Bulgarian studio dontDIY has redesigned this apartment inside a modernist building in Sofia to combine the existing classical elements with contemporary design. Photography: Assen Emilov

Designing a contemporary apartment in an iconic, modernist building in the centre of Sofia is an opportunity few architects can pride themselves with. And when Bulgarian studio dontDIY first approached this project, striking the right balance between the contemporary and the modern was a top-of-mind priority.

在索非亚市中心的一座标志性的现代主义建筑中设计一套当代公寓，这是一个很少建筑师能引以为豪的机会。当保加利亚工作室DontDIY第一次接触到这个项目时，在当代和现代之间取得正确的平衡是首要任务。

Located in a 1937 corner building by Radoslav Radoslavov – a name associated with some of the best works of modernist architecture of the interwar period, dontDIY’s Apartment N08 is indeed a contemporary rendition of Bulgarian modernism.

DontDIY的N08公寓位于拉多斯拉夫·拉多斯拉夫(Radoslav Radoslavov)1937年的一栋街角建筑中，这个名字与二战时期现代主义建筑的一些最佳作品相关联，它确实是保加利亚现代主义的当代演绎。

‘The conception of the project began with the idea of balancing conservative and contemporary in a way that complements both,’ the studio’s co-founder Hristo Stankushev explains. ‘The classical elements structuring the entire interior also play an important role in the appropriation theme.’

该公司的联合创始人赫里斯托·斯坦库舍夫(Hristo Stankushev)解释说，这个项目的理念始于平衡保守和当代的理念，并对两者加以补充。“构成整个室内的古典元素也在这一主题中扮演着重要的角色。”

DontDIY, who previously designed a summer residence on the Black Sea for the same clients, wanted to forgo typical fragmentation of space by visually connecting all the rooms. To achieve the seamless look, the studio developed the concept of a frame to structure the entire apartment, following the classical order elements of footing, body and cornice. This is best portrayed on the floor, where a gray polyurethane edge acts as a frame for carpet-like patches of oak parquet in the living spaces, and white marble in the kitchen.

DontDIY以前为同一个客户在黑海设计了一个夏季住宅，他希望通过视觉连接所有房间来放弃典型的空间碎片。为了实现无缝外观，工作室开发了框架结构的概念，按照传统的基脚、车身和檐口元素来构建整个公寓。这一点在地板上是最好的，那里的灰色聚氨酯边缘充当地毯的框架，就像生活空间中的橡木镶边，厨房里的白色大理石。

Throughout the 150 sq m apartment, floor-to-wall and wall-to-ceiling transitions, too, hark back to the classical order, with contemporary interpretations of the plinth, middle section and cornice all balanced by a nuanced palette of natural, oiled oak wood and pastel tones.

整个150平方米的公寓，从地板到墙壁，从墙壁到天花板的过渡，也回到了古典的秩序，与现代解释的基座，中间部分和檐状，所有平衡的微妙调色板的天然，油橡木和粉彩色调。

In the living spaces, a series of slatted timber panels – some natural, others painted in deep shades of teal and Turkish blue – stand as a reference to mid-century modernism. ‘They are one of the elements that channel modernist tradition in a new context,’ Svetoslav Michev, another founder at dontDIY, explains.

在生活空间中，一系列板条木板-一些是天然的，另一些是深色调的泰尔和土耳其蓝-作为对世纪中叶现代主义的借鉴。DontDIY的另一位创始人斯维托斯拉夫·米切夫(Svetoslav Michev)解释说，它们是在新环境下传播现代主义传统的元素之一。

The apartment was completed in the spring of 2019, but it was not without its challenges. Michev and Stankushev explain that despite the old nature of the building, some of the systems used, like in-built heating, were innovative for its time. To locate the elements that needed preservation, dontDIY used heat cameras, but also planned for back-up solutions for every system reused.

该公寓于2019年春季竣工，但并不存在挑战。Michev和Stankushev解释说，尽管该建筑具有旧的性质，但一些系统，如用于建筑供暖，在其时代都是创新的。要查找需要保存的元素，请不要DIY使用热摄影机，但也计划为重复使用的每个系统备份解决方案。

‘We built a smart, automated living home that is future proof and also benefits from the initial systems of the building,’ says project leader Stefan Minkov. ‘The project is a manifestation of our belief that each interior space should fit within the wider spatial, cultural and temporal context of its building, neighbourhood, city, and country,’ adds Stankushev. ‘It extends a comment on where and how contemporary and historical meet in Sofia.’ §

项目负责人斯特凡·明科夫(Stefan Minkov)说，我们建造了一座智能的、自动化的住宅，这是未来的证明，也得益于这栋建筑的最初系统。Stankushev补充说：“这个项目体现了我们的信念，即每一个室内空间都应该符合其建筑、邻里、城市和国家的更广泛的空间、文化和时间背景。”“它延伸了关于现代和历史在索非亚相遇的地点和方式的评论。”