Styling and Photography: Follow the Flow Studio
18 / 10 / 2024
Design by Investors and M&A Pracownia Projektowa
In this house located in the Julianów district, in the city of Łódź, Poland, equilibrium is achieved through colours, textures and styles. A project where eclecticism resonates loudest, captured in a narrative of images by the Follow the Flow studio.
On the surroundings of one of the city's largest public parks and set in a neighbourhood built mostly in the 1920s and 1930s, this residence is now home to a couple and their two children who wanted to highlight and preserve the modernist character of the local architecture. Once occupied by the German police after a Gestapo raid, the walls of this house carry an intense history. The urban surroundings are influenced by artists and architects who lived in the area – such as Strzemiński and Kobro – and the current owners wanted to rebuild it, modernise it and extend it to a now 400 m2 area, which proved to be a huge challenge at the start of the work. The heads of the architectural studio involved are friends of the family, and they have worked together to arrive at the final idea, with M&M Pracownia Projektowa studio finalising the project.
The surrounding plot is also one of the largest in the area, with a total of 1500 m2, and the outside was an important space to be properly idealised and enjoyed. ‘We are very happy with living in this place. Not only because of the spaceness of the living area and the large amount of natural light, but also because the neighbourhood is a friendly, green local community just a short distance from the city centre,’ the owners shared.
On the exterior, designed by Plantum design, they managed to merge the ground floor of the building with the terrace and garden, as a natural extension of the space. It is on this ground floor that the social and support areas of the house are located - kitchen, dining and living room, storage and laundry, as well as a service bathroom and the garage.
The interiors recall the pre-war style, contrasting with more contemporary elements. Based on an Art Deco style with a modern twist, the owners aimed to include products from local designers, such as the tiles in the kitchen and laundry room, and the floor and wall tiles from the Maja Ganszyniec and Paradyż factory.
Natural light bursts into the interior, especially the 4.5 metre high curved window in the entrance hall. The living room was intended to be spacious, raised to the height of the building with a ceiling height of eight metres, with a large library and an open skylight in the roof connecting to the terrace, which opens wide across the entire width of the wall. In the dining room, the American walnut table was custom-made by In Wood at Trust, and is the centrepiece of the entire area.
On the first floor are the bedrooms – the master suite with dressing room and the children's rooms – where the wooden furniture, designed by the young Polish designers Wood Republic, Wood Szczescia and Pastform, stands out, as does the visible use of natural materials, also as the terrazzo that covers the floors in the bathrooms. In addition to the bedrooms, there is a hall with a storage area and a children's bathroom as well. On the second floor there is an office, a guest bedroom and a fitness room, a place for leisure and restoring energy.
Given the owners' involvement in the local art scene for many years, they have no shortage of artist friends, such as a close friend whose paintings decorate much of the house – Anna Michalewicz. The result, let's agree, is an unusual interior, but more than that, it's the materialisation of what's in the soul of its residents.
The surrounding plot is also one of the largest in the area, with a total of 1500 m2, and the outside was an important space to be properly idealised and enjoyed. ‘We are very happy with living in this place. Not only because of the spaceness of the living area and the large amount of natural light, but also because the neighbourhood is a friendly, green local community just a short distance from the city centre,’ the owners shared.
On the exterior, designed by Plantum design, they managed to merge the ground floor of the building with the terrace and garden, as a natural extension of the space. It is on this ground floor that the social and support areas of the house are located - kitchen, dining and living room, storage and laundry, as well as a service bathroom and the garage.
The interiors recall the pre-war style, contrasting with more contemporary elements. Based on an Art Deco style with a modern twist, the owners aimed to include products from local designers, such as the tiles in the kitchen and laundry room, and the floor and wall tiles from the Maja Ganszyniec and Paradyż factory.
Natural light bursts into the interior, especially the 4.5 metre high curved window in the entrance hall. The living room was intended to be spacious, raised to the height of the building with a ceiling height of eight metres, with a large library and an open skylight in the roof connecting to the terrace, which opens wide across the entire width of the wall. In the dining room, the American walnut table was custom-made by In Wood at Trust, and is the centrepiece of the entire area.
On the first floor are the bedrooms – the master suite with dressing room and the children's rooms – where the wooden furniture, designed by the young Polish designers Wood Republic, Wood Szczescia and Pastform, stands out, as does the visible use of natural materials, also as the terrazzo that covers the floors in the bathrooms. In addition to the bedrooms, there is a hall with a storage area and a children's bathroom as well. On the second floor there is an office, a guest bedroom and a fitness room, a place for leisure and restoring energy.
Given the owners' involvement in the local art scene for many years, they have no shortage of artist friends, such as a close friend whose paintings decorate much of the house – Anna Michalewicz. The result, let's agree, is an unusual interior, but more than that, it's the materialisation of what's in the soul of its residents.
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