Paritzki & Liani Architects completes Grifo210 boutique in Ischia
Paritzki & Liani Architects has created a minimal inside for a boutique on the Italian island of Ischia, crammed with references to native structure and volcanic geology.
Situated off the coast of Naples, Ischia sits over an historical volcanic crater, which provides it an ample panorama of verdant greenery, thermal spas and pure springs.
It additionally boasts many notable buildings, together with an 18th century palace, round and quadrangular watch towers, and quite a few historic stone homes.
Tel Aviv-based Paritzki & Liani Architects referenced each the island’s panorama and structure within the redesign of Grifo210, a vogue boutique on its most outstanding procuring road, Corso Vittoria Colonna.
The design makes use of native lava stone, tropical vegetation and a geology-inspired color palette. It’s also crammed with arches, an architectural motif that may be noticed everywhere in the island.
“The groundwork of the imagery within the venture for Grifo210 comes from the ramified and wealthy native Ischia architectural literature and the theme of the Mediterranean essence,” mentioned studio cofounder Paola Liani.
“Ischia, regardless of the frequent aggregations of buildings, maintains a novel panorama unity within the Mediterranean Sea, among the many lush inexperienced, the tuff mountain and the crystal-clear sea,” she defined.
“These ideas have been absorbed, lived in and interpreted over time on the island.”
Grifo210’s inside is split up into three bays, framed by the arched doorway and ceilings. This creates the sensation of a vaulted chamber in what was beforehand a quite simple house.
So as to add extra curves to the house, semi-transparent curtains are put in across the perimeter. With their folded varieties, these curtains give a suggestion of tactility.
“The curtains create cozy exedras within the first two rooms; a recall of these intermediate and welcoming areas, situated between the outer gardens and the coated entrance halls, which may be discovered within the palaces of Ischia Ponte of the 18th century,” mentioned Liani.
The flooring is a monochrome terrazzo, created by hand-placing fragments of regionally sourced lava stone, whereas the show hangers and checkout counter are a bronze-toned metallic.
There are only some splashes of color. Unique vegetation line the home windows, referencing the 1950s La Mortella gardens, whereas pigmented concrete show stands are available in shades of cobalt blue, lemon yellow and turquoise.
“Right here too, we recalled the chromatic palette of this volcanic land, made by heat and matt colors,” mentioned Liani.
Paola Liani and accomplice Itai Paritzki based their studio in 2001. Different initiatives they’ve accomplished embrace a home with a naked cliff face seen inside and an workplace with a billowing “sky-ceiling”.
Images is by Simone Bossi.