A splash of Light Blue

Amici Buro presents its recent project: a 75m² apartment with a lot of natural colors and shades in the residential complex Yaroslaviv Hrad in Kyiv.

It looks like concrete, glass blocks, metal and stone, but at the same time it is transparent, simple and clean. This is the impact one feels after a home tour of the apartment. Amici Buro's designers have been committed to creating a tidy living space without cluttered storage space. This can be seen right away from the design of the corridor: light and calm like the other rooms. The hanging steel shelves by Frama, together with the Marea leather sofa and chest of drawers by De Castelli, fit perfectly into the design concept. And the red doors to the ceiling are one of the accent color combinations in the design of the entire project and companions of the chest of drawers. A linen curtain separates the living area from the corridor. If you don't want to separate these spaces, simply push back the curtain and see a two-way mirror on the floor.

At the entrance to the left, behind the wooden paneling, the wardrobe has been placed which includes a storage space and a small laundry room for washing machine and dryer behind a hidden facade. Veneer color is used consistently in every room. The designers emphasized the geometry of the shelves with highlights.

Lightness was our concern in this project. A clear zoning of space without the installation of heavy partitions has become the main solution to this problem.

The main accent color of the project is light blue and its shades. Thus, the vector of movement in the design was set by the Azul Macaubas stone from the Italian factory Ariostea. In the living room we find it in the hanging shelf placed above the blue sofa to store books, frames and candles. To emphasize the lightness and graphic nature of the idea, the designers designed the light fixtures in a linear way so as not to distract attention from the main idea. Linen fabrics, fine-grained beige plaster and dark warm wood became companions of rather cold materials, so the interior turned out to be cozy. Clients needed a separate workplace in order to close, conduct online meetings and not worry about noise, so the designers separated the living room and balcony with a glazing in a burgundy metal profile.

The kitchen top was made in the same stone as the shelf in the living room, which together with the wood are the basis in this room. Clients didn't want bar stools, so the designers divided the island into two parts: an island work area with a stove, built-in extractor fan, and a dining table with chairs by De La Espada. Chrome is the main metal of the room: the faucet, the chandelier suspended above the dining area and the decorative elements are all chrome. As for the cabinets, they were made of the same wood as the cladding panels. This technique helped to visually hide the cabinets and merge the kitchen with the corridor.

Wood, metal and concrete have become the main materials in the bedroom. The Lago Air Wildwood bed with shelves by Bolzan adds lightness to the room thanks to its thin metal legs. Flos' lighting on either side of the bed cast their brightness onto the drapery behind the bed and act as a reading light. Behind the FEST Amsterdam chair are the same Frama shelves as in the corridor, but in a different configuration and size. A low height chest of drawers for storing bedding with soft cushions is placed next to the glass block.

Throughout the project, we strove for ease of use of things and uncluttered storage space.

The designers wanted to provide a sizable bathroom with natural light, so they used a glass block between the bedroom and the bathroom. The floor, walls and shower are covered in white terrazzo stone. The Borghi washbasin by Antonio Lupi has become the color accent of the bathroom. In support of the sink, a flower bed with dried flowers, in the same finish as the whole room. Another element present to note is the chrome. We find it in the two small wall lamps on either side of the door, in the shower stool, in the faucet and in the mirror. The latter can be rotated on its axis for easy use and doubles as a towel rack. To the opposite side, a built-in wardrobe has been placed behind the toilet covered with the same wooden panels present throughout the apartment.