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Dewar's Powerhouse
Dewar's Powerhouse
Moscow, Russia
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Dewar's Powerhouse
Moscow, Russia
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STATUS
Built
YEAR
2013
SIZE
5000 sqft - 10,000 sqft
BUDGET
Undisclosed
An interior for a now prominent creative hub, that finds itself in a 19th century mansion in the very center of Moscow city. Place full of history where future of Moscow's creative scene is being forged.
While this project certainly seems uncharacteristic in terms of our body of work, it was a very special experience involving a rather unique historical building and a lovely group of people. We were presented with a 19th century mansion in Moscow's city centre which, according to the program, we were to transform into a multipurpose creative hub. The location was to include a concert venue, a bar, a recording studio, a restaurant, and a record store. While the fragmented layout of the mansion was fairly adequate for the task at hand, the overall space was divided up into a number of smaller interconnected rooms—a lineage of the previous owner. Thus, the initial task was to open up the area and design a fresh floor-plan which could accommodate the building’s new rationale. However, we also wanted to keep our own floor-plan in cohesion with that of the original in order to channel the inaugural intent of the building as much as possible (albeit without compromising on functionality). The main entrance had not been used in many years and the staircase was heavily dilapidated; this presented us with the opportunity to design the whole thing anew. To avoid a mere decorative imitation of the heritage atmosphere which the building naturally possessed, we opted for entirely new constructions. The design was carried out with a functional approach and one drastically discordant with the masonry character of the original; a light touch of cubism was also inflected here as a sort of homage to the city's somewhat oppressing metropolitan vibe. Moscow is a city characterized by a strikingly commercial and ornamental approach to interior design. A majority of the city’s more recently developed spaces seem to be hardwired to prescribe a very precise concept and/or message. This can sometimes result in a suffocating atmosphere for younger crowds, who generally aren’t so receptive to authoritarian direction on how to experience a space right from the get-go. Taking that tendency into account we tried to end up with something that would allow a certain freedom of perception, an open ending, so to speak . That we had access to a wide range of original modernist furniture from the 50s and 60s was of great help to this project and its realization.
While this project certainly seems uncharacteristic in terms of our body of work, it was a very special experience involving a rather unique historical building and a lovely group of people. We were presented with a 19th century mansion in Moscow's city centre which, according to the program, we were to transform into a multipurpose creative hub. The location was to include a concert venue, a bar, a recording studio, a restaurant, and a record store. While the fragmented layout of the mansion was fairly adequate for the task at hand, the overall space was divided up into a number of smaller interconnected rooms—a lineage of the previous owner. Thus, the initial task was to open up the area and design a fresh floor-plan which could accommodate the building’s new rationale. However, we also wanted to keep our own floor-plan in cohesion with that of the original in order to channel the inaugural intent of the building as much as possible (albeit without compromising on functionality). The main entrance had not been used in many years and the staircase was heavily dilapidated; this presented us with the opportunity to design the whole thing anew. To avoid a mere decorative imitation of the heritage atmosphere which the building naturally possessed, we opted for entirely new constructions. The design was carried out with a functional approach and one drastically discordant with the masonry character of the original; a light touch of cubism was also inflected here as a sort of homage to the city's somewhat oppressing metropolitan vibe. Moscow is a city characterized by a strikingly commercial and ornamental approach to interior design. A majority of the city’s more recently developed spaces seem to be hardwired to prescribe a very precise concept and/or message. This can sometimes result in a suffocating atmosphere for younger crowds, who generally aren’t so receptive to authoritarian direction on how to experience a space right from the get-go. Taking that tendency into account we tried to end up with something that would allow a certain freedom of perception, an open ending, so to speak . That we had access to a wide range of original modernist furniture from the 50s and 60s was of great help to this project and its realization.
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