Round Wall Studio

  • Residential | Northern Italy | 750sf | Built

    This project is a gut renovation of an apartment in a previously dilapidated Italian Palazzo. The design addressed a number of structural issues, introduced modern plumbing and electrical systems, and reconfigured the layout as a large loft-like studio. The architecture strategy brought back the sense of the scale of the original room while at the same time ensuring a well-defined and efficient allocation of functions through the use of two partial-height walls–one round and one rectangular.

    These functions include an entry foyer, living room, kitchen, bedroom, storage space, and bathrooms. The introduction of such wall “objects” within the space–whose contemporary formal language creates a counterpoint to the existing texture of the historic fabric–ensures such function separation. These elements live at a scale between interior architecture and furniture. The height datum established by the partial-height walls also sets the historic fabric apart from the clean lines of the new architecture.

  • Adaptive Reuse, Architecture, Interior Design, FFE

  • Ottavio Tomasini

The sheetrock peels off the original stone wall and creates a circle that defines the dining area

Living area

Bedroom partial height divider doubles as headboard

Inserted partial-height wall divides the living room and bedroom and houses a TV niche. The thickened perimeter sheetrock wall doubles as shelf

Walk-in closet

Bathroom with custom mirror and vanity

Historic balcony with a view


Drawings


Background

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