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Open-plan Kamerton apartment with a dark stone kitchen island and panoramic windows

Name of the project

Kamerton

Main character

220 m² apartment

Setting

Krasnopresnenskaya Embankment, Moscow

Kamerton

Overview

Kamerton treats the apartment not as a collection of rooms, but as a single architectural volume composed around panoramic views of central Moscow. The broad glazed frontage becomes the interior’s principal façade. The city remains present throughout, while every decision — from the low, soft volumes of the furniture to the restrained palette of stone, timber, and textiles — follows one purpose: not to compete with the view, but to work precisely with its rhythm.

The complete design covered both the shared and private areas. Utility spaces, guest rooms, and bathrooms received the same level of technical precision and coherence. The main living area is assembled from calm, substantial elements: a monolithic dark-stone kitchen island, integrated storage planes, concealed doors, soft textile forms, and fine graphic lighting. The interior relies on proportion, material depth, and clarity of line rather than decoration.

  1. Dark stone kitchen island aligned with the dining area and panoramic glazing
  2. Dining table beside the kitchen island with the Moscow skyline beyond the windows
  3. Kitchen island with integrated storage and a backlit display cabinet
  4. Living room composition with a stone dining table, media wall, and fine pendant lights
  5. Soft white sofa and low tables facing the panoramic windows
  6. Concealed doorway integrated into pale wall panels beside the bedroom
  7. Slim console, circular illuminated artwork, and a concealed door in the entrance hall
  8. Tall illuminated storage niches set into the apartment’s pale wall planes
  9. Bedroom with a low upholstered bed, textured feature wall, and panoramic window
  10. Bedroom view showing timber wardrobes and a restrained grey textile palette
  11. Glass shower enclosure with a dark sculptural basin and pendant light
  12. Wide bathroom vanity beneath a luminous textured wall and blue artwork
  13. Freestanding dark bath beside a window with a blue glass artwork
  14. Black shelving and a wall-mounted stone cabinet in a private room
  15. Compact work area with a sculptural black wall cabinet and stone desk

Engineering plays a distinct role as the invisible infrastructure of comfort. Ventilation, ducted air conditioning, adiabatic humidification, water treatment, hydraulic and electrical protection, automation, and lighting control are integrated without adding visual weight. The lighting is particularly precise: localised beams, low glare, and layered scenes reveal the interior’s relief and textures while preserving an intimate atmosphere across the large open volume.

In the private areas, the same logic becomes quieter and more tactile. The bedroom and bathrooms use a muted natural palette in which mineral surfaces, warm timber, glass, metal, and isolated works of art create a sense of stillness, focus, and depth. Here, the city view does not merely accompany the architecture; it becomes an equal part of it.

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The name Zariza

Engraving of historic Tsaritsyn by Adam Olearius, 1636

In 1663, a book by Adam Olearius, a German scholar and secretary to the Holstein embassy to Russia and Persia, included a plate with six engraved views of Russian cities.

Tetus, Samara, Soratof, Zariza, Tzornogar, Kusmamedianski. Olearius passed Tsaritsyn on 6 September 1636.

Partners and clients sometimes jokingly associate our name with royalty. We do not mind, although for us it is rooted above all in the history of a place.

The city’s name is associated with the Tsaritsa River. One explanation traces it to the Turkic “sary-su”, meaning “yellow river”; another links it to “yellow sand”.

The fortress in the engraving stands at a meeting of currents: goods and embassies travelled along the river, and routes crossed here. This image resonates with us. Design and implementation also form a system of many factors, whose parts need to work together.

The studio’s name is tied to the history of Tsaritsyn, a city at the confluence of the Volga and Tsaritsa rivers. Our first office opened here, near the Architecture University. The studio began work on 21 December 2012, the day a 5,125-year cycle of the Maya calendar came to a close.

“Art” was added later, when we registered the domain. The name retains our connection to our place of origin, while the studio’s work has long reached beyond its geography.

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