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The Oak Thread

S4A | Space4Architecture

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View toward dining and kitchen - Beatrice Pediconi
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JURY VOTES
Large Apartment
4.95
6.40
5.08
4.66
5.27
Esin Karliova
Esin Karliova Founder and Principal at Studio Karliova
Nice looking project and detailing....
5
7
5
4
5.25
Jenn Celesia
Jenn Celesia Founder at Jenn Celesia Consulting
5
7
5
4
5.25
Elnaz Taghaddos
Elnaz Taghaddos Cofounder at E Plus A Atelier
It is indeed a functional open spac...
4.5
7
4
4
4.88
Viktorija Valiulyte
Viktorija Valiulyte Senior Designer for EMEA Flagshipstores at Nike
5.5
7
6
5
5.88
Christopher Lye
Christopher Lye Principal at Woods Bagot
Good conventional design details an...
5.5
6.5
5.5
5
5.63
Matteo Ferrari
Matteo Ferrari Founder at Matteo Ferrari Studio
5
7
5
5
5.5
Micha Klein
Micha Klein Executive Director at Liganova
5
6.5
5
4
5.13
Ankur Choksi
Ankur Choksi Cofounder and Principal at Studio Lotus
a staight forward clean approach...
5
5
5
5
5
Moein Jalali
Moein Jalali Founder at Moein Jalali and Partners
4
5
4
4
4.25
Heather Dubbeldam
Heather Dubbeldam Principal at Dubbeldam Architecture + Design
Well detailed and nice materials bu...
6
7
6
5.5
6.13
Javier Jimenez Iniesta
Javier Jimenez Iniesta Director at Studio Animal
5
7
6
5
5.75
Christina Prodromou
Christina Prodromou Director at COX Architecture
5
7
5
4
5.25
Rahul Mistri
Rahul Mistri Founder and Principal Designer at Open Atelier Mumbai
5
6.12
5.81
5
5.48
Ke Xie
Ke Xie Founder at Signyan Design
4.65
5.22
4.9
5.06
4.96
Søren Pihlmann
Søren Pihlmann Founder at pihlmann architects
4
6
4
4
4.5
Kot Ge
Kot Ge Founder at LSD Interior Design
5
6
5
6
5.5
Client
Cestero-Pelusi
Floor area
170 ㎡
Completion
2023
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Our design for this apartment in the Upper East Side was focused on creating an open and efficient living space, guaranteeing spatial continuity within the historic apartment through the use of a bright yet minimal material palette. Working with the existing pre-war layout, we reconfigured the space to open and connect the kitchen and dining area to a living room overlooking Madison Avenue with partial views of Central Park.

Additionally, a former “maid’s room” at the rear was expanded to create a third bedroom with an en-suite bath. The soft white walls, together with the oak wood used for doors & built-in cabinetry, create a warming flow, generating a common thread that ties the different spaces together throughout the apartment.
Across the apartment, herringbone white oak floor creates a timeless surface whose light hue brightens the space.

A white oak low bookcase ties living room and dining room together, to then penetrate the kitchen where it transforms into minimal casework surrounding a monolithic island in Calacatta Marble. In the apartment’s more private areas, bedrooms and bathrooms are redesigned to maximize efficiency and harmonize color and texture.