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Luminous Minimal اپارٹمنٹ ری فربشمنٹ by Ivana Lukovic

Luminous Minimal اپارٹمنٹ ری فربشمنٹ by Ivana Lukovic is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award آہنی انعام in داخلی جگہ اور نمائش ڈیزائن Competition Category.


لوہاداخلی سجاوٹ· 2022

Luminous Minimal اپارٹمنٹ ری فربشمنٹ

by Ivana Lukovic

Client: Architectural Studio Ivana Lukovic

A' Design Award آہنی انعام Winner in داخلی سجاوٹ Category

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The Design

About Luminous Minimal اپارٹمنٹ ری فربشمنٹ

محدود بجٹ کی تزئین و آرائش نے حقیقت کو ایک دائرے میں بدل دیا۔ روشنی کے اثرات کے لیے ایک خالی کینوس کے طور پر غیر جانبدار پیلیٹ قدرتی مواد کے نفاذ کے ذریعے قدرتی روشنی کی صلاحیت کو بڑھایا گیا۔ دو اہم متوازی محور قائم کیے گئے تھے۔ ایک جس نے پرائیویٹ اور پبلک کے درمیان حدود کو مٹا دیا، ایک فرقہ وارانہ جگہ کو پچھواڑے کے بانس کے باغ سے جوڑ دیا۔ دوسرا ایک کثیر المقاصد یونٹ ہے جس کا تعلق سڑک کے کنارے پپیرس باغ سے ہے۔ تقسیم کی حد سے زیادہ انہدام سے بچنے کے لیے پہلے سے طے شدہ جگہ میں معمولی تبدیلی کی گئی تھی۔

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award آہنی انعام

Luminous Minimal اپارٹمنٹ ری فربشمنٹ A' Design Award آہنی انعام کا فاتح ہے، جو ان اچھے ڈیزائنز کو دیا جانے والا باوقار اعتراف ہے جو اچھی طرح ڈیزائن کی گئی تخلیقات سے متوقع پیشہ ورانہ اور صنعتی تقاضوں کو پورا کرتے ہیں۔ آہنی انعام کے فاتحین اپنے تخلیق کاروں کی عظیم مہارت، اعلیٰ تخصص، ماہرانہ فہم اور تخلیقی صلاحیت کو ظاہر کرتے ہیں۔ Luminous Minimal اپارٹمنٹ ری فربشمنٹ سے توقع کی جاتی ہے کہ وہ ایک نہایت قدر کی جانے والی، سراہی جانے والی اور عزیز تخلیق ہوگا جو عملی اور جدید ہے۔ A' Design Award آہنی انعام جیتنے والا یہ ڈیزائن صنعت کے بہترین طریقوں کو یکجا کرتا ہے اور مہارت اور ہنر سے جڑی ہوئی قابل تکنیکی خصوصیات رکھتا ہے۔ Luminous Minimal اپارٹمنٹ ری فربشمنٹ اپنی باریک بینی کی وجہ سے قابل احترام ہے اور معیار زندگی کی ایسی بہتری فراہم کرنے کے لیے ڈیزائن کیا گیا ہے جو دنیا کو ایک بہتر جگہ بنانے میں مدد دیتی ہے۔

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
This 150m2 apartment occupies the third floor and a roof of a building in an Athenian southern suburb. Limited budget refurbishment transformed the existing reality into the bespoke, oneiric domestic realm. Basic aim during the process was to enhance and reveal the main potential of the given condition - natural light flooded space. That was achieved by increasing the size of window openings in all three bathrooms, while creating a visual contact with the outdoor greenery. Slight alteration of already defined spaces was imposed to avoid excessive demolition of divisions.
Dimensions & Packaging
Two levels of the 150m2 habitat are connected by the transformed existing staircase. The space itself is visually enlarged by increasing window openings in all three bathrooms along with unifying outdoor and indoor floor surfaces by covering them in custom-made cement mortar. Newly installed windows in eight positions are double glazed and energy efficient. All electrical and plumbing facilities were replaced. The heat pump system with radiators of high technical and aesthetic values was introduced for heating, therefore improving environmental qualities of the refurbished apartment.
Tags
natural light, luminous, minimal, refurbishment, greenery, larch wood, cement mortar
Production Technology
Environmental benefit was accomplished by improving the existing 150m2 space rather than moving to a new one. Built-in equipment in larch wood and lacquered MDF was designed particularly for this space and produced in collaboration with a local carpenter, contributing thereby to the local economy. Terrazzo that covers multi-purpose unit in communal space was realised in a workshop and brought to the site. Cement mortar covered existing stone and ceramic tiles floors therefore uniting the outdoor and indoor area. Criteria referring materiality decision was to find the best canvas that allows for natural light effects.
Design Challenge
Beside challenge regarding pandemic situation that resulted in delays and lack of reliable labour force, an additional one was how to transform the existing 150m2 of unremarkable space into a high quality, custom-made, oneiric domestic realm, with minimum intervention and restricted means. Close collaboration between the Client, Architect and Contractor generated the desired result.
Research
Thorough spatial and materiality research was done so as to choose the most appropriate finishes that would highlight the beauty of natural light, while keeping interventions to the minimum. Hence, neutral canvas was implemented by applying natural materials like varnished larch wood, custom-made cement mortar, terrazzo, and pebbled cement in basic colour pallet, simultaneously mostly maintaining borders of already defined spaces.
Inspiration
Inspiration was drawn from the main potential of the existing space given condition - natural light, thanks to the four-sided orientation. The very orientation of the apartment was the starting point that led to the decision to enhance and reveal natural illumination effects, by increasing the size of window openings and applying simple, natural materials in calm colour pallet, which in turn let natural light effects to alter the habitat during the entire day.
Project Duration
Project started in May 2021 in Athens and finished in November 2021 in Athens, Greece
Operation Flow
Entrance level of the apartment is developed in two sub-levels: one that relates to the back and front yard terraces with its newly created bamboo gardens, while erasing the boundaries between public/private and elevated platform as a part of the communal space with fireplace/library area. Transformed wooden staircase leads to the second level activities that include indoor (study/ bedroom/ bathroom) and outdoor space between sloped, landscape-like greenery custom-made pots with a view to the Argo-Saronic Islands.
Team Members
Ivana Lukovic
Alexandra Arampatzi
Kostas Geranios
Image Credits
Image#1: Photographer Athina Souli, View towards communal space, 2021.
Image#2: Photographer Athina Souli, View towards fireplace area, 2021.
Image#3: Photographer Athina Souli, View towards two newly created parallel axes, 2021.
Image#4: Photographer Athina Souli, View towards five-meter-long multi-purpose unit and newly created study area, 2021.
Image#5: Photographer Athina Souli, View towards communal space from the master bathroom, 2021.
Video and montage: Athina Souli and Vangelis Michelidakis, 2021.

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