포루투칼에 매력적인 아파트먼트를 선사하는 리스본 베이스 건축스튜디오 AVA의 최신작 ‘Três Marias Loft’는 그들이 지항하는 작업의 연장선상에서 출발한다. 이번 주거 리노베이션 프로젝트는 1839년 건립된 오래된 빌딩 1층, 어린 두자녀를 둔 엔진니어링 분야 종사자 커플을 위한 주거계획으로 기존(old)과 새로운(contemporary) 것의 조화로운 하모니를 지향한다. 이는 기존 공간에 대한 존중; 오래된 우드 플로어의 복원과 기존 룸 레이아웃의 존치와 같이 가능한 최소한의 개입과 공간에 대한 역사적인 장소성을 포함하는 현대적 요소의 절충점으로 풍부하고 평화로운 거주공간을 실현한다. 특히 드라마틱한 내부공간 이미지를 연출하는 천장에 위치한 인상적인 스타코 데코레이션은 공간에 대한 역사적인 캐릭터 실현과 빈티지 엘레강스한 이미지를 동시에 구현한다. 여기에 모던한 화이트를 바탕으로 주출입구에 놓여진 크림슨 레드 카펫, 건축가가 집적 디자인한 펜던트 조명이 공간을 더욱더 풍성하게 연출한다. 오래된 것에 대한 인정 그리고 최소한의 개입, 이것은 앞으로도 우리가 지향해야할 디자인의 단편으로 프로젝트에 표현된다.
reviewed by SJ,오사
The Lisbon-based architecture studio AVA is behind the interior design and renovation of this eye-catching apartment in Portugal’s capital city. Situated on the first floor of a 1893 building, the so called ‘Três Marias Loft’ is owned by a married couple of engineers with two small children. The designers chose to intervene upon the existing space as little as possible, preserving much of the apartment’s old wooden floor and the existing layout of the rooms, with the only exception being the installation of two bathrooms in what used to be the pantry. Harmoniously combining contemporary elements with the property’s history, the designers have created an airy and calm living space that also exudes a sense of playfulness and humour.
Perhaps the most dramatic feature in the apartment, the impressive stucco decorations on the ceilings add to its historic character and air of vintage elegance. The predominantly white spaces have been peppered with intensely bright design elements, such as the crimson red carpet in the entry hall and the striking pendant light designed by AVA architect Carlos Veloso; made of polyurethane foam suspended on a metal structure, the light looks like a floating cloud of molten lava. More stucco decorations are to be found in the library-cum-playroom area, where the shelves have been unorthodoxly placed right in the middle of the room, so as not to obstruct the beautiful decorations and the natural light coming in through the tall windows — while blackboards in the kitchen and hallway await to be drawn upon, by children and adults alike.
ABOUT THE DESIGNERS
Atelier Veloso Arquitectos (AVA)
is an award-winning architecture and interior design practice based in
Lisbon, Portugal. Although the studio has been active since 1996, it was
officially renamed AVA in 2007, in order to combine the creative forces of architects Carlos Jorge C. Veloso and Rui Filipe C. Veloso.
Since then, the studio has completed projects ranging from larger-scale
social housing apartment buildings and a theatre for the city of Guarda
to smaller private residences and apartments.
from yatzer