The renovation of a design attic in central Milan
Fluid, airy spaces, in which glass, boiserie and bespoke furnishings work together to amplify light and perception.
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The flat is like a white canvas, designed with touches of colour and personality. Casa bianco latte is a design attic in central Milan, where the aim was to make the living area and kitchen as airy and bright as possible. The kitchen is closed by a glass diaphragm that lets light through; its door disappears into a fitted boiserie clad in wallpaper, which conceals a pillar and a radiator. The guest bathroom, small but scenic, is in green Alps marble paired with oak; the trapezoidal bedroom is solved by a Rimadesio walk-in wardrobe that regularises its shape.
Light and the living area. The main aim was to make the living area and kitchen as airy and bright as possible. For this, a solution was conceived that would allow the kitchen to be physically closed but through a glass diaphragm, letting the light pass. The kitchen door was integrated into a fitted boiserie clad in wallpaper. So technical elements (a pillar and a radiator) are covered and unified, integrated with the wardrobe.
Technical solutions. The false ceiling that crosses the entrance zone and defines the space leading to the sleeping area houses the ducted air-conditioning distribution, but via valances it indirectly lights the living area.
Lights. The lighting, by Flos, enhances the environment with its geometries. Lights with different languages were chosen depending on the inflection of the space; the Flos Aim above the table enhances the convivial spirit of that corner, while the kitchen light, with its brass part, gives a retro touch of luxury to the kitchen, in contrast with its minimal design.
Surfaces and materials. The parquet, continuous throughout the flat, enters both bathrooms, except in the kitchen, where on the floor and cladding there are Mutina Azulejos tiles in colour tone with the kitchen’s Fenix top. In particular the guest bathroom, small but striking, was conceived in green Alps marble, which combined with the oak and the play of mirrors makes it pleasant and visually much larger than it really is.
The sleeping area. The trapezoidal shape of the bedroom made the room hard to use with classic furnishings. For this reason the choice was to make a walk-in wardrobe that regularised its shape, by Rimadesio, with a full-light door as the room’s backdrop. The bespoke bed headboard was conceived to regularise the recess in the masonry and make the most of the space.
The living-area bookcase. To allow the most light through as a filter between the sofa zone, model AIR by Lago, and the passage to the sleeping area, a diaphragm wall of shelves supported by glass Ls was made.
