Historical apartment renewed by Amelia Tavella Architectes in a early ‘900 eclectic palace in the center of Turin, Italy. The design themes work on colors match, material contrast and old meets new relationship.
The floor-plan has completely redesigned through new and big openings in order to open the focus on the living-room and kitchen, now being the central space of the flat. Vaults and floor are the trace to understand the previous layout. A new mosaic frame embrace the old restored parquet connecting the old timber to the new one.
The bordeaux color of the mosaic matches with custom-made bookcase, designed to be a permeable wall between the entrance and the living-room, the cerulean blue works in contrast to the shades of brown of the floor and the bordeaux. This contrast gives brightness and balance.
Amelia Tavella Architectes
The balance is also made through the shape of the kitchen furniture which plays the same as the openings and walls variation. Between the kitchen and living-room there is a shiny brushed steel kitchen island that is a standing-solo volume connecting the spaces.
The new wall-painting shade melt into the vault highlighting the fresco. The corridor in the middle of the apartment is thought as a dark background that gives depth to the opening on the living-room, and on the other side to the private space.