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Gummi's Apartment

Atelier Tobia Zambotti

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JURY VOTES
Small Apartment
6.46
6.54
6.77
6.31
6.52
Viktorija Valiulyte
Viktorija Valiulyte Senior Designer for EMEA Flagshipstores at Nike
Sustainability is not considered or...
5.5
8.5
7
4
6.25
Jenn Celesia
Jenn Celesia Founder at Jenn Celesia Consulting
The design brings together a muted,...
4.5
6
5.5
4
5
Christopher Lye
Christopher Lye Principal at Woods Bagot
Conventional approach with subtle o...
5.5
6.5
6
5
5.75
Rahul Mistri
Rahul Mistri Founder and Principal Designer at Open Atelier Mumbai
5
6.02
5.92
5
5.49
Cathy Wang
Cathy Wang Founder and Principal at Montaigne Design
5
7.3
7.14
5
6.11
Zhifeng Wang
Zhifeng Wang Founder and Creative Director at A3 VISION
5
6
5
5
5.25
Matteo Ferrari
Matteo Ferrari Founder at Matteo Ferrari Studio
A calmed atmosphere but at the same...
7
7
7
5
6.5
Esin Karliova
Esin Karliova Founder and Principal at Studio Karliova
5
7.5
5.5
4
5.5
Micha Klein
Micha Klein Executive Director at Liganova
5.5
7.5
6.5
5.35
6.21
Christina Prodromou
Christina Prodromou Director at COX Architecture
6
8
7
5
6.5
Elnaz Taghaddos
Elnaz Taghaddos Cofounder at E Plus A Atelier
I appreciate the attention to detai...
5.75
8
7
5
6.44
Heather Dubbeldam
Heather Dubbeldam Principal at Dubbeldam Architecture + Design
6
7.5
7
5.5
6.5
Ke Xie
Ke Xie Founder at Signyan Design
5.71
5.71
5.87
5.87
5.79
Kot Ge
Kot Ge Founder at LSD Interior Design
5.5
6
5.5
5
5.5
Moein Jalali
Moein Jalali Founder at Moein Jalali and Partners
The furniture design is commendable...
5
6
6
5
5.5
Søren Pihlmann
Søren Pihlmann Founder at pihlmann architects
4
5
5
4
4.5
Client
Guðmundur Höður Guðjónsson
Floor area
40 ㎡
Completion
2020
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The design reflects the client’s easy-going lifestyle by playing with ingenuity and eccentricity within a stark framework of white surfaces and bespoke Italian furniture. The design baseline, with its aseptic clean lines and finishes, acts as a background for the key features to come into prominence. The blue and pink hues that define walls and curtains are reflected by the bespoke chairs, also designed by Atelier Tobia Zambotti. This sense of work in progress defines the colouring of the walls in the living area, whose pink stripes showing the marks of the painter’s brush reflects the fast moving life of the client in an economic yet effective way. Working on a small footprint, each design and material decision is defined to address multiple problems and solutions at once. The geometric pattern of the ceiling reinforces the stark and surgical design with its futurist looking pattern while addressing acoustic issues. In a similar manner the electric blue curtains, an economic yet theatrical way of dividing living room from bedroom, become the focal point of the spaces creating a portal between night and day. Innovation A white foam material developed for recording studios has been taken out of context and used as a functional solution for the noisy client. Creativity The bright electric colours define the atmosphere of the spaces as well as their focus without overpowering them. Functionality In just 40 sq-m the apartment provides all the comforts. Sustainability "The Fan Chair" used in the dining area gives new life to discarded stadium seats. The heating system in the floor is powered by geothermal energy, green and sustainable.