Portuense 201 is a cultural and creative district, based in an old farmer area built around 1910, behind the Trastevere Station, in the ex industrial area of Rome.
This small loft on the top floor of a 1644 building originally built in Rome by Architect Mattia de Rossi (pupil of Bernini) and renovated in 1719 by Architect Alessandro Specchi that was influenced in his works by Architect Francesco Borromini.
House is placed near Bologna square, neigborhood area builded in first of Twentieth Century, and where is possible to locate various fascist style building. Housing block was built in 1928 maintaining typical nature of that period.
The project for a Japanese restaurant in Rome is inspired by the walkways in the forest bordered by the succession of black and glossy orange-red wooden portals, which lead to the temples of Fushimi Inari in Kyoto, of which reproduces colors and suggestions. “One of the most beautiful things in the world that I could not bring to mind the time when an opportunity was given to remake the interiors of my favorite Japanese restaurant in Rome”.
Loft 78B consists in the renovation of small apartment, previously divided into a living room with kitchen,a bathroom and a double bedroom. The whole space was not fully exploited, and the projects aims to transform a not much comfortable space in a cozy and spacious one.
Beijing, 2014/12/11 – Led by Ma Yansong, MAD Architects won a competition to lead the rebuilding for 71 Via Boncompagni in the heart of Rome in early 2010. After four years of design development and hearings, the project was recently approved by the Rome Planning, Programming and Implementation Department, and Rome City Council. The project now enters the implementation phase, and will become MAD’s first realized project in Europe.
Daruma Sushi has become the benchmark for sushi lovers with their 8 stores, including restaurants and takeaways and a 300 square meters production area.
For their restaurants they have chosen the Mezza luna pendant lightings by the italian lighting Company In-es.artdesign (www.in-es.com). The colors palette and the style of the suspended light fixtures reflect the brand identity of Daruma Sushi.
Arion librerie indipendenti has opened a new, larger store in Rome and that was designed by us from Studio Algoritmo.
The book market is changing radically and it is possible to observe an overlap between the dear, old and materic book and the birth of new technologies for reading. with increasing success.
it follows that we are experiencing a kind of technological and generational turnover (shift) among users.
A Roman ancient market’s storage place has been transformed into a modern work space.
The project’s purpose is to create a strong contrast between the ancient existing structure and the new interior architecture.
The difference between the two functions (storage space during the past centuries and creative space today) has suggested two parallel design approaches: on one hand the intention of preserving the original building’s characteristics and, on the other hand, the need of inserting new and recognizable elements.