London interiors agency Studio Est referenced the commercial heritage of Battersea Energy Station when creating the interiors for this residence set inside the redeveloped landmark.
The residence’s proprietor needed to rework the empty shell into an area that will mirror each his preferences and the house’s setting inside the former artwork deco energy station.
Identified for its tranquil luxurious interiors, Studio Est utilized a palette of refined impartial shades to unify the residence’s open-plan areas and supply a constant backdrop for varied characterful furnishings and artworks.
“We needed to maintain it basic however introduce refined brutalist components that evoke the constructing’s historical past,” founder Louise East informed Dezeen. “These are complemented by softer textures that add a extra female contact.”
Though some areas of the redeveloped energy station function metal beams and different industrial particulars, East discovered the residence solely devoid of authentic components.
So the studio turned to furnishings, paintings and equipment to introduce character and visible curiosity to the residing areas.
Dramatic items, together with a vast portray within the eating room and a bespoke geometric couch within the lounge space, have been chosen to floor these areas and introduce a masculine really feel.
East then layered these with textural particulars together with cushions, lampshades and linen-wool mix curtains, all of which have been custom-made for the mission.
Alongside the bespoke gadgets, Studio Est sourced varied classic items from London retailer Monument together with leather-based chairs by Italian designer Mario Bellini, which encompass the gloomy picket eating desk.
A Hill Home Chair by Scottish artwork deco architect Charles Rennie Waterproof coat and a metallic reinterpretation of Gerrit Rietveld‘s seminal Zigzag chair additionally function within the eating room.
The 2 bedrooms show distinctly completely different approaches to color and materiality. The principal bed room is painted in a prosperous terracotta hue that lends the area a sultry, enveloping environment, whereas the second bed room incorporates textures chosen to enrich the adjoining gardens.
“Though it is an open-plan residence, we did not need all of the rooms to look the identical,” mentioned East, who established her studio in 2020 after 15 years of working for different architects and inside designers together with Russell Sage and Martin Brudnizki.
“It is good to have the ability to transfer from one area to a different and have a special appear and feel,” she added. “The principle bed room is deliberately completely different to the residing areas as a result of we needed to make this an area the place the consumer can come after a day’s work and really feel snug studying a ebook.”
All through the residence, the proprietor’s ceramics assortment is displayed on characterful plinths, rigorously positioned to stress particular views inside the areas and of the landscaped gardens exterior.
Battersea Energy Station was designed by British architect Giles Gilbert Scott and constructed by the London Energy Firm in a number of phases between 1929 and 1955. It was decommissioned in 1975 and subsequently given Grade II listed standing.
A prolonged redevelopment of the positioning on the south financial institution of the River Thames launched lodging, hospitality, workplaces and retail area whereas preserving the constructing’s iconic chimney stacks and facades.
London structure agency WilkinsonEyre oversaw the restoration and conversion of the previous energy station, which now incorporates a glass elevate inside considered one of its chimneys.
UK studio Foster + Companions designed an workplace for expertise model Apple contained in the constructing in addition to a retailer for the corporate that retains 4 authentic brick pillars.
