted ventilation ourselves. All walls and ceilings were insulated with PSB-C expanded polystyrene foam. As a result, the apartment turned out to be very warm, and for its heating, the minimum source of heat-split-system inverter type is used, the internal unit of which is attached above the windows under the ceiling. In the summer it works like air conditioning, and in winter as the radiator. This device allows you to save electrical significantly. The bathroom heats the heated towel rail "Snake".
The construction of the mezzanine increased the apartment area by 25m2. Inland, we installed a washing machine and a sauming type boiler that serves the toilet on the mezzanine, the kitchen and the bathroom at the bottom.
In this building, we first started repairs. The neighbors came to see and took our work- planning and design, for a sample for their homes.
Designer Vaidotas Zhukas
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1. Plan before repair
2. Plan after repair
3. Plan after repair: Andresol