L’agence Ogilvy & Mather, basée au Japon, a fait la nouvelle campagne print de ADOT qui se bat contre les conflits entre l’Ukraine et la Russie. Sous forme de diptyques percutants, des objets violents à gauche sont prolongés par des moyens d’expressions à gauche. A découvrir dans la suite.
These hyper-realistic renderings by designer Michael Samoriz depict a cafe proposed for Ukraine with wooden beams criss-crossing over its ceiling.
Ukraine designer Michael Samoriz, co-founder of Umbra Design, created the 3D visualisations to show his design for the Bristol2 cafe planned for the city of Ivano-Frankivsk in western Ukraine.
The designer modelled the interior with black walls that will be textured using a cement-based covering called Microcemento, which creates continuous surfaces without joints and grooves.
European birch beams will intersect at different angles across the ceiling of the 110-square-metre space, contrasting with the black walls. “We wanted to make the project expressive, fresh and modern, using natural materials and finishes,” said Samoriz.
A wooden dining surface at bar height will be cantilevered from a central concrete pillar, while large conical lampshades will hang over individual square tables.
At one end of the cafe, angled lamps will hang from a horizontal I beam on the wall, directing light onto circular black tables surrounded by stools.
Wine racks will store bottles above the bar and doorways, while wooden toilet cubicles stamped with a “fragile” motif like a packing crate will sit at the rear of the store.
The project is due for completion in summer 2014.
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Les équipes de l’agence ukrainienne Reynolds and Reyner ont récemment imaginé toute la charte et l’identité graphique d’un nouveau café qui vient d’ouvrir à Londres. Des choix graphiques très chics et sobre pour « London House Coffee » à découvrir dans une sélection d’images dans notre article.
A combined bookshelf and staircase creates a small library with interchangeable shelving at this apartment in the Ukraine by architect Alex Bykov (+ slideshow).
Architect Alex Bykov renovated the Kiev apartment’s interior around the owner’s request for a library, raising it on a small podium in one corner of the living room to maximise storage space.
The apartment only has two doors separating rooms, as each space flows into the next in a looping arrangement.
“The concept of movement appears through the spatial design areas such as the bedroom, the lounge, the library and the bathroom surrounding the kitchen – the historical symbol of the family’s heart,” said architect Alex Bykov.
“You can move from one room to another in an interrupted circle, since the spaces flow smoothly into each other,” he added.
Bykov shifted the doorways back to their original positions, after discovering they had been previously blocked, and retained the existing brickwork.
The exposed pastel-coloured bricks line the interior walls, and are joined by decorative lamps by fellow Ukrainian designers Anna Poppvych and Vasyliy Butenko and low-hung ceiling lamps by Artemide.
Polished timber floorboards are laid throughout the flat, while new partitions and the library are built from chunky chipboard panels. All the furniture is designed and built by the architect.
A skylight is positioned above the bathroom and is screened by wooden louvres that filter light into the room.
We’ve featured a few apartments on Dezeen recently with combined bookshelves and staircases. Others include an old laundry space in Barcelona, a loft conversion in north London and a house with a wooden slide slotted into a staircase and bookshelf in South Korea.
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Here’s a description from the architect:
Usually they say that the successful interior is a beneficial combination of environmentally friendly contemporary decorative materials, design furniture, sanitary equipment and home appliances. Nevertheless, the interior of an apartment located in the heart of Kiev’s historical district has a much more valuable treasure – an idea.
A young creative couple had been looking for an architect, when their designer friend recommended them Alex Bykov. The couple was preparing for a wedding and decided to spend their honeymoon in the renewed apartment.
After a fruitful discussion of suggestions and proposals the concept of “constant motion” was born. Furthermore the concept became the main vector of planning design and stylistic solutions of the interior.
The concept of movement appears through spacial design areas such as the bedroom, the lounge, the library and the bathroom surrounding the kitchen, the historical symbol of the “family’s heart”. So you can move from one room to another in an uninterrupted circle, since the spaces flow smoothly into each other.
The windows face to the south-east side ,which is why the living room and the bedroom are filled with an early morning’s golden shine. The interior has a cosy warm colouring due to the pastel brick walls, the natural texture of wood and soft furniture.
During the process of dismantling it was discovered that the doorways had previously been blocked . Alex decided to shift the doorways by using the original bricks with an authentic early 20th century mark. The brick was bought from junkmen and carefully laid into the living room wall.
The built-in library – a primary wish of the couple, was designed to house the family library. The library has a podium, which was designed to provide more space for storage. It was decided to make two types of shelves for the library; thus this flexible solution gives an opportunity to change the geometric pattern of shelves in the future.
Alex also designed all the furniture and prepared individual work drawings. The woodwork was made from low cost materials. Artificial lighting is dim, warm and comfortable.
Decorative lamps are by Ukrainian designers Anna Popovych and Vasyliy Butenko; the ceiling lamps, which were presented to the newly-weds by close friends as a wedding gift, are by ‘Artemide’.
Bespoke wrought-iron products also immediately grab attention: the legs for the coffee and dining tables, a mirror in the bedroom, a sleeve for the kitchen hood and a window.
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This yacht house on the southernmost tip of the Crimean coastline by Robin Monotti Architects includes four holiday apartments (+ slideshow).
Located within the Foros Shore holiday resort, the Foros Yacht House was conceived as stack of box-like volumes intended to play down the scale of the fifteen-metre-deep and six-metre high room for storing the yacht at the centre of the building.
“Yacht House is an organic composition,” said Robin Monotti. “We started with the box for the boat, then added accommodation alongside, terraces, and finally the stair tower.”
The architect drew inspiration from the traditional “dacha” holiday homes of the Ukraine’s neighbouring Russia and planned the building as a contemporary reinterpretation, with off-white walls to reflect sunlight and porthole windows that reference naval architecture.
A captain’s lodge is located on the ground floor and leads through to the yacht storage, while a studio flat occupies the first floor and two-bedroom apartments span the building on the second and third floors.
Floor-to-ceiling windows open out to glass-fronted balcony terraces, offering guests a view straight out to sea.
“Ultimately the building is about the nearness of the sea and the huge skies,” said Monotti. “We wanted people to experience their surroundings – the sound of the water, the sea winds, the changing light and moods, the changing temperatures, even the salty taste in the air – as if they were already on a yacht.”
The chunky stair tower runs up the rear corner of the building and has vertical slit windows that limit daylight. The architect explains that this was intentional, so that guests are overcome with light as they enter the apartments. “Yacht House helps you experience nature in a powerful way,” he adds.
Italian architect Robin Monotti set up his London studio in 2007.
Other boathouses completed in recent years include a Victorian boathouse in England and a cylindrical boathouse in Texas.
Photography is by Ioana Marinescu, apart from where otherwise stated.
Here’s a project description from Robin Monotti Architects:
Foros Yacht House, Crimea, Ukraine
Robin Monotti Architects
London based Robin Monotti Architects completed ‘Yacht House’ in September 2012. The 875 sq m contemporary building creates an outstanding feature on the Crimean shoreline. It houses four rental apartments arranged around tall yacht storage at ground level, and connected by a staircase tower. The apartments provide spectacular views across the sea and the mountains, and a direct and immediate connection to the coastal environment that surrounds them.
In 2011 Robin Monotti’s Ukranian client acquired the site which lies within the Foros Shore resort owned by the Donetsk Steel Group. With a Mediterranean-like climate and dramatic scenery, the Crimea is known as the Russian Riviera. Foros is located at the southernmost tip of the Crimea, along the most sought after 30 km band of coastline in the Ukraine. Because of its enduring popularity, the area has a rich political and architectural heritage. Neighbours include the dachas of former USSR president Gorbachev and current Ukrainian president Yanukovich, and close by are magnificent palaces and churches from the Tsarist era.
Yacht House is a contemporary response to Russia’s dacha tradition. Robin Monotti’s design is uncompromisingly modern, but also open, playful and people focussed. This is important for a country that remembers the repressive Soviet regime and its association with brutalist architecture.
Brief
The client initially required winter storage space for his 13 metre yacht. The client then decided to add three rental apartments and captain’s accommodation to make the most of the outstanding site. A significant challenge was how to design the building so that the apartments were not overpowered by the massive door required for the yacht. Other challenges were presented by a steeply sloping site in a seismically active area, and its proximity to the sea which in bad weather could drench the house in corrosive salt water.
Solution
The design commenced with a yacht room 7 metres wide, 15 metres deep and 6 metres high on the ground floor giving access via a 25′ door to a railed slipway in front. To balance the 25′ door and enable dramatic, unrestricted views across the Black Sea, Robin Monotti proposed three distinctive volumes above and beside the tall boat house. By offsetting the volumes, the design provided a variety of terraces at different levels, extensive views and outdoor access.
The outside is brought inside by 9 metre wide floor to ceiling windows in the main apartments which provide almost seamless seascapes. When the bi-folding doors are fully open the interior living spaces feel like shaded outdoor spaces. Porthole windows continue the marine theme.
Glass railings to all balconies and terraces allow for uninterrupted views, and a shared 135 sq m solarium terrace on the fourth floor provides 360 degree views of the sea and the Crimean Mountains behind. A variety of different outdoor terraces and balconies offer contrasting views over the surrounding landscape.
A tall stair tower links the floors and, with its slit-like windows, recalls the nearby defensive Genoese fortifications of Balaklava. The narrow windows restrict light and views so that surprise and delight is enhanced when the main living areas, with their astounding light and views, are entered from the tower. The slit windows also provide privacy on the side of the building that faces the resort.
Above: ground floor plan
The captain’s accommodation and the first floor flat provide studio accommodation, with two bedroom apartments on the third and fourth floor. The flats are fully furnished with high quality white Italian furniture.
Above: first floor plan
Environmental features
The building is constructed of reinforced concrete throughout to make the structure capable of withstanding earthquakes and to provide additional protection against winter storms.
Above: second floor plan
There was a conscious effort to reduce light pollution in the outside areas. It was important that the focus for guests at night time would be on the natural landscape, in order for them to witness the reflection of the moon, stars and sea. An influx in outside lighting would restrict guests from engaging with nature and the surrounding landscape.
Above: third floor plan
Off-white paint was chosen for the exterior of the building in order to absorb the least amount of solar radiation possible, as well as to enhance the visibility of the building. Porthole windows to the sides of the building provide cross ventilation.
Above: roof plan
Architect: Robin Monotti Architects: Robin Monotti Graziadei, Fannar Haraldsson
Client: Private
Structural engineer: Gennadiy Gyrushta
Main contractor: Igor Shutkin
Above: section
Begun: August 2011
Completed: September 2012
Internal and External Floor Area: 875m2
Internal Floor area: 575m2
Yacht store dimensions 7 metres wide, 15 metres deep and 6 metres high
Sector: Residential Holiday Flats
Total cost: £1M
Address: Foros, Crimea, Ukraine, Ukraine
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