The warmth of understated style!

By Ar. Shreya Kulkarni

Photography: Ashish Bhonde; courtesy the designers

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Cluster One Creative Studio crafts a four-bedroom apartment in a Pune high-rise, integrating utility, aesthetics, and understated style as the defining features…

Occupying the 22nd floor, minor modifications to the spatial organisation results in an interplay of physical volumes aptly reflecting the personalities of a fashion designer wife and a software engineer husband through an energetic balance achieved between a rich material palette and curated furniture, and lighting.

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Beyond an ornamental picket gate at the entrance lies an expansive mirrored passage, which transports one into the social zone of the house that consists of a living and a dining area extending into an open terrace. This minimally designed catalyst breathes considerable natural light and life into the interiors by opening to a contemplating panoramic view, amplifying proportions.

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The subtle transition between the four bedrooms’ discrete styles is unified by a simple white false ceiling with cove lights evenly illuminating the spaces. 

Rich material such as wood finish veneer, raw bison board ombre the pastel shades used instead of wallpapers for visual interest; and the extensive use of mirrored walls augments the interiors, integrating the vocabulary of expanding uncluttered spaces. 

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Simple, yet appealingly trendy, the apartment exudes the ethos of a home that is filled with warmth and eager to grow with the family. 

Fact File:
Client: Mrs. & Mr. Gupta
Design Firm: Cluster One Creative Solutions Pvt. Ltd,
Principal Designers/Architects: Parag Ainchwar & Parag Sen
Built-up Area of project: 2595 sq. ft.
Carpet Area of project: 2100 sq. ft.
Location: Pune, India