{"id":188958,"date":"2021-10-08T09:16:31","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T13:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/?post_type=id_project&p=188958"},"modified":"2022-11-11T15:08:11","modified_gmt":"2022-11-11T20:08:11","slug":"enze-architects-weaves-a-narrative-starring-milan-and-manhattan-in-a-tribeca-apartment","status":"publish","type":"id_project","link":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/projects\/enze-architects-weaves-a-narrative-starring-milan-and-manhattan-in-a-tribeca-apartment\/","title":{"rendered":"Enze Architects Weaves a Narrative Starring Milan and Manhattan in a TriBeCa Apartment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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In the living area of a TriBeCa one-bedroom by Enze Architects, tinted oak millwork and flooring surround an Arco lamp by Pier Giacomo and Achille Castiglioni, Pierre Paulin\u2019s Osaka sofa, a pair of Rosa chairs by Studio KMJ, and the EDO37 chandelier by Alberto and Paolo Sala with Federico Ferrari, yielding a global and loftlike milieu. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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October 8, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n

Words:\u00a0<\/span>Edie Cohen<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photography:\u00a0<\/span>Courtesy of Enze Architects<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Enze Architects Weaves a Narrative Starring Milan and Manhattan in a TriBeCa Apartment<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Natalia Enze took a circuitous route to get to New York. Regardless, it was successful. Actually, make that award-winning. The native Muscovite, who earned a PhD in architecture and design from the Moscow State University of Architecture before relocating to Milan to establish her studio, Enze Architects<\/a>, now 30 strong, took home this year\u2019s NYCxDesign<\/a> prize in the small apartment category. Although a tidy 980 square feet, the one-bedroom residence on the 17th floor of a new TriBeCa tower is a multicultural minestrone, its ingredients an airy, savory blend of Italy and New York, contemporary art and furniture, detailed architecture and high design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe\u2019s Milanese, and we agreed the apartment should have a Milano touch,\u201d Enze introduces the backbone of the program and the owner, a 30-something multi-hyphenate she met by referral who\u2019s immersed in the financial and film sectors. He\u2019s also \u201ca guy who likes everything tailor-made, his clothes and even his shoes.\u201d The same would go for his secondary residence, a place for him to live, work, and entertain while enjoying archetypal New York views of the financial district, Hudson River, and skyline from full-height window walls and a balcony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The architecture came first. Completely re-vamping the interiors, Enze created the open loftlike environment that\u2019s associated with downtown living. The entry hall, treated as a lively anteroom of its own, leads to an L-shape expanse containing the conjoined living, kitchen, and dining areas, with sliding doors accessing the balcony off the latter. On the other side of the hall are the private quarters, similarly contiguous: Adjoining the bedroom, the bathroom and walk-in closet merge as a chic and spacious dressing area. Yes, men too, especially the Milanese, can opt for well-appointed environs for prepping and primping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Archways, like this one between the living and dining areas, delineate spaces while keeping the 980-square-foot plan open.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

But here, open space means neither bland nor unarticulated. Between rooms, Enze formed arched porticoes to suggest divisions without disrupting spatial flow. \u201cThey\u2019re in keeping with the spirit of Italy in a modern New York space,\u201d the architect comments on the rounded apertures. Providing cohesion, on the other hand, is the abundant millwork. Produced in Italy to layer on texture, it\u2019s tinted pale oak throughout. That goes for the entry hall\u2019s wainscotting, the living area\u2019s paneling, every archway\u2019s trim, and all the flooring. In fact, these treatments, Enze notes, \u201cwere one of the starting points of the project.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With an envelope of classical luxe, albeit one that\u2019s been filtered through a contemporary lens, intact, it was time to work in color via surfaces and furnishings, but in subtle yet impactful ways. One is right at the entry, where a nearly full-height glass partition sandwiches red film with a wavelike pattern. \u201cIt\u2019s meant to suggest movement,\u201d Enze explains of the pane\u2019s halogen effect. Across from it stands a sinuous chair in Indian pink molded polypropylene by Nipa Doshi and Jonathan Levien. Ahead, the dining area appears, at first glance, to be mostly appointed in white, since that\u2019s the shade of the generous eight-seat table designed in 1970 by Superstudio. But closer inspection reveals the cobalt trim on Lara Bohinc\u2019s tubular chairs and the red, green, and pink glass globes of the tiered pendant fixture, fittingly handmade in New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the living area of a TriBeCa one-bedroom by Enze Architects, tinted oak millwork and flooring surround an Arco lamp by Pier Giacomo and Achille Castiglioni, Pierre Paulin\u2019s Osaka sofa, a pair of Rosa chairs by Studio KMJ, and the EDO37 chandelier by Alberto and Paolo Sala with Federico Ferrari, yielding a global and loftlike milieu. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

That blue reappears in the living room, which, too, at first look, reads pure Italian. That\u2019s because standing before a wall fitted with royal-lacquered built-ins is Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni\u2019s iconic Arco floor lamp. And overhead is a triangular chandelier by Alberto and Paolo Sala and Federico Ferrari. But there are other stunners of non-Italian origin. Across from a curving turquoise sofa by French designer Pierre Paulin is a pair of super-groovy striped lounge chairs by Ghanian-Swiss interior architect Kurt Merki Jr. Altogether, the room feels undeniably futuristic, whether it\u2019s nodding to the Italian art movement of the early 20th century or forward facing from today is anyone\u2019s call.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking of art, the project\u2019s showstopper is an immense female portrait in the dining area by Egor Ostrov, who\u2019s Russian like Enze. In a sense, it\u2019s classical: a print on canvas made from a painting in Ostrov\u2019s Madonna series. But the Leningrad-born artist rendered it avant-garde, incorporating his now famous raster technique involving scanning technology to impart a quality of undulation. There\u2019s actually a second portrait in this room, but it\u2019s of a man, namely Vincent Van Gogh, and it\u2019s fronting a sideboard. It\u2019s from Enze\u2019s Van Gogh collection, launched three years ago. In fact, much of the cabinetry\u2014in the entry, kitchen, and bedroom\u2014is by her. In the latter, she also designed the bed and commissioned a wall sculpture composition in Carrara marble, mahogany, and oak. Those strong, sturdy materials juxtapose a second colored glass panel, in the walk-in closet\u2014this time a swirl of pink and Montepulciano maroon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n