אדריכלות פנים ייחודית בקייפ-טאון, דרום אפריקה || פרויקטים

PROJECT NAME: Parama
LOCATION: Cape Town, South Africa
INTERIOR DESIGN: ARRCC
INTERIOR DESIGN TEAM: Michele Rhoda, Daniel Du Toit, Maajidah Sait, Anna Lisa ,Cunningham Cooper, Leigh Daniels
INTERIOR DECOR: OKHA
OKHA DESIGN TEAM: Adam Court, Luka Parkin
PHOTOGRAPHER: Niel Vosloo

פרויקט אדריכלות הפנים שנראה בכתבה זו, נמצא בכיכר קייפטאון, בדרום אפריקה , ליד מתחם הסילו של V&A Waterfront, הומשגה כקנבס ריק עבור האוסף ההולך וגדל של הבעלים של אמנות דרום אפריקאית ואפריקאית. המתחם מעוגן על ידי Zeitz MOCAA, שהוא לא רק מוזיאון האמנות המשמעותי ביותר בעולם המוקדש לאמנים מאפריקה ומהפזורה, אלא הוא גם נקודת ציון ארכיטקטונית מקומית שתוכננה על ידי תומס הת'רוויק הבריטי. חלק ניכר מאופיו האמנותי והיצירתי של הרובע נובע מנוכחותו. 


Parama. Photo Credit: Niel Vosloo


Parama. Photo Credit: Niel Vosloo


Parama. Photo Credit: Niel Vosloo


Parama. Photo Credit: Niel Vosloo


Parama. Photo Credit: Niel Vosloo

Other significant cultural and geographical markers include views overlooking the marina on one side of the apartment and natural landmarks such as Devil’s Peak [part of the city’s iconic Table Mountain] on the other. Inevitably, these contextual prompts flavoured ARRCC and OKHA’s approach to the interiors. The client brief specified a strictly minimalistic approach. With the long rectangular shape of the apartment in than a series of separate rooms. Integrated cabinetry makes it possible to conceal storage and present sleek, uncluttered surfaces throughout the apartment.
At the same time, this approach created opportunities for ARRCC to redefine the interior architecture with variations in scale and volume, subtly sculpting into the living spaces to define distinct areas within the larger open-plan space. Perhaps the most clearly legible of these is the champagne aluminium-clad kitchen, which appears as a unified insertion within the larger white interior. Similarly defined volumes, however, have been created for the dining and lounge areas. This approach has been reprised using different materials in different areas in the apartment: joinery in the living space and sandstone in the bathrooms, for example, while maintaining their monolithic appearance. he transitional spaces between rooms are conceptualised as aesthetic ‘'palate cleansers'’, using variations in materials, texture and pattern.

Parama. Photo Credit: Niel Vosloo


Parama. Photo Credit: Niel Vosloo


Parama. Photo Credit: Niel Vosloo


Parama. Photo Credit: Niel Vosloo


Parama. Photo Credit: Niel Vosloo


Parama. Photo Credit: Niel Vosloo

As much as a thematic or conceptual motif is possible within the pure functionalism of a minimalist brief, ARRCC devised a series of running lines integrated into the design of the joinery and lighting. These lines stop short of connecting, creating a sense of implied connectivity between spaces and elements of the interior architecture. The custom-designed light fitting in the living area, on the other hand, not only functions as a '‘holding element'’ but also serves As much as the interior architecture is an exercise in carving into space, the design of the furnishings was about creating sculptural forms. The custom furnishings, such as the monolithic limestone coffee table in the sitting area, anchor and articulate the spatial experience, sustaining the approach in an inverse expression of the same formal language. Once again, there is warmth in their elemental materiality and detailing. The coffee table in the living room might be reduced in its form, but its sandblasted and acidwashed finish is textured.
From the ribbed marble finish on the TV unit and the fluting on the base of the dining room table to the chamfered edge of the tabletop, there is a sensory  layering that does not impose on the clean, calm character of the minimalism. The apartment’s sense of serenity is maintained through a deceptively simple limited material palette, which becomes satisfyingly apparent only with familiarity and time. The bespoke drinks cabinet, like the feature light fitting, holds a symbolic key to the apartment’s design philosophy. Its asymmetrical doors contrast a purely minimalist mirrored surface with a heavily hand-worked, pitted and patinated. 


Parama. Photo Credit: Niel Vosloo


Parama. Photo Credit: Niel Vosloo


Parama. Photo Credit: Niel Vosloo


Parama. Photo Credit: Niel Vosloo


Parama. Photo Credit: Niel Vosloo


Parama. Photo Credit: Niel Vosloo


Parama. Photo Credit: Niel Vosloo


Parama. Photo Credit: Niel Vosloo