Luminous Minimal Atunṣe Iyẹwu by Ivana Lukovic is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award in Àpẹẹrẹ Àyà Inú Ilé àti Ibi Àfihàn Competition Category.
IrinInú Ilé· 2022
Luminous Minimal Atunṣe Iyẹwu
Client: Architectural Studio Ivana Lukovic
Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award Winner in Inú Ilé Category
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The Design
About Luminous Minimal Atunṣe Iyẹwu
Atunṣe isuna ti o lopin yipada otito sinu ijọba oneiric. Agbara ti ina adayeba ni imudara nipasẹ imuse ti awọn ohun elo adayeba pallet didoju bi kanfasi òfo fun awọn ipa itanna. Meji akọkọ ni afiwe àáké won mulẹ. Ọkan ti o paarẹ awọn aala laarin ikọkọ ati ti gbogbo eniyan, sisopọ aaye ajọṣepọ si ọgba oparun ehinkunle. Ekeji jẹ ẹyọ idi-pupọ ti o nii ṣe pẹlu ọgba papyrus ẹgbẹ ita kan. Iyipada diẹ ti aaye ti a ti ṣalaye tẹlẹ ni a ti paṣẹ lati yago fun iparun awọn ipin ti o pọ ju.
The Recognition
About the Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award
Luminous Minimal Atunṣe Iyẹwu jẹ́ olùborí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award, ìdánimọ̀ olókìkí tí a fún àwọn àwòṣe tó dára tí wọ́n pàdé àwọn ohun tí iṣẹ́ àti ilé-iṣẹ́ nílò tí a retí láti ọ̀dọ̀ àwọn ẹ̀dá tí a ṣàwòṣe dáradára. Àwọn olùborí Irin ń fi ìjáfáfá ńlá, ìmọ̀ pàtó gíga, òye ògbóǹtarìgì àti agbára ìṣẹ̀dá àwọn olùṣẹ̀dá wọn hàn. A retí pé Luminous Minimal Atunṣe Iyẹwu yóò jẹ́ ẹ̀dá tí a kà sí gidigidi, tí a gbóríyìn fún tí a sì nífẹ̀ẹ́, tó wúlò tó sì ní ìmúṣẹ̀dá tuntun. Àwòṣe tó borí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award yìí ń kó àwọn ọ̀nà tó dára jùlọ ilé-iṣẹ́ jọ, ó sì ní àwọn ànímọ́ ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ tó péye tí a so mọ́ ìmọ̀ ṣíṣe àti ẹ̀bùn. A bọ̀wọ̀ fún Luminous Minimal Atunṣe Iyẹwu nítorí ìfọ̀kànbalẹ̀ rẹ̀, a sì ṣàwòṣe rẹ̀ láti pèsè ìmúdára ìgbésí ayé tó ń ran ayé lọ́wọ́ láti di ibi tó dára jù.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
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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