The portfolio of the architectural Bureau SL Project, founded

by Alexei Nikolashin – includes residential and public spaces,

townhouses, hotels, boutiques and apartments. The geography

of projects extends from Moscow, Yalta, Sochi to Monte Carlo,

Budva and Baku. The peculiarity of how the SL Project studio

works on projects is the use of an architectural approach to the

formation of space.

The apartment on Mos

filmovskaya street is not an exception

and its area, by modern standards, is not too large – 120 m.

The customers wanted to have a living room with a large group

of sofas, a kitchen with an island and a dining table, to make

separate bedrooms for them and their three children – two

boys and a girl. According to Alexei Nikolashin, it was not easy

to take into account all these wishes and implement them on

such a space. The apartment has an angular location and a

large number of windows, so the authors of the project decided

to use these advantages to obtain a spacious, bright volume,

combining the kitchen with a living room in the same area with

a laundry room. “We usually distinguish between the kitchen

and the living room with sliding partitions that can “hide” in the

wall, “explains Alexey Nikolashin. – but was not possible in this

apartment. Its advantage is a panoramic window with access to

the terrace, so I wanted to make the room bright, without any

partitions between the kitchen and the living room.”

Alexey managed to realize also the bedrooms: he designed three

rooms – master bedrooms for the parents and two children’s

rooms – one for the girl, another for the boys.

For the master bedroom, the architect proposed a rather

unusual solution, combined with the bathroom to get a single

and spacious volume.

These two spaces are a continuation of each other, but

nevertheless have a separation by means of a sliding door made

of transparent glass. In the interior design cool and warm colors,

as well as smooth white surfaces combined with wood as a

floor covering and decorative element for walls and ceilings.

This solution has a functional purpose: all utilities are hidden

under the wooden panels. For example, under the ceiling

in the hallway, and bathroom are the air conditioning and air

duct grilles. Trees perform the function of zoning. The project

also uses marble, which is also always present in the works of

Alexei. This material is used as decoration on one of the walls

and built-in wardrobes in the master bathroom, as well as a

wall behind the work area in the kitchen. The peculiarity of the

project is textured rack walls made of dark wood, as well as

a wardrobe in the living room of white cubic volumes, forming

open and closed shelves. All this emphasized the architectural

approach of the author to interior design. “we managed to make

an ergonomic, light volume,” concludes Alexey. – It was the fact

that our customers trusted us, and therefore got the result,

which satis

fied 100%”.

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