The Vienna Park Loft Cityloft by Zsolt Szalai

The Vienna Park Loft Cityloft by Zsolt Szalai is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum in Designatio Interior Competition Category.

AesInterior· 2023

The Vienna Park Loft Cityloft

by Zsolt Szalai

Client: BFZ Barrierefreie Zone GmbH

Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum Winner in Interior Category

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The Design

About The Vienna Park Loft Cityloft

Conversio diaetae Atticae super tria tabulata, cum principali motivo ut parvas partes existentium dissolvat et spatiosam luxuriam conclavis efficiat. Cubicula ambages structurae et visibiliter apertae sunt et amplificatae. Ex certo stipite et obiectis, ut cancelli scalae, vestium et canalium florum, sculpturae unicae factae sunt. Colorum et materiarum electio eo reducitur, ut plus spatii ad formam et compositionem rerum cum et inter se linguarum detur.

The Recognition

About the Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum

The Vienna Park Loft Cityloft victor est Praemii A' Design Award Aeneum, honoris multum aestimati formis egregiis, creandi ingenio, sollertia et acumine insignibus dati. Victores Aenei opera perita et mire creandi sunt, quae experientiam, imaginationem et solertiam auctorum suorum confirmant. Exspectatur The Vienna Park Loft Cityloft rem multum aestimatam, admiratam et carissimam, notabiliter professionalem et novam fore. Haec forma Aeneo victa optimas consuetudines artis, scientiae, formandi rationis et technologiae amplectitur et in cura minutiarum excellit. The Vienna Park Loft Cityloft necessitates egregie explet, cupiditates tangit, sensus capit et curiositatem allicit.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Conversion of an attic apartment over three floors, with the main motive to dissolve the existing small parts and create a spacious luxury apartment.
The winding rooms were structurally and visually opened and enlarged.
From fixed stock and objects such as stair railings, wardrobe and flower troughs, became unique sculptures.
The choice of colors and materials is reduced in order to give more space to the language of form and the composition of the objects with and among each other.
Dimensions & Packaging: The loft has an approximate total size of 250 square meters.
Tags: timeless, luxurious, sculpture, unique, Loft, steel, corian, interior design, black and white
Production Technology: The materials used in this project were DuPont Corian, wood, burnished steel, Corten steel and mirrors. Most of the sculptures are made of burnished steel and Corian. The designer also used Corten steel for indoor and outdoor use. The Corten steel for the interior was sealed to stop rusting and prevent wear of the material.
Design Challenge: Designing and planning sculptures in such a way that useful items such as air conditioning units and inspection openings are located within them or hidden behind them was very important in this project. All this equipment must be accessible at all times for repairs and maintenance.
Research: Through skillful planning, the designer was able to create works of art even from classic and essential areas of this loft. Instead of a normal staircase railing, he made artistic sculptures that subtly guide visitors to the next floor, where the open main living space is located.
Inspiration: The inspiration of the planning was, besides the essential areas of a classic apartment, to create space for special rooms, which are otherwise hard to find. For example, the cigar corner, with a floating bar and wine fridge or the theater room. This is a partially separated space, behind the divan and next to the dining area, with access via stairs on both sides of the divan. Its distinctive feature is the five-meter mirrored wall and the hand basin in the center.
Project Duration: The project started in 2021 and ended in early 2023. It is located in the 4th district in Vienna, Austria.
Operation Flow: In this project, all the requirements and wishes of the client were realized in a unique way. The choice of materials and colors is consciously reduced to let the special design language of the artist speak for itself in his sculptures. It was important to give this loft special characteristics and to set eye-catching accents.
Image Credits: 1: Photographer Zsolt Szalai, Staircase one, 2023
2: Photographer Zsolt Szalai, Corian relief wall, 2023
3: Photographer Zsolt Szalai, Upper floor, 2023
4: Photographer Zsolt Szalai, Kitchen, 2023
5: Photographer Zsolt Szalai, Staircase two, 2023