NOA Transforms an Innsbruck Attic Apartment into a Haven

After a two-decade journey spanning the realms of Asia and Oceania, a shopper enlisted NOA to revamp an attic house in Innsbruck, Austria that captures the spirit of her faraway travels. Having earlier expertise mixing alpine allure with the attract of distant lands, they reworked this top-floor flat – named Omarama – in Innsbruck’s metropolis heart right into a light-filled retreat with the Alps in clear view.

NOA’s group launched into the mission by completely analyzing the ground plan of the 135-square-meter area. The quadrangular format, with a central service space and a staircase resulting in a roof terrace, supplied immense potentialities. Leveraging the house’s three-sided publicity to pure gentle, they meticulously organized the completely different residing areas to comply with the trajectory of the solar.

“Every of our designs unfolds a narrative. On this work, an extra private side was introduced into play, specifically the reminiscences of a life that the shopper carried together with her. Work, statues, and handcrafted objects that wanted to be displayed in an enhancing setting,” explains NOA founder, Lukas Rungger.

Transferring alongside the sunlit path, a contemporary sectional couch – the Tufty-Time by B&B Italia – takes heart stage within the residing space. The seamless integration of design parts from various cultures will without end evoke reminiscences, whereas additionally creating a comfy sanctuary for leisure.

The dramatic design, with its minimalist shade palette of black and white, punctuated by touches of saffron yellow, pays homage to the essence of sunshine. The house’s title, Omarama, which suggests ‘area of sunshine’ in Māori, was impressed by the shopper’s connection to New Zealand’s indigenous inhabitants. The usage of darkish tones, together with black quartzite, painted oak, and metallic, turns the areas right into a backdrop making certain that eyes are directed in the direction of the breathtaking Alps and the proprietor’s curated number of treasures.

To the east, the entryway and residential workplace profit from the sturdy morning gentle. Between the staircase and workplace, the designers create intelligent makes use of of area with a triangular bookshelf and a staircase shelf used to carry choose potted vegetation.

Underneath the dramatically slopped partitions and home windows, two black islands delineate the kitchen area and permit the house owner to prepare dinner and put together meals whereas having fun with visitors on each side.

On two of the slanted partitions, and a wall within the eating area, black slats positioned perpendicularly add a linear sample to as soon as naked partitions.

Above every Island, white Paper Pendant rice paper lamps from Vipp cling above in distinction of the encircling black.

Pictures by Alex Filz.

Caroline Williamson is Editor-in-Chief of Design Milk. She has a BFA in pictures from SCAD and may often be discovered looking for classic wares, doing New York Instances crossword puzzles in pen, or remodeling playlists on Spotify.