The interior of a house for a family of four in Poznań's Juników district was transformed under the guidance of architects from the Atelier Starzak Strebicki team into a minimalist haven, where white, wood and books dominate, and functionality plays first fiddle.
The existing space of the Poznan house required considerable changes - some of the walls were demolished, others were moved, and still others were built. These measures made it possible to create a clear plan with a spacious, bright living area and an open kitchen, three bedrooms and practical storage spaces (a closet and a storage room).
projections before and after remodeling
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We based the design of the ninety-square-meter house on the idea of making the interior spacious, and this in turn required us to rearrange the existing layout of the rooms. We decided to tear down a number of walls limiting freedom, which also interfered with bringing out the metric potential. As a result, we gave the apartment functionality, and each place in the interior gained the possibility of its practical use," explains the concept of architects from Atelier Starzak Strebicki Mateusz Nowicki.
view of the living area
photo: Danil Daneliuk
bright and spacious
And so after the metamorphosis, the heart of the house became an open living room with a kitchen. The existing wall in this part was replaced with an I-beam stringer, an opening was also broken through for a new, large glass window surrounded by a deep wooden frame, which adds a modern character to the interior, and a new door leading directly from the living area to the garden was inserted.
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large glazing surrounded by a deep wooden frame adds modern character to the interior.
Photo: Danil Daneliuk
The entire living space - both walls, ceiling and floor - is white. The white, which, as the architects from the Poznan studio proved with this project, doesn't have to be boring at all, provides a background for the somewhat austere wooden furn ishings (kitchen built-in, table, bookcase filled with books) and colorful accents - paintings, dark green sofa, multicolored carpet and green front door.
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white walls, ceiling and floor are the backdrop for a variety of furnishings
photo: Danil Daneliuk
stylish accessories
Both the living room and the rest of the house are filled with a variety of furnishings that stand out against the snow-white background, from completely modern to furniture with a history, such as the stylish three-door wooden closet with a mirror in one of the bedrooms or the raw table (bench) in the living room.
interior of the house
Photo: Danil Daneliuk
tailor-made minimalism
This is not the first interior design project by architects from Atelier Starzak Strebicki, in which functionality, spaciousness and simplicity reign supreme - drawing on such examples as the arrangement of the Kahawa cafe and bookstore in Poznań or the reconstruction of an apartment from the 1950s. XX century with multifunctional "wall-furniture", one can see the designers' characteristic minimalism tailor-made for future users - not too formal but creating a good space for living.
