TYPICAL UNITS FLOOR | 21 FLOORS
TYPICAL PENTHOUSES FLOOR | THREE FLOORS
PROJECT INFORMATION.
TYPE OF PROJECT | COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL | COMPLETE RETROFIT FOR TWO APARTMENT TOWERS
PROJECT SIZE | 19, 750 SQ. METERS | 212, 600 SQ. FEET. PER TOWER.
PROJECT COST | WITHHELD AT OWNERS REQUEST.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION.
THIS PROJECT WAS A COMPLETE RETROFIT FROM ARCHITECTURAL FACADE TO COMPLETELY NEW INTERIORS.
THE INTIAL CONCEPT WAS TO HAVE EACH UNIT TO BE DESIGNED AS OPEN AS POSSIBLE AND A MINIMUM OF SEPARATION WITH USING DOORS. ONLY DOORS WERE USED FOR PRIVACY IN THE MASTER BEDROOMS AND SECONDARY BEDROOMS. IN SOME OF THE UNITS THERE WAS NO NEED TO USE SOLID DOORS AND BUILT IN CABINETS WERE USED AS WALLS | SEPARATIONS BETWEEN LIVING AND SLEEPING SPACES. THIS MINIMIZED THE USE FOR TRADITIONAL WALLS TO BE USED AS SEPARATION AND ALSO MAXIMIZED THE FOOTPRINT OF THE UNITS.
AS THE CEILING HEIGHTS AND THE INSTALLATION OF NEW HVAC AND PLUMBING REQUIREMENTS, THE CEILING HEIGHTS HAD TO BE CONSIDERED AN IMPORTANT FEATURE IN TECHNICAL ISSUES BUT ALSO AESTHETICS. TO KEEP THE FLOW OF NATURAL LIGHT CLERESTORY WINDOWS WERE INTRODUCED. THEY WERE USED ON TOP OF WALLS AND ON TOP OF CABINETS. THIS ADDED TO THE OPENNESS OF THE SPACES. PATTERNED MIRRORS WERE USED WHERE NECESSARY TO REFLECT THE CITY AND LANDSCAPE BELOW. ALSO THE REFLECTION OF LIGHT BECAME AN IMPORTANT FEATURE.
THE CLIENTS DECIDED TO PROVIDE THE BUYERS WITH THREE DIFFERENT COLOR SCHEMES | PALETTES TO CHOOSE FROM. ONE A DARK COLOR, ONE A MEDIUM COLOR AND THE OTHER BEING THE LIGHT COLOR. THIS WAS EASILY DONE BY USING DIFFERENT TONES FOR THE WOOD VENEERS TO ACHIEVE THIS. THE MARBLE FLOORING USED WAS THE SAME FOR EVERY UNIT. WE USED A CROSS CUT TRAVERTINE ON THE FLOOR AND VEIN CUT FOR THE BATHROOMS APPLIED VERTICALLY. THIS ALLOWED FOR THE CONTINUITY OF MATERIALS THROUGHOUT. GRANITE TOPS WERE USED FOR THE KITCHEN SPACES. ALL MASTER BEDROOMS HAD CUSTOM PADDED LEATHER WALLS INSERTED AS A FOCAL POINT AND PROVIDING A LAYER OF COLOR AND TEXTURE TO THE ROOM.
FOR THE TYPICAL PUBLIC LIFT LOBBIES, WE USED GREEN ONYX FOR THE TABLE BASE AND ON TOP OF THE GREEN ONYX BASE WE INSERTED A TOP WRAPPED IN BRONZE METAL WITH A WOOD PLACEHOLDER FOR SCULPTURE. ITALIAN STATUARIO MARBLE WAS USED FOR THE FLOORS, AND TO CREATE A SENSE OF LUXURY, WE BOOK MATCHED THE PATTERN. SYCAMORE WOOD VENEER PANELING WAS USED FOR THE ENVELOPE OF THE INTERIOR SPACES. FOR EACH OF THE APARTMENT ENTRIES, WE INSERTED A RED ONYX PANEL, WHICH HELPED TO EASILY IDENTIFY THE ENTRY POINTS FROM WITHIN THE CORRIDORS. TO CARRY THE METAL THEME THROUGHOUT, ALL ENTRY DOORS WERE WRAPPED IN THE SAME BRONZE METAL, AND ALL THE CEILINGS WERE DELINEATED TOO, WITH A SMALL METAL SHADOW GAP DETAIL, TO EMPHASIZE THE CLEAN LINES OF THE SPACES. THIS PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO DETAIL CREATED THE NECESSARY ELEMENTS FOR THE FINAL QUALITY OFTHE PROJECT.
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS BUILDING.
TWENTY ONE TYPICAL FLOORS. UNITS A | B. UNITS C | D. UNIT E. UNITS F | G.
THREE FLOORS DIVIDED INTO TWO PENTHOUSES PER FLOOR. UNITS A | B.
ONE GRAND PENTHOUSE.
COMMON LIFT LOBBY AND CORRIDORS FOR EACH TYPICAL FLOOR.
COMMON LIFT LOBBY AND CORRIDORS FOR TYPICAL PENTHOUSE FLOORS.
PRIVATE LIFT LOBBY AND CORRIDORS FOR THE GRAND PENTHOUSE FULL FLOOR.
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS TYPICAL UNITS.
OPEN PLAN CONCEPT.
DEDICATED ENTRY FOYER WITH STORAGE.
OPEN LIVING | DINING ROOM.
OPEN KITCHEN.
MASTER BEDROOM WITH CLOSET SPACE.
MASTER EN-SUITE BATHROOM. SEPARATE TUB AND SHOWER.
BEDROOM TWO AND EN-SUITE BATHROOM WITH CLOSET SPACE.
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS PENTHOUSE A. 365 SQ. METERS.
OPEN PLAN CONCEPT.
DEDICATED ENTRY FOYER WITH STORAGE.
POWDER ROOM.
PRIVATE STUDY.
OPEN LIVING | DINING ROOM.
OPEN KITCHEN WESTERN STYLE.
WET KITCHEN AND SERVICE ROOM.
MASTER BEDROOM WITH ATTACHED W.I.C.
MASTER EN-SUITE BATHROOM. SEPARATE TUB AND SHOWER.
BEDROOMS TWO, THREE AND FOUR AND EN-SUITE BATHROOMS WITH CLOSET SPACE.
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS PENTHOUSE B. 212 SQ. METERS.
OPEN PLAN CONCEPT.
DEDICATED ENTRY FOYER WITH STORAGE.
POWDER ROOM.
OPEN LIVING | DINING ROOM.
OPEN KITCHEN WESTERN STYLE.
MASTER BEDROOM WITH ATTACHED W.I.C.
MASTER EN-SUITE BATHROOM. SEPARATE TUB AND SHOWER.
BEDROOMS TWO, THREE AND EN-SUITE BATHROOMS WITH CLOSET SPACE.
MANUFACTURERS.
B AND B ITALIA.
FLOS.
ARTEMIDE.
POGGENPOHL.
BACCARAT.
OLIVARI.
FRETTE.
BANG AND OLUFSON.