The original cement tiles (those from the grandfather's study and then from the father's, those from the memory bedroom) were removed and reused in a flooring project which strongly characterized the project in the composition of the new floors. Carpets inlaid with tiles found and embedded in a monolithic Venetian stone flooring. 

Each object was catalogued, measured and combined in a mix and match between history and contemporary revisitation. The choices on the family pieces were made considering the historical and emotional value, emphasizing the value linked to memory.

Architecturally, the project has as its know-how a house to "discover" since nothing is just what you see!

As soon as you enter the space opens directly to the living area connected to the entrance by a small passageway and the kitchen forms the backdrop to the living room: the rosewood columns are semi-embedded in the background wall, painted entirely with a green shade, saturation and brightness subtractive. On the front of the kitchen island with a pressed brushed steel top, a domestic table extends in a corner, with a rosewood finish like the back columns.

A large L-shaped sofa in the center of the room turns its back on the kitchen and looks towards the opposite wall. This wall houses a custom-made sideboard and is equipped with an audio video area. On the left, a window frames the lush private garden of the park, and in front there is a sculptural dining table.

Next to the kitchen island there is a vertical skylight which hides a small surprise: a compartment equipped as a wine vault (the passion of the homeowner).

After passing a custom-designed portal, you enter a small T-shaped corridor, the first access is to the guest bathroom and also in this room, the wall which seems to be finished with a natural fiber wallpaper and natural oak rods, in fact it is a folding door that hides another room: the house's laundry room.

The corridor has a wardrobe wall as its front backdrop (with the same covering treatment as the wallpaper in natural fiber and oak rods) and on the left and right sides there are symmetrically accesses to the bedroom area for the bedroom and the daughter's bedroom.

Even in this part of the house we find the unexpected: by opening the two central asymmetric doors of the built-in wardrobe, there is a single space, surprisingly a hidden environment, but once discovered, dilated outwards by a front window with a view of Capri. Totally and clearly divided on a perceptive level, the doors hide a secret, intimate study, a place to take refuge in extreme privacy and with revisited pieces from the family study.

The bedrooms are both equipped with a personal bathroom and a dressing room with a walk-in wardrobe. This solution allows you to fully enjoy the space and comfort.

A game of abstract references, of mirrors set on the door panels, furniture that hides and simultaneously contains unexpected functions. All this was calibrated with a careful study of the possible connections also with the context of the building.

Light is the flagship!

The lighting project of this residence is based on two essential conditions: a profound respect for the structure and a perfect correspondence of the lighting effects with the design intentions.

In this lighting design project, light can be thought of as a musical instrument that generates rhythm, pauses and accents. Allowing not only lighting consistent with the architectural project, but also a dialogue between inside and outside.

With its variations in intensity, it adapts to the changes that natural light undergoes not only during the course of a single day but also in the alternation of the individual seasons.

Light characterizes every single environment: decisive, but light, large, but soft touches, everything to highlight the texture of a sofa fabric, the colors of the scenes of the usual painting, the favorite object, or highlight the hidden vault.

The lighting underlines the importance of the environment and does not contrast with the natural light that filters from the garden of the park, or from the view facing the street that frames the island of Capri. The interaction between natural and artificial light emphasizes wonderful views and perspectives.

Natural light and artificial light merge in an embrace, sharing their colors and their different shades in a definition of spaces that allows you to enjoy total privacy and comfort in the different environments. Surprising effects, visual references, everything needed to allow the materials and the shape and the silhouette to be enhanced and sometimes emphasized so as to establish a conversation with an intimate and confidential character.

The light sources used are perfectly in line with criteria such as sustainability and energy saving, and positioned in a non-invasive manner and managed by a regulation system that allows the creation of different scenography suitable for different occasions.