Minimizing the Residential Indoor Spaces for Comfort Living

The present article is devoted to the analysis of structural elements of a room prepared for comfort living. A new variant for minimizing the space in a room for comfort living is shown on the example of a studioapartment in two levels on an attic floor. An overview of the apartment is shown, as well as layout plans of floors with furniture. Favorable transitory elements between zones in the rooms are offered. For comfort and harmonious looks, the smoothed shape of the living room is proposed. A low-pitched staircase is projected. A lay-out is designed for borders between different floor coatings and ceiling-embedded lamps that create an almost-tangible “light wall” on their border. For optimal use of the area, a plan of partition walls with tapered cornered was developed. A design solution was found for using a space under the section of the staircase flight. A solution was found for natural lighting in all the rooms due to the absence of partition walls and using glass partition walls and doors, creating a two-light volume and a stained-glass window in the cupola. The stained-glass window over the kitchen zone also warms the kitchen with solar light. For domestic items storage, a naturally-ventilated volume is provided: built-in wardrobes behind the staircase, racks, a stockroom, a niche over the toilet room and stockroom, drawers under the podium and stairs of the lower staircase flight. Interiors design and decoration were developed. The article has an overview of reference literature in the sphere of the optimal design of residential spaces.