This apartment, located in the west region of Gurugram, was entirely renovated with a floating balcony.. The project’s main goals were to create a new connection throughout the rooms, value the couple’s works of art, expand the visual contact with the surrounding natural environment, renew the interior’s atmosphere, and promote new dynamics in the use of the kitchen.
The idea was to oppose the natural materials' rusticity, such as the slate and wooden floors and the hardwood furniture, to elements that speak to the owners’ cosmopolitan personality. For that same purpose, the exposed concrete was celebrated through the demolishing of walls and ceilings and the removal of coatings. Just as well, the custom-made furniture features metal work and evokes industrial design. Therefore, a balance was created among the conceptual elements of the design, which was then used to establish a neutral background, timeless and serene, to highlight the couple’s works of art and the newly acquired pieces. If the floors on the social areas and part of the furniture are made of wood, then the walls above them are either white or concrete.
The core interventions are concentrated in the removal of the ceilings from the social areas and the kitchen, exposing the concrete in the walls, the entirety of the changes in coatings, and complete renovation of the electrical wirings and lighting fixtures. A few strategic walls were demolished, opening up new interior perspectives, such as the broad view of the dining, living, and balcony now possible from the entrance hall, while layout alterations from the removal of some of the indoor frames improved flow and comfort. The two highlights are the new TV room, now connected to the multipurpose terrace – a small office and music room – and the dining room, now expanded to one of the sections of the old balcony.
There was careful mixing of the new contemporary furniture and the modern pieces already in the home, such as the Jorge Zalszupin and Sergio Rodrigues sofas and the former’s Mole armchair. Old and new share neutral hues and the furniture has been reupholstered to match the new color palette, inspired by the autumn and the sunset colors found on the horizon.
The smaller interventions in the private rooms are centered on the replacement of a few elements, such as the doors of all the closets and the coverings on the bathroom’s walls and ceilings, again mixing coziness and rusticity.
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