Abstract
Renovation of a flat, 50 square metres, located in Turin; it was a convent, now rehabilitated into a family residence. The following criteria are applied in the project: use of isolated/integrated furniture, choice of furniture with references to styles/designers, relationship between collective and private spaces, role of colour, role of the kitchen.
The building presents small rooms with one window each and a dedicated entrance. The complex has a U shape, facing an internal courtyard; adjacent is the church of San Domenico. Each flat has original flooring, solid wood herringbone parquet, and vaulted ceilings. The renovation project is suitable for all building regulations.
INTEGRATED AND ISOLATED FURNITURE
Given the small size of the flat, recovering space is a necessity, so the following measures have been taken:
- The niche in the bathroom area is used to increase the space available leaving greater access to the shower compartment.
Given the small size of the flat, recovering space is a necessity, so the following measures have been taken:
- The niche in the bathroom area is used to increase the space available leaving greater access to the shower compartment.
- The ante-bathroom has an equipped wall containing a washer and dryer to optimise space available for laundry. The pece of furniture is made in solid wood, with horizontal shelves arranged in different heights.
- A sliding panel in glass and wrought iron separates the kitchen from the living area.
- A wardrobe in the bedroom, visually unobtrusive, integrates the function of clothing storage with that of a closet. The model is Storage Air, produced by Porro, which extends along the entire wall with a depth of 50 cm. The structure is in metal and treated glass with wooden shelving.
THE ROLE OF COLOR
The colours chosen inside the home are conditioned by the restoration of the parquet floor and its dark Ebony type repainting. The light-coloured walls help to keep the rooms light, allowing the furnishings to emerge and expanding the spaces. In each room, the walls are painted in shades between milk white and crimson, to leave a chromatic contrast with the white vaulting. This allows better reflection of the light emitted by the spotlights which, in the living room for example, illuminate indirectly. According to traditional Japanese, we have combined the light colour of the walls with metal, with the addition of glass, to create the structures separating the kitchen-living room and bedroom-cum-closet areas.
The colours chosen inside the home are conditioned by the restoration of the parquet floor and its dark Ebony type repainting. The light-coloured walls help to keep the rooms light, allowing the furnishings to emerge and expanding the spaces. In each room, the walls are painted in shades between milk white and crimson, to leave a chromatic contrast with the white vaulting. This allows better reflection of the light emitted by the spotlights which, in the living room for example, illuminate indirectly. According to traditional Japanese, we have combined the light colour of the walls with metal, with the addition of glass, to create the structures separating the kitchen-living room and bedroom-cum-closet areas.
