Tasks We were expected to create a living space in a small 2-room apartment in a new solid-cast building.

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Architects: Ruetemple

Location: Moscow, Russia

Area: 47.0 sqm

Project Year: 2016

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Other Participants : Alexander Kudimov, Daria Butakhina

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From the architect. Tasks
We were expected to create a living space in a small 2-room apartment in a new solid-cast building.The apartment owner is a young man, who shares a similar point of view with us regarding the interior living space, therefore it was very easy for us to find a common ground and create a convenient, functional and modern space.
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Concept
The initial data on the apartment is very convenient: no load bearing elements inside the apartment, the concentration of all wet zones along the wall deep within the apartment, and two large windows along the opposite wall, which provide perfect lighting for the whole area.

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It was important to keep the feeling of air and volume; however, at the same time we understood that it would be impossible to do without a private sleeping zone. Not wanting to construct any solid partitions, resulted in the idea of creating some volume in the center of the apartment, which would...