After a two-decade journey via the realms of Asia and Oceania, a shopper signed up NOAH to redecorate an attic condo in Innsbruck, Austria that captures the spirit of her distant travels. With earlier expertise in combining alpine attraction with the attract of faraway lands, they remodeled this high ground flat – known as A wardrobe – within the heart of Innsbruck to a lightweight refuge with the Alps in sight.
The NOA staff began the undertaking by totally analyzing the ground plan of the 135 sq. meter area. The quadrangular structure, with a central service space and a staircase to a roof terrace, supplied monumental prospects. Making the most of the condo’s three-sided publicity to pure gentle, they rigorously organized the totally different dwelling areas to comply with the trajectory of the solar.
“Every of our designs unfolds a narrative. On this work an additional private facet was introduced into play, particularly the reminiscences of a life that the shopper carried with him. Work, statues and handmade objects that needed to be exhibited in a phenomenal surroundings,” explains NOA founder Lukas Rungger.
On the sun-drenched path, a contemporary couch – the Tufty-Time by B&B Italia – takes heart stage within the dwelling space. The seamless integration of design components from totally different cultures will evoke reminiscences without end whereas creating a comfortable retreat for rest.
The dramatic design, with its minimalist coloration palette of black and white punctuated by hints of saffron yellow, pays homage to the essence of sunshine. The condo’s title, Omarama, that means “area of sunshine” in Māori, was impressed by the shopper’s connection to the indigenous folks of New Zealand. Using darkish tones, together with black quartzite, painted oak and metallic, turns the areas right into a backdrop and attracts eyes to the breathtaking Alps and owner-curated number of treasures.
To the east, the doorway and residential workplace profit from the sturdy morning gentle. Between the steps and the workplace, the designers create intelligent use of area with a triangular bookshelf and a step shelf for chosen potted vegetation.
Beneath the dramatically slanted partitions and home windows, two black islands demarcate the kitchen area and permit the home-owner to prepare dinner and put together meals whereas having fun with company on both facet.
On two of the sloping partitions and one wall within the eating space, black perpendicular slats add a linear sample to as soon as naked partitions.
White Paper Hanging rice paper lamps from Vipp hold above every island in distinction to the encompassing black.
Pictures by Alex Filz.
