Typical Eighteenth Century residential building of a central bourgeois neighborhood in the historical downtown of Turin, developed under Vittorio Emanuele the Second’s kingdom. The apartment, located at the third and last floor of the building (at that time usually destined to servants’ rooms or low cost rent ) looked immediately very authentic and attractive to the future owner, who chose it ,among various options in the area, with the aim of creating a cozy Parisian style penthouse to move in with her lover.

After lengthy, detailed and extensive work to demolish all inner partitions, intermediate vaults and under-roofing structure, the resulting double-height volume was entirely re-studied and carefully reconfigured according to the needs of the young clients who continuously monitored the work as it progressed.