Apartment of 53 m2 with a veranda in a house on the embankment Design 10.04.2022 Designer Ekaterina Doronina designed a bright interior of a penthouse with a two-level veranda in a historic House on the embankment Photo Inna Kablukova. Style: Reseda Akhunova, Daria Vasilkova OBJECT PARAMETERS Property type: apartment in a historic house on the embankment Where is located: Moscow, Serafimovich, 2 Square footage: 53 m2 Style: Eclectic The main idea of the project: to preserve the architecture and exterior, to change the design with the help of furniture and decor Color scheme: bright The authors of the project: designer Ekaterina Doronina, +7 916 293 17 14 This studio with a small bathroom, kitchen and a two-level veranda is located in the famous House on the Embankment, which was built for the Soviet party nomenclature. At various times, statesmen, heroes of Socialist labor, war heroes, writers and poets lived here. Among the famous residents of the house are Nikita Khrushchev, Demyan Bedny, Alexey Stakhanov, Alexander Serafimovich, Georgy Zhukov and many others. Photo Inna Kablukova. Style: Reseda Akhunova, Daria Vasilkova But there was another “dark side” to this house. During the years of the Great Terror, more than 700 residents of the House on the embankment were repressed. They were taken away by whole families on black funnels, after which they simply disappeared, and their apartments were occupied by new tenants. The designer wanted to reflect the ambivalent history of this place, preserve its authenticity and pay tribute to the memory of a country that no longer exists — so talking inscriptions appeared in the interior, which can be seen on the walls of the veranda and pieces of furniture. Dressers, Reda. Chairs, Reda in collaboration with Ulyana Khokhlova. Mirrors, Reda in collaboration with Elizaveta Solonitsyna. Photo Inna Kablukova. Style: Reseda Akhunova, Daria Vasilkova The bright interior is filled with unique pieces of furniture of the Reda brand, owned by the owner of the apartment, designer Daria Vasilkova. Many items were created in collaboration with other designers: for example, chairs made of recycled cardboard inlaid with tile mosaic, a fly agaric mirror, a ceramic table and vases. Photo Inna Kablukova. Style: Reseda Akhunova, Daria Vasilkova One of the most unusual pieces of furniture is a bed, also finished with Reda tiles. “This is not just a sleeping bed, but a multifunctional object that combines a bed and a storage system,” says the designer. — The headboard is also the back of the chest of drawers, the drawers of which open from the back: they are located at the base of the bed. The bed is lined with mosaics and tiles from different collections. For example, from the flagship collection of Gzhel, where religious and philosophical symbols and images of pop culture are united by a common design style.” Bed, Reda. Table, Reda in collaboration with Dirtyhands. Photo Inna Kablukova. Style: Reseda Akhunova, Daria Vasilkova “At the design and visualization stage, we received a lot of comments on the topic that it would be especially painful to stumble over a tiled bed. We decided to play this moment through design and came up with a talking inscription on the corner tiles, visualizing what people usually say with annoyance. The bed can be viewed as an object of street art, painted with graffiti – it depicts many different, non—repeating plots.” Photo Inna Kablukova. Style: Reseda Akhunova, Daria Vasilkova The roof terrace is practically not equipped and does not differ much from the neighboring roofs. The author of the project wanted to preserve the effect of street space, as in large European, Asian or American cities. “We sewed up the metal wall with an OSB plate, which I decorated with graffiti and decorated with mosaic tiles,— says Katerina Doronina. “The main ideological message was the inscription “God Was Love”, which literally translates as “God was love” — it refers to the atheistic period in the history of our country.” Photo Inna Kablukova. Style: Reseda Akhunova, Daria Vasilkova From the lower level of the veranda there is a beautiful view of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. The walls of the veranda are decorated with a graphic bright pattern. The temple is reflected in a round mirror with a massive frame, created in collaboration with ceramist Elizaveta Solonitsyna. The neon sign “NOWHERE” is a tribute to the memory of a country that no longer exists. The mirror, Reda, was created in collaboration with Elizaveta Solonitsyna. Photo Inna Kablukova. Style: Reseda Akhunova, Daria Vasilkova Ekaterina Sobko Original content from the site