In an apartment full of wisely chosen objects and materials, the key elements of the renovation are the design and the finishing selection of the two bathrooms. The master bathroom features deep grey resin walls and a ceiling covered with a sumptuous golden textured wallpaper; the guest bathroom with ochre resin walls and ceiling, in order to obtain a precious little box. The new wooden kitchen is placed in the well-lit corner room and the living area embraces the entrance thanks to a careful choice of furnishings and lightning systems.
The project concerns the renovation of an apartment for a new family in the center of Milan.
The residence is characterized by a “free” layout in which the partition walls are treated as “sheets” that fold in plan and section according to the characteristics of the different rooms.
The space was intended as a big single room in which the walls define areas, and suggest ways of use, always different.
Apple Piazza Liberty is an ensemble of two fundamental elements, a stepped plaza and a fountain. Located just off the Corso Vittorio Emanuele – one of the most popular pedestrian streets in Milan – visitors are drawn towards the piazza by the sight of the dramatic new fountain.
The opening of the Mario Luzzatto Student House residences completes the Humanitas University Campus, the renowned international faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Nursing and Physiotherapy that promotes an innovative teaching system. The new residences, built in just one year, were designed by the architect Filippo Taidelli of the FTA studio, who is also responsible for the design of the Campus itself, inaugurated in 2017
FTA studio has looked after all aspects of architectural, interior and landscape design, creating a location where energy saving and environmental sustainability rule.
The project proposes a complete renovation of a poor architectural quality building from the beginning of the ‘80s, outdated in terms of energy and distribution. The refurbishment converts the building into a contemporary property suited to the developing surrounding area of Bicocca district.
Rather than implementing a restyling process, the building’s architecture was re-thought from scratch and the proportions and shapes of the massive volumes of the original building have been altered to achieve a much lighter and articulated configuration. The proportioning of the building’s volumes also allowed to create new large terraces on the rooftop further connecting ENGIE HQ with its surroundings: staring at the “artificial” skyline of downtown Milan, and at the Alps.
Client: GENERALI REAL ESTATE SGR S.P.A. -Effepi Real Estate Fund
Main Tenant: Engie Italia S.p.A.
Design Team: Filippo Pagliani, Michele Rossi, Alessandro Rossi (Project Leader), Marco Siciliano, Lorenzo Merloni, Antonio Cinquegrana, Davide Pojaga, Marco Vitalini, Elena Ghetti, Fabio Calciati (Rendering), Mario Frusca (Rendering)
Project Management: Generali Immobiliare Italia SGR S.p.A.
It seems like an era has passed since I met the client. It was 2014, a peculiar year during which Robin Williams left us, Germany won the football World Cup and we Italians found out that there is a great woman amongst us: Samanta Cristoforetti, the first Italian woman to take part in the international space station, an epic challenge.
So many details were missing to our adventure, though. The location and the name for this new haunt were still missing.
But I met a man, Rodolfo, a man with a concept, an entrepeneur, a little bit of a dreamer, with an important and new idea that needed a perfect sartorial dress.
Located in the heart of Milan, within the Monumentale area, the building shows an innovative approach in addressing metropolitan residential issues. The project aims at interacting with a broader spatial and cultural context, embracing the residential Milanese tradition of XX Century, with its contemporary urban interventions. This “Milan Style”, that spanned mostly between the aftermath of World War II and the economic boom of the Sixties, is represented through several buildings designed by architects such as Gio Ponti and Luigi Caccia Dominioni.
A typical Milanese casa di ringhiera (a traditional tenement with communal balcony) transformed into a design hotel: this is the Savona 18 Suites, the project that Aldo Cibic has created for the Blu Hotels group.
An operation that began with the refurbishment of an abandoned twentieth century building that Cibic has brought back from the brink. In so doing he has preserved its architectural image and managed to retain the authentic flavour of the Milanese courtyard: representative of the “style” typical of that period.
Along the very commercial Via Torino, this bar for streetfood-lovers, stands out for the variety of proposals ranging from ice cream, fruit, coffee shop to single-serve pastry, from varied pizzas to tasty sandwiches that can be created at will. All these delicacies are displayed in the saw-effect natural wood benches and iron blades. To the black wall glazed or covered with black ceramic tiles by Mutina, graphic panels accompany the choice of products. On the floor, a Lombard block effect stoneware. To illuminate the space two complete recessed tracks with Corner adjustable spotlights by Ares Italia, and suspensions similar to iron lampshades by Karmann Italia. To enliven the walls we wanted to play with Wall & Decò wallpaper showing two different graffiti on exposed concrete walls. A glass and iron window divides the kitchen from the room, where a long high wooden table is supported by birch logs. Outside a shelter supports the logo in illuminated box letters.
Located in the business center of the city of Milan, the project is part of an extremely important context for the establishment of the turnaround of KKR, an international private equity investment firm with Unicredit and Intesa Sanpaolo, which was established at the end of July and named Pillarstone Italy spa. The “PIAZZA AFFARI” project concerns the redevelopment of an old office space, completely renovated for the headquarters of the new Pillarstone company, completed in 2016. It is about 500 square meters occupied by reception, common break area, offices with more than 30 workstations, two meeting rooms and a large board room. We worked in team with HI LITE next to manage the lighting design project in all offices.
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