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 A' Design Award i Brons in Interiör- och Utställningsdesign Competition Category.

BronsInteriör· 2023

The Vienna Park Loft Cityloft

by Zsolt Szalai

Client: BFZ Barrierefreie Zone GmbH

A' Design Award i Brons Winner in Interiör Category

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The Design

About The Vienna Park Loft Cityloft

Ombyggnad av en vindslägenhet över tre våningar, med huvudmotivet att lösa upp de befintliga smådelarna och skapa en rymlig lyxlägenhet. De vindlande rummen öppnades och förstorades strukturellt och visuellt. Från fast lager och föremål som trappräcken, garderob och blomstertråg, blev unika skulpturer. Valet av färger och material reduceras för att ge mer utrymme åt formspråket och sammansättningen av föremålen med och bland varandra.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award i Brons

The Vienna Park Loft Cityloft är vinnare av A' Design Award i Brons, ett högst prestigefyllt erkännande som tilldelas enastående designverk som utmärker sig genom kreativitet, uppfinningsrikedom och klokhet. Bronsvinnare är mycket skickliga och slående kreativa föremål som styrker formgivarnas stora erfarenhet, fantasi och påhittighet. The Vienna Park Loft Cityloft förväntas vara ett högt skattat, beundrat och älskat föremål som är anmärkningsvärt professionellt och innovativt. Detta vinnande verk i A' Design Award i Brons införlivar bästa praxis inom konst, vetenskap, design och teknik och är utmärkt genom sin omsorg om detaljer. The Vienna Park Loft Cityloft tillfredsställer fantastiskt behov, rör vid längtan, charmar känslor och väcker nyfikenhet.

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