Birdsnest A Pre Revolutionary Kiev Apartment with a Unique Personality

2019-03-14 14:23

When Swiss-British director Marc Raymond Wilkins decided to move to Kiev after living for many years in New York and Berlin, he rightfully chose Reytarska, a beautiful, tree-lined street in one of the hippest neighbourhoods in the historical centre of the Ukrainian capital. Located on the fifth floor of an early 20th century apartment building, Wilkins’ new home was designed by his friend Ukrainian interior designer Emil Dervish. Channelling the neighbourhood’s pre-revolutionary elegance through eclectically curated interiors, Dervish’s design effortlessly reflects the owner’s unique personality. Named the “Birdsnest” due to its top floor location and the building’s quaint architecture which features a slim turret topped by a conical roof, the one-bedroom apartment features high ceilings and an open plan living space. The open plan layout, which incorporates a sitting area, the kitchen, a study and an intimate dining area ensconced in the turret’s niche, allows the apartment to feel spacious despite its modest size while the glass partition that separates the bedroom from the windowless bathroom allows the latter to be illuminated by natural light. Just as elegant and clever is the partitioning of the private quarters with a structure that serves both as a bookcase on the front and as a wardrobe on the back.

当瑞士-英国导演马克·雷蒙德·威尔金斯(Marc Raymond Wilkins)在纽约和柏林居住多年后决定搬到基辅时，他理所当然地选择了雷塔斯卡(Reytarska)，这是一条美丽的、绿树成荫的街道，坐落在乌克兰首都历史中心最时髦的街区之一。威尔金斯的新家位于20世纪初一栋公寓楼的五楼，由他的朋友乌克兰室内设计师埃米尔·德维什(Emil Dervish)设计。通过兼容并蓄的内饰传达社区革命前的优雅，Dervish的设计毫不费力地体现了业主独特的个性。这套单卧室公寓因其顶层位置和建筑的古朴建筑而被命名为“鸟之最”，它有一座纤细的塔楼，顶部有一个圆锥形的屋顶。这套一居室公寓的天花板很高，还有一个开放式的居住空间。开放式平面布局包括一个休息区、一个厨房、一个书房和一个安置在炮塔壁龛里的亲密就餐区。它让公寓感觉宽敞，尽管面积不大，而将卧室与无窗浴室隔开的玻璃隔板，则让后者能被自然光照亮。同样优雅和聪明的是，私人宿舍的隔断结构，既可以作为一个书柜在前面，也作为一个衣柜在后面。

Photo by Mikhail Loskutov.

图片来源于Mikhail Loskutov。

Photo by Mikhail Loskutov.

图片来源于Mikhail Loskutov。

Photo by Mikhail Loskutov.

图片来源于Mikhail Loskutov。

Photo by Mikhail Loskutov.

图片来源于Mikhail Loskutov。

Photo by Mikhail Loskutov.

图片来源于Mikhail Loskutov。

Dervish has relied on a muted colour palette based on light wooden textures and off-white tones that provides an ideal background for Wilkins’s collection of paintings, prints and photographs—including a portrait painted by his father that hangs in the bedroom. Parquet flooring, the bookcase feature and selected furniture fill the apartment with warm timber textures, while ivory plaster walls and a ceiling made of old concrete blocks painted white provide a soothing ambience. Bespoke brass details like door handles and faucets, especially designed for this project, as well as a stunning brass cupboard in the kitchen give off a sense of understated luxury while splashes of cobalt and dark blue round up the décor. The apartment’s renovation is underpinned by a minimalist sensibility of clean lines flowing into simple geometric shapes which allows the owner’s vintage furniture pieces to take centre stage. A sofa and armchairs transported from Berlin, a hefty kitchen sink that used to belong to Wilkins’ great-grandfather, and an upright piano that he inherited from his mother among other pieces not only provide a personal touch but also beautifully tie together the contemporary and the nostalgic aspects of the interior design.

Dermavish依靠轻木纹理和灰白色的色调，依靠一个静音的调色板，为威尔金斯的绘画、版画和照片的收藏提供了一个理想的背景，包括他父亲在卧室里画的肖像。镶木地板，书柜的特色和选定的家具用温暖的木材纹理填充公寓，而象牙石膏墙和由旧混凝土砌块粉刷的天花板提供了舒缓的氛围。定制的黄铜细节，比如门把手和水龙头，特别是为这个项目设计的，以及厨房里的一个令人叹为观止的黄铜橱柜，散发出一种低调的奢华感，同时钴蓝和深蓝色的溅散了德林科尔。公寓的翻新是以简约的线条为基础的，这些线条会流入简单的几何形状，让业主的复古家具成为中心舞台。从柏林运来的沙发和扶手椅，是一个庞大的厨房水槽，用来属于威尔金斯的“曾祖父”和一个直立的钢琴，他从他的母亲那里继承下来，不仅提供了个人的联系，而且把当代的和怀旧的室内设计紧密结合在一起。