Houses We Love: Every day we include an amazing area submitted by our neighborhood of designers, designers, builders, and homeowners. Have one to share? Post it here.Project Details: Location: Milan, Italy From the Architect: “This apartment situated on the third floor of a post-WWI bâtiment on Viale Beatrice d’Este in Milan has actually undergone a refurbishment by DDBA. The home, featuring a generally bourgeois character, is distinguished by large French windows ignoring rows of poplars and the vibrantly colored exteriors of the property buildings directly opposite, created by Giordano Forti and Camillo Magni. The project was born from a partnership with the clients, a creative couple seeking a Milanese pied-à-terre. “The restoration, started in 2021 and finished two years later,
unfolds through 2 opposing yet complementary architectural codes that coexist and completely support one another within the home. The very first code commemorates the structure’s heritage, preserving the initial partitions and boosting the early 20th-century environment in the bed rooms and living location. The second, by contrast, introduces a hyper-contemporary component: an independent functional’box’with a satin-finish metal shell, placed in location of the old entrance, which houses the kitchen area and energies. The two styles– using various products, colors, and lighting– produce a play of counterpoints and dissonances, developing a vibrant, multifaceted environment abundant on the other hand. The apartment’s roughly 860 square feet are distributed across the living area, the home studio, the primary bed room, the kitchen, and the bathroom.” The entry is through a gallery with a dark, decreased vault, recalling the corridors
of Villa Panza di Biumo and the architecture of Portaluppi. This gallery runs together with the practical service and kitchen box, leading– with a sharp and surprising’ change of scene’– to the high ceilings and luminous areas of the living location. In the living room, a few chosen pieces of modern style( primarily black USM modules in various setups )cohabit with the vintage sophistication of the rooms, stressed by the herringbone oak floor covering and the initial components, which have been restored and white-lacquered. The Klein-blue sofa harmonizes with the electric blue exterior of the structure reverse, while the stainless-steel bookshelves echo the metal surfaces of the cooking area box. The kitchen area itself can choose to open its doors, connecting with the rustic dining table, or close itself off with discretion and personal privacy. “The little studio, designed as a transformable multitasking space, becomes an additional visitor space thanks to the fitted wall behind a dark curtain
, which conceals cabinetry and a Murphy bed. The primary bedroom, essential in its home furnishings, is improved by a bright orange USM unit and a big canvas by artist Jaime Hayon.”