Be aware Design Studio has up to date this previously characterless condo in Stockholm to characteristic bespoke Douglas fir joinery and curvy stucco ceilings designed to counsel cloud formations.
Though the Cloudy Outlines condo sits inside a constructing relationship again to 1842, Be aware Design Studio says the inside had been stripped of any historic appeal and “traces of workmanship” throughout earlier renovations.
It additionally had a poor structure, with a residing space that might solely be accessed through a darkish, prolonged hall snaking across the again of the condo whereas the remaining rooms have been awkwardly formed and troublesome to furnish.
The studio determined to revamp the house from scratch, flattening all of its inside partitions to type a extra cohesive ground plan.
The hall was repositioned to run parallel to the constructing’s window-lined facade and, because of this, is now flooded with pure gentle.
Rooms have been classically completed with white-painted partitions and Douglas fir flooring.
Billowy stucco moulding was added all through to present a delicate “cloudy” high quality to the ceilings and supply a distinction with the “rationality and materials robustness” of the condo, the studio defined.
“With the earlier inside and finishes eliminated, a brand new holistic design was developed with a restricted quantity of design rules, all with a timeless ambition,” Be aware Design Studio mentioned.
Within the kitchen, Douglas fir was used once more to create easy cabinets and a putting round cowl for the extractor fan.
The countertop, however, is overlaid with a smooth metallic end.
The entire condo’s doorways, in addition to its window sills, are additionally constructed from Douglas fir.
The fabric palette solely deviates barely within the rest room, which options grey-tile surfaces and flecked terrazzo-like flooring.
The Cloudy Outlines condo is one in all a number of residential renovations that Be aware Design Studio has accomplished within the Swedish capital, the place the agency relies.
Amongst them is Habitat 100 – an condo plagued by references to the Swedish Grace motion – and the Mantelpiece Loft, which is distinguished by its colour-block bedrooms.
The images is courtesy of the studio.
