Mora35 住宅室內設計 by Sculpta is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award 鐵獎 in 室內空間及展覽設計 Competition Category.

鐵室內· 2022

Mora35 住宅室內設計

by Sculpta

Client: Sculpta

A' Design Award 鐵獎 Winner in 室內 Category

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The Design

About Mora35 住宅室內設計

Mora35係位於羅馬尼亞布加勒斯特一座建於1955年嘅樓宇入面,一個52平方米單位嘅住宅室內設計項目。呢個兩房單位保留咗原有空間嘅特色,同時加入現代化嘅舒適元素。橡木、黃銅同白色飾面構成咗主要嘅表面材質。牆身同地板交界處設有黃銅踢腳線,形成內凹嘅線條,而黃銅飾條則勾勒出門框嘅輪廓。橡木傢俬按照每個房間嘅特點量身設計。KNX系統可以遙距控制照明、暖氣、冷氣同電動窗簾。裝修期間亦加裝咗地暖系統。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 鐵獎

Mora35 住宅室內設計是 A' Design Award 鐵獎得主，這是授予滿足人們對設計精良的創作所期待的專業與工業要求的優良設計的聲望認可。鐵獎得主展現出其創作者的高超技藝、高度專業化、專家級的理解力和創造能力。預計Mora35 住宅室內設計將成為一件備受推崇、令人欽佩且被珍愛的創作，既實用又創新。這件贏得 A' Design Award 鐵獎的設計整合了行業最佳實踐，並擁有與專業知識和才華相結合的稱職技術特性。Mora35 住宅室內設計因其嚴謹而受到尊重，旨在提供有助於讓世界變得更美好的生活品質改善。

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: A small space, hidden in a postwar building in an aristocratic residential neighborhood defined by the aesthetic and cultural vision of the elites of the mid-twentieth century, was found by the architects untouched, the now yellowed walls, the dusty terracotta stoves, and the solid wood flooring keeping the air of yesteryear.

The client expressed his desire to transform the space into a home with a timeless aesthetic, a space that would preserve and enhance the value of the place through materiality while from a technological point of the view the apartment ought to have the comfort of a smart home.

In an attempt to define the spatiality of a two-bedroom apartment in just 52 square meters, the colors, textures and materials that could clutter and overburden the space have been limited, thus inviting the play of natural materials to take the center role. textures of wood, brass and white walls were to define the space.

At first sight, the interior decor is simple: white walls, white doors that carry only their own texture, a unifying wooden floor whose stereotomy emphasizes a careful design that honors each space by creating a continuous dialogue between them. The brass frieze inserts follow the line of the furniture, while the parquet boards turn to highlight passages.

Beyond the simple image, there are discreet details that give the space uniqueness. The brass plinth creates a negative space at the point where the wall usually meets the floor giving the feeling that it holds the weight of the wall while below, the horizontal plane moves freely, seemingly defying the limits of space. Light touching the plinth produces reflections that follow a continuous, perimetral path.

Doors made without sills stand tall with a slim profile, thus emphasizing the height of the space. Instead of the sill, on the outside of the lining, a small brass band outlines the door, meeting the brass plinth on both ends. White wooden windows are bordered by a perimetral sill outlining the windows as frames towards the outside. The direct relationship between the living room and the bedroom, often found in the living morphology of that period, was preserved and enhanced by the presence of a harmonic metallic door, whose lines metaphorically describe a "gate".

Brass sculpts its presence in the white front of the kitchen, the continuous play of reflections creating the feeling of depth and spatiality in a small space.

Beyond the aesthetics, the space is animated by smart-home technology that allows remote control, the lights, thermostats, roller shutters, the heating system and the cooling system being at the user's fingertips.

The solid oak wood furniture, sculpted for each space and place, comes to support the timeless character of the interior while sculptural lights and round motifs support the balance of elements, creating a hierarchy, avoiding conflicts of dominance. To the left of the bed, the tall luminaire, standing on a bedside table whose own legs are high, filiform, contrasts with a luminaire with the same expression, suspended as the dominant over a heavy volumetric bedside table.

In this permanent compositional dialogue, the elements communicate and support each other, the viewer is invited to discover his own balance in the interior.
Dimensions & Packaging: This small apartment measures 52 square meters.
Tags: mora 35, luxury interior design, timeless interior design, brass interior design, brass kitchen
Production Technology: Oak wood, brass and white finishes have been been the main focus of the project.
In terms of technology, the small apartment features a KNX Smart Home System that can be controlled remotely.
Floor heating has also been retrofitted, a technical challenge for a building erected in 1955 and this and the entire HVAC apparatus, motorized shades included, can be controlled remotely.
Design Challenge: Finding specialized workforce able to manipulate brass.
Research: The simple objective of the project has been to create a very technologically advanced living environment with a timeless design inspired whilst keeping mind that the building in which it resides has been erected in 1955.
The team at sculpta researched the building typologies of the neighborhood and incorporated through modern means recurring elements such as brass, oak wood, white timber windows with exterior aluminum cladding especially produced in Italy to ensure the cohesion with the entire façade and protect and enhance.
Inspiration: The age and modernist bones of the building inspired the timeless design it exudes today, through simple but rich in texture materials we brought the building in contemporaneity whilst honoring its age and heritage.
Project Duration: 12 months, Bucharest, Romania
Operation Flow: All the functions of the apartment, with the exception of the access control apparatus can be controlled remotely thanks to the KNX infrastructure.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Vlad Patru & sculpta.ba | Cristina & Anton Giuroiu
Team Members: arh. Cristina Giuroiu
arh. Anton Giuroiu
Image Credits: Phototography by Vlad Patru
Image Courtesy of sculpta.ba | Cristina & Anton Giuroiu