Design Office: RM \ Architecture
Area: 95 sqm
Year: 2021
Location: Rome, Italy
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Camilo Apartment | Taller David Dana
Camilo Apartment results in elegance and quality of life, showing the aesthetic and functional possibilities of a space
Description by Taller David Dana
Camilo Apartment is a residential project where the selection of materials and furniture broadens the user’s perception, in which lighting is not a separate element, but implies the spirit of the space. The fundamental and discreet purity of the materials create a neutral atmosphere of dialogue between all its elements.
Perceptible modern notes are created by a mixture of light and translucent elements, the play of these makes the continuity of the materials consistent and rhythmic, attributing elegance, comfort and functionality.
When designing this apartment, the language of a contemporary, detailed and artisan architecture was retaken, which are attributes that compel each design decision that is made to model a space that is full of contextual identity and a language that is current in time.
The design starts from the adequate integration of a functional architectural program capable of creating amazement and emotion by perfectly materializing the concepts of fluidity, visual harmony and comfort. Outsetting the apartment to the surrounding views with wooded elements was an essential directive, as was the desire to concentrate the development of activities in an organized way.
The access introduces us into an elongated vestibule that leads us to the discovery of the spaces; the main area presents us with a dining room for fourteen diners with a design of radial hanging lamps followed by a grand piano that is aligned with a gaming table in the center of the site, and finally there is the living room that leads to a large panoramic window. To add the consistency to the space, natural materials were used, such as walnut wood beams that wrap the spaces into a rhythmic plan and accentuate the atmosphere. Generating a spatial transition with revolving doors that lead us to the family room and study, which houses a floor-to-ceiling bookcase along the side wall.
The selection of floors integrates gray basalt stone, oak engineered wood, carrara marble and porcelain. The lighting concept creates warmth and accentuates materiality through pendant lamps and LED strips.
The terrace defines its own program based on a seating area around a firepit, a dining room and a barbecue; creating a space for contemplation and social interaction. The unique architecture of the private area configures an interior of great formal beauty in the bedrooms conceptualized in wood paneling contrasting with the purity of the white walls. Departamento Camilo results in elegance and quality of life, showing the aesthetic and functional possibilities of a space.
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Design Office: Taller David Dana
Designer: Taller David Dana
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Area: 473 sq m
Project Year: 2018-2020
Photographs: Aldo C. Gracia
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Arum House | Studio Strato
A bright apartment, open to the view on Villa Ada, green area of Rome.
Description by Studio Strato:
Studio Strato has designed the renovation of the house aiming to make external and internal spaces communicate and to enlarge the living environment as much as possible, projecting it into the green of a historic city park.
The house is on two levels on the top floor of a building in a historic district, and befor the renovation presented a map with many small rooms connected by the hallway.
The project involved the demolition of internal separations in order to create more space for a large living area. Wide windows as large as the partitions allow to fully experience the landscape as if it were part of the house. The airy interiors pass from one room to another without interruption, in a fluid way of living.
The entrance leads to the large wide area with light larch parquet, which includes a large dining area with three solid wood tables to the right and a sitting area with a big black fireplace to the left. Here a glazed wall creates balance between an intimate space and the flow of the rooms, ensuring tranquility to the owners’ teenage daughter’s bedroom.
Together with the view on the park, the main character of the renovation is the large staircase that connects the master bedroom with the lower floor. It is a light structure, with a deliberately simple design, almost the archetype of the staircase.
The two bathrooms are full of fine details of refined comfort, such as the hand-made checkered tiles by Fornace Brioni’s (5×5 cm), which covers the floor and walls of the master bathroom and the dotted mosaic of the one on the ground floor, that belongs to the daughter’s bedroom.
At the base of the project there’s the idea, present throughout the apartment, to enrich the house with details with a graphic look, which the use of masonite as a covering both in the master bedroom and in the wider wall of the kitchen.
Some constructive elements are left rough with the aim of showing the trace of the work done, like the exposed beams and pillars, which tell the story of the house, of the process that it has gone through in being restored and its stratifications.
Design Office: Studio Strato
Location: Rome, Italy
Casa A326 | Studio DiDeA
Description by Studio DiDeA:
Studio DiDeA renovated a dwelling at the last floor of an apartment building in Palermo, dating back to the seventies and overlooking Parco della Favorita. The owner a couple wanted an efficient home with generous storage spaces, and also a more contemporary look for the house. The architects following the clients’ desires renovated the apartment with the result of a more airy, bright space with a better distribution. The original plan was the typical for a seventies home: a central corridor giving access to the different rooms. All the internal partitions were demolished. The living area is in the front of the house, the sleeping area at the back and the services contained in blocks. In the living area special attention was paid to natural light flowing from windows on both sides (east and west). After the entrance we are in an open space including the kitchen on the left and living room and dining room on the right. The kitchen can be closed when needed through a smoked glass sliding door. The blocks containing services have been upholstered with wood. The first block hosting a storage closet and the guests bathroom is inserted between the kitchen and the study room; the second block between the study room and the bedroom contains the walk-in closet room and the bathroom. A smoked mirrored glass sliding door divides the day zone from the night zone. Almost all the furnishings have been custom-designed by DiDeA and realized by local artisans. The color palette is declined in shades of beige and brown: the oak parquet covers the floor in the living room and in the bedrooms; the local billiemi marble for the kitchen floor and in some inserts. The wood used in bespoke furniture and wood paneling is tobacco oak. Against this backdrop the white elements used in the kitchen and in the guest bathroom stand out, so does the black studio wall. Neutral resins have been used for service areas such as guests bathroom and laundry room, following simple and minimal lines. Attention to craftsmanship and details is one of the main feature of this house : from the handles of the sliding doors to the wall paneling in the bathroom, to the black slats wall in the studio; all elements designed and tailor-made, which restore material unity and identity to this space. The few furniture elements which are not custom-made are in line with the design choices.
Design Studio: Studio DiDeA
Location: Palermo, Palermo
Project Year: 2018
Area: 140.00 m2
Photographs: Serena Eller
Pascĕre Ciboteca | ZDA – Zupelli Design Arquitettura
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Description by ZDA – Zupelli Design Arquitettura:
Located in the ‘Isola’ district, in Milan, the ” Pascĕre – Ciboteca”, is a contemporary local with a impressive design, able to offer its customers versatile experience, from early morning until late in the evening. Not only a café for breakfast and afternoon break, but also a restaurant and a cocktail bar.
The project concept was created to co-exist different services in one place.
Starting from the large area of the project, we have defined three interior volumes: a service block, for staff and the public; a central block, designed to hold the most of the services of the resturant, including a kitchen; and a glass element that contains a small urban garden, able to attract the attention of customers and offer new points of view on the city.
The interior spaces are born in ‘negative’ and through subtraction define different areas: the bar area illuminated by large windows, the sofas area at the entrance, smaller than the first, directly overlooking the indoor garden and the restaurant area, structured in a “fast and slow food” zone.
Even the floors are designed to create dialogue between different environments, with an original pavement mix. white and black cement tiles with a geometric textures, are arranged like a carpet on an aged dark wooden floor, while in theindoor garden was chosen the raw concrete.
To uniform the areas we chose a light color for the walls, in contrast with a very darker furniture, interrupted by the color chosen for the ‘boiserie’ and the green plants placed all over the local. In fact, the whole environment is based on the mood of the ‘urban forest’: the indoor garden, the tables designed for the restaurant and the vertical wall, enrich every area and create a unique atmosphere.
The result is a sophisticated environment where each element works to a balanced overview. In a mix of wood, iron and vegetation, light and dark colors, intense and soft lighting, once again we define our idea of a metropolitan local.
Design Office : ZDA – Zupelli Design Arquitettura
Location: Quartiere Isola, Milano, Italy
Project Year: 2017
Area: 400.0 sq.m.
Casa Pazza | Studioata
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Design Office: Studioata
Location: Turin, Italy
Project Year: 2016
Photographs: Barbara Corsico
“Piccola Londra” Guest Mansion | NOS Design
Description by NOS Design:
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