Untitled Structure completes overhaul of attic residence in Milan
A metallic beam, cylindrical staircase and slim partitions are the easy options that Untitled Structure has used to configure this small residence in Milan.
Occupying the attic of a residential constructing, the residence’s previously darkish and cramped inside has been rationalised by Untitled Structure to function simply a few structural parts.
“The challenge was designed as a way to develop the inside area and alter its notion by reshaping the present geometry and rising the quantity of pure mild,” defined the studio.
Its 30-square-metre ground plan is now organized in a easy cross-shaped formation, with key dwelling areas pushed into the residence’s 4 corners.
A central stainless-steel beam acts as an axis to the area. Adjacently lies a cylindrical staircase that leads as much as the mezzanine-level bed room, the place a easy mattress has been slotted beneath the sloping ceiling.
Though nearly all of the staircase is white, textural curiosity is added by the start two steps which have been crafted from pale marble and the final two that are comprised of grey-painted timber.
“The curved form of the steps creates a vivid distinction with regard to the inflexible geometry of the residence,” the studio added.
To optimise sq. footage, the studio has swapped free-standing furnishings items for built-in cabinetry across the perimeter of the residence.
This seems within the kitchen, which contains a shiny chrome steel splashback, and within the sitting room.
Surfaces all through the residence are rendered with white plaster to enhance the sunshine oak flooring. This excludes the toilet, the place partitions are clad in grid-likes tiles with blue grouting, meant as a visible nod to the balustrade and piping on the staircase.
“The selection of supplies could be very impartial with the intention to spotlight the irregular geometry of the residence,” mentioned the studio.
Two present skylights have additionally been expanded to let in additional pure mild.
Untitled Structure is headed up by Bogdan Peric and Andrey Mikhalev, and has workplaces in each Milan and Moscow.
It is not the one studio that has discovered other ways to organise small houses. Hiroyuki Ogawa Architects used sliding timber screens to create a versatile ground plan in a Tokyo flat, whereas architects Anna and Eugeni Again suspended a desk from the roof of a Barcelona residence in order that its inhabitants might use the mezzanine as a examine.
Images is by Giovanni Emilio Galanello.
Venture credit:
Design workforce: Bogdan Peric (companion), Andrey Mikhalev (companion), Stefano Floris, Evgenia Sokolova
Contractor: Restauri Ancona