A Milanese apartment built in the late 1930s, which has been empty for many years but full of memories, finds a new life as a home and a working space.

The first design-action has been to empty the rooms, recording the traces of their previous uses.

The project redefines the servant spaces, the bathroom and the kitchen, while preserving the historical character of the other rooms with their original cementine tiles and wood-and-glass double doors.

The new tiles of the bathroom recalls the broken-geometry of the cementine, adding new green tones.

The strong character of the pre-existing floors is enhanced by the white of the new furniture and by the pure lines of the lighting elements. Books, objects and plants fill in the rooms, where the old and the new find a renovated balance. 

Team:
Architects: Archiground 
Photographer: Andrea Ceriani

Materials used:
Tiles: Tiles, Pack, 41zero42
Interior lighting:
Ceiling lamp, Brooklyn Round, Panzeri
Ceiling lamp, Yen, Rossini
Ceiling lamp, Teti, Artemide
Table lamp, The monky lamp sitting, Seletti
Table lamp, Lampadina, Flos
Accessories: Calendar, Formosa, Danese