Reminiscences of the previous mix with modern capabilities due to rigorously balanced design interpretation. On 5 flooring totalling a floor space of 700 m2, Villa il Gioiello sits within the hills near Florence’s previous metropolis centre, on a slender highway that winds between attribute uneven stone partitions.
The renovation and inside design challenge by Pierattelli Architetture has preserved the environment and historical soul of this place by making a single-family house with timeless allure, and a continuously evolving story recounted by the various artworks by essential twentieth-century figures akin to Alighiero Boetti, Ettore Spalletti, Jannis Kounellis and Mario Schifano.
On a structural stage, the unique components have been restored and enhanced by the architects, bringing new character to each the interiors and the out of doors backyard with an infinity pool lined in white quartzite, designed and enlarged in collaboration with the panorama architect Gianni Medoro, a pupil of Pietro Porcinai.
Whereas on the one hand some interval components are nonetheless seen, such because the out of doors loggia onto the backyard, the stable teak parquet flooring reclaimed and put again down as tiles, arches and wood beams and even the big vaulted corridor, on the opposite numerous rooms have been handled to a brand new look due to intelligent use of surfaces and a mixture of pure supplies akin to marble, travertine, teak and walnut wooden. The bottom ground rooms are massive as was regular for the interval, and designed for entertaining: the double residing space is double-height with a captivating cross vaulted ceiling.
The sometimes Tuscan kitchen has been renovated, introducing a distinction between the nice and cozy hues of teak, with its artisan attract, and the refined colors of stone for a linear, extra modern really feel. The dining- room, its three arched home windows searching onto the encompassing panorama, features a staircase in wooden and Corten designed by Pierattelli Architetture.
Colors, shapes and supplies have all been chosen to satisfy the challenge specs. A lot of the furnishings had been designed by the architects: within the toilet and residing space the place the studying room homes a big geometric bookcase in Canaletto walnut with brushed brass metallic sides and cabinets lit by oblique gentle. On the mezzanine ground, the place rooms akin to the house theatre and a hi-fi room have been added, a bookcase designed to accommodate an expert sound system stands out. The hanging master suite on the primary ground opens to embrace views of the Tuscan hills, onto the loggia with a personal, elegant, out of doors lounge.
A Canaletto walnut wooden staircase with a transparent parapet designed by Pierattelli Architetture lends character to the master suite, the flooring right here too in reclaimed wooden organized in tiles with an Indian Teak border. Consideration to element can be evident within the Canaletto walnut wooden panelling on the ceiling and partitions, the place a hidden door results in the walk-in wardrobe. For rest and wellness, a health club with sauna has been constructed within the basement. On the third ground and reached by an extension of the prevailing indoor staircase, the attic is a visitor flat with skylighted bed room, toilet and residing space. This house was created by building of a brand new metal ground slab that passes by a lot of the first ground, making it potential to extend the villa’s floor space.
Supply: Inside Zine
