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Camilla Santi B&B
Piermario Ruggeri

Camilla Santi B&B

Camilla Santi B&B is in the center of Milan, not far from the Sempione park and the Castello Sforzesco, in a building of the early twentieth century.

 

Spread over two floors for a total of 220 m2.designed in 1982 by arch. Carlo Santi, it is still very current. Upstairs (third floor) 2 double bedrooms and double bathroom. Downstairs (second floor) 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms.On the ground floor in the courtyard / garden the Studio an open space depandance on two levels of 50 m2. Above: bathroom and bedroom, under: table with sofa and kitchenette.

 

Camilla Santi B&B is a unique place in the originality of its style. Full of windows very bright, quiet, in a pedestrian area. The B&B is accessed through a long private gallery, with wisteria, jasmine, roses and calla lilies.

 

The palace has retained its original charm, its stone balconies and the courtyard/entrance garden (where the Studio is), were typical of old Milan, almost impossible to find today.

 

Camilla:"A big, beautiful house that I love. A special, bright place, a little out of the world where it almost seems to be in the countryside. A particular place full of creative ideas, a sweet corner in a chaotic world. Once it welcomed my family, and after my children grew up and became independent, I decided to empty the rooms of all the superfluous. I made them complete for the needs of the traveler. Comfortable, welcoming and beautiful. One of the keywords is "simplicity".

 

Simplicity as the use of what is there, not exactly recycling, but the use of the resources that I have near, like when the peasants chose the stones they had around to build their houses.  Rural design is my favorite because it comes from necessity, from the virtue of everything. A wooden cane, a sheet, some thread, a piece of pruned branch ... "

 

Material Used :

1. Wood, fir planks (for the floor)
2. Antique ceramic tiles (for the floor)
3. Paper (for the lights)
4.... a lot of fantasy

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