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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. 082 Showroom Interrato in Lucca, Italy by MIDE architettiJune 11th, 2017 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: MIDE architetti The project for the new Gianni Chiarini’ s showroom in Milan consists in a partially hypogeum exhibition space, located underneath an historical building in the heart of the city. The access has been re-set up through a recessed patio in the courtyard pavement, which hosts the new stairway that leads to the showroom below. This morphological operation modifies the ground floor of the external area, emphasising the entrance and inviting the visitor to descend. The resulting basement patio has therefore transformed into a small garden, a formal filter between the public space and the more intimate and welcoming internal showroom.  Image Courtesy © Alessandra Bello
 Image Courtesy © Alessandra Bello Inside, the intervention aims to retain and enhance the morphology of the existing by minimal use of materials and furniture. The exhibition space results essential and refined, thanks to the contained employment of materials that accentuate the contrast between walnut furniture, warm and colour charged, and cold surfaces of walls and floor, entirely cladded with Agglotech concrete agglomerate.  Image Courtesy © Alessandra Bello  Image Courtesy © Alessandra Bello The brand’s bags are displayed onto 3 mm thick metal shelves attached to the Agglotech walls, which act as neutral background that enhances the items, while the custom designed furniture operate as architectural devices that define and order the internal spaces.  Image Courtesy © Alessandra Bello  Image Courtesy © Alessandra Bello The central room consists of a long open space, featured by the presence of the false ceiling composed of wood triangle-shaped listels. The structure is retreated from the perimetral windows in order to allow light to largely enter the space and make it visible from the courtyard outside.  Image Courtesy © Alessandra Bello  Image Courtesy © Alessandra Bello  Image Courtesy © Alessandra Bello  Image Courtesy © Alessandra Bello  Image Courtesy © Alessandra Bello  Image Courtesy © Alessandra Bello  Image Courtesy © Alessandra Bello  Image Courtesy © MIDE architetti  Image Courtesy © MIDE architetti
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