Aria Apartment

High End Residential Client

ARIA APARTMENT WAS PART OF A INTERIOR DETAILING COURSE AND THE FOLLOWING WORK IS EXCERPTS FROM A DRAWING SET AND PRESENTATION DOCUMENTS. THE CLIENT WANTED A WARM AND INVITING HOME, AND HAD ALSO EXPRESSED GREAT INTEREST IN AN INDUSTRIAL AESTHETIC AND HER SHOE COLLECTION . THAT WERE THE KEY AREAS TO RESOLVE IN THE FINAL ASSESSMENT THE BEDROOM & ENSUITE .

Client Profile -

We know you’re a successful person and are running a prosperous business. This has allowed you to accumulate even at your young age and we at MKOSL DESIGN look forward to deliver you a interior that reflects the hard work and create a home for you and your partner in crime Winnie that you can have pride in.

In order to create a space that brings out and reflects the best of you, we understand it needs to be a warm and inviting experience This is both for returning to home after long and intense days, but also letting go when entertaining those you love, your family and friends.

Further to this, extra attention will be paid to providing an expansive kitchen and dining experience that will facilitate the activities and events that hold vast meaning for. It wouldn’t be yours if we didn’t pay attention to your shoes and other clothing that are both treasures and extensions of your identity with a unique solution for display. Additionally dedicated furnishings for Winnie that provide her with the comforts of home.

After our discussions it became evident your preference towards an industrial style that embraces a raw aesthetic that exposes the building in its purest form. This will give the interior space texture and patina that will embrace a timeless feel. This wabi-sabi approach will guide our decisions around the scenery of the space.

To contrast this, your inclination towards a diverse collection of art that has been collected from many corners of the world you have traveled will be the inspiration for our furnishing choices. These works have been chosen by you for there unique ability to draw out emotion or even memories for you and provide value beyond the physical. We recognize this shibui quality and aim to select unique furnishings that will hold and develop there own meanings and memories over the years and create unique attachment to the items in your home.

Return Brief -

From our preliminary meeting we understand that you intend to create a refurbished high-end residential interior that incorporates:

Human Deliverables:

This project needs to deliver the following human experiences: We are designing the interior refurbishment based on an industrial style using high end residential materials

The design requires an expansive entertaining area with broad facilities for cooking and dining

We know we will have met the target for the interior experience if it is warm and inviting to the occupant and can comfortably entertain family and friends

Practical Deliverables:

This project needs to deliver the following practical deliverables: This project needs to accommodate one occupant and a single pet. It will also need to accommodate up to 9 guests. The following areas are required to be accommodated:

Separate lounge and dining

Separate kitchen

2 balconies

2 bedroom

Master Bedroom with ensuite and WIR

Guest Bedroom with ensuite

Study

Private laundry

Site Constraints:

The project has the following conditions the design will have to accommodate for:

This project is a Class 2 building and must contain:

Facilities to cook + prepare food including a kitchen sink Bath &/or shower Washing tub + washing machine (in same area) can not be kitchen sink or hand basin

• WC + hand washing facilities

• Statutory Constraints:

• Min 2400mm height in habitable room

• Min 2100mm height in non habitable room

• Min 1200mm clear space between WC pan + doorway, measured from hinge OR lift off hinges

• Natural light + ventilation to all habitable rooms

• Non habitable rooms may be mechanically ventilated if no natural ventilation

• Maintain sound attenuation between apartments, especially relevant if proposing changes to floor finish

EVENT SPACE / HERITAGE REFURBISHMENT

THE GRADUATION PROJECT USED WHITE BAY POWER STATION AS A SITE FOR A HERITAGE REFURBISHMENT THAT CREATED A SPACE FOR ‘CREATIVITY, CULTURE & COMMUNITY’ MY EVENT SPACE WITHIN MY DESIGN THE BAYS WEST QUARTER IS INSPIRED BY THE MANGROVES WHICH USED TO BE PRESENT ON SITE BEFORE THE BAY’S MARITIME & PORT USES. THIS FORMS A TWO STORY EVENT SPACE THAT HELPS FACILITATE A LACK IN AFFORDABLE & ACCESSIBLE EVENT SPACE IN SYDNEY IN CORRELATION WITH THE FUTURE WHITE BAY METRO IMPLEMENTATION