Dip Into This Playful Paris Condominium Impressed by California Swimming Swimming pools

The redesign of this playful Paris condominium, positioned on the fifth ground of a Nineteenth-century constructing, started with reimagining its format, together with combining a veranda overlooking the road with the lounge. It was step one that inside designers Johanna Lapray and Hugo L’ahelec, founders of the Acte Deux company, took to open the condominium to the town, bringing the skin in and permitting pure mild to flood the massive front room. Their pursuit of sunshine, fluidity, and shade finally led them to an sudden supply of inspiration: swimming swimming pools.From an architectural perspective, swimming swimming pools have a wealthy iconography, with their references to Art Deco, modernism, and minimalism, with a generally austere aesthetic. “We looked at the imagery of the swimming pool, in both still photography and films, and imagined something like a modernist vacation home in the south of France, with bold, primary colors,” Lapray and L’ahelec say. “We were guided by a hypothetical question: What would a kitchen inspired by swimming pools look like? It was light-hearted fun, but sometimes it’s little things that lead us to design, as we did here, a kidney bean-shaped sink, a reference to California swimming pools.”

Diving into the kitchen

The totally different areas of the condominium are outlined by colours and mosaic tiles—blue for the kitchen, yellow for the hallway. The major colours are a nod to modernist architects. “If it had been just slightly darker and deeper, it would have been closer to the shade of blue used by many modern architects,” the duo say of their chosen hue, which is nearer to that of a swimming pool. “The blue we chose is both cheerful and slightly washed out, which gives it a certain subtlety, though it is still quite bold. It has a Memphis-esque feel to it.”

The remainder of the massive front room has an oak ground, intentionally chosen for its rustic look, with many knots and loads of character. The width of the planks—which is substantial—is a nod to the interiors of many French trip properties. The proprietor appreciated the designers’ method, and seized the chance to be daring when it got here to paint whereas sustaining a minimalist aesthetic. “Even if you can’t necessarily see this in photos of the home, its owner collects objects, small and large,” they clarify. “The space had to serve as a backdrop for his treasured finds and not upstage them.”