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A tranquil and elegant home designed for three women in Argentina

From La Naciรณn · () Spanish

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  • Interior designers Malena Perkins and Celina Azpiroz renovated a house in Zona Norte, Argentina, for three adult women.
  • The design emphasizes tranquility and balance, using a neutral palette, quiet textures, and carefully selected art.
  • The project integrated architecture, interior design, and art, with a focus on creating a serene, elegant, and feminine atmosphere.

Interior designers Malena Perkins and Celina Azpiroz embraced a holistic approach to renovating a house in Zona Norte, Argentina, aiming to create a serene, feminine, and elegant environment for three adult women. They focused on enhancing the existing architectural framework and comprehensively reorganizing the living spaces, paying close attention to material choices, lighting, and furniture.

The architect Gastรณn Leloutre received the commission to renovate this house in Zona Norte and called us with the idea of enhancing the rough construction project and comprehensively addressing the reorganization of the program, as well as decisions on materials, lighting, and furniture.

· Malena PerkinsInterior designers Malena Perkins and Celina Azpiroz describe their initial involvement in the renovation project.

Their design philosophy centers on building coherent proposals where every element contributes to a unified whole. This collaborative process, combining their expertise as interior designers and art historians, allowed for a sophisticated integration of art. They actively curated pieces from galleries, ensuring each artwork dialogued with the home's color palette and textures, balancing filled and empty spaces.

We understand these types of processes as an opportunity to build coherent proposals, where each choice is part of a whole.

· Malena PerkinsMalena Perkins explains their collaborative design philosophy.

The design brief called for a tranquil and balanced atmosphere, achieved through a neutral color scheme, subtle textures, and controlled use of scale. The ground floor study, for instance, is seamlessly integrated with the living room via a glass enclosure, offering flexibility for entertaining guests. This space features a table and chairs similar to those in the dining room, allowing it to serve multiple functions.

The interior designer Camila Torassa, close to the family, actively participated in the exchanges, and her sensitivity facilitated the incorporation of important paintings and sculptures, carefully chosen to respond to the sophisticated language of the house.

· Celina AzpirozCelina Azpiroz highlights the contribution of another interior designer to the project.

Lighting played a crucial role in defining the ambiance. While the living room and study feature pendant lamps, the dining area boasts a striking arrangement of tube lamps over the table. Furniture includes custom-designed sofas and chairs upholstered in linen and velvet, alongside pieces like a marble-topped table and a circular leather dining table. The overall aesthetic avoids an " ุฃูƒุซุฑ ู‡ูˆ ุฃูƒุซุฑ" (more is more) approach, favoring a deliberate and mindful incorporation of design elements and art.

This renovation was planned for three adult women to live in, and they asked us to reflect a serene, feminine, and elegant universe. We approached the premise with a neutral color palette, quiet textures, and objects that break their scale with control.

· Malena PerkinsMalena Perkins details the design brief and aesthetic goals for the house.
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Originally published by La Naciรณn in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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