Round Wall Studio
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Residential | Northern Italy | 750sf | Built
This project is a gut renovation of an apartment in a previously dilapidated Italian Palazzo. The design addressed a number of structural issues, introduced modern plumbing and electrical systems, and reconfigured the layout as a large loft-like studio. The architecture strategy brought back the sense of the scale of the original room while at the same time ensuring a well-defined and efficient allocation of functions through the use of two partial-height walls–one round and one rectangular.
These functions include an entry foyer, living room, kitchen, bedroom, storage space, and bathrooms. The introduction of such wall “objects” within the space–whose contemporary formal language creates a counterpoint to the existing texture of the historic fabric–ensures such function separation. These elements live at a scale between interior architecture and furniture. The height datum established by the partial-height walls also sets the historic fabric apart from the clean lines of the new architecture.
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Adaptive Reuse, Architecture, Interior Design, FFE
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Ottavio Tomasini
The sheetrock peels off the original stone wall and creates a circle that defines the dining area
Living area
Bedroom partial height divider doubles as headboard
Inserted partial-height wall divides the living room and bedroom and houses a TV niche. The thickened perimeter sheetrock wall doubles as shelf
Walk-in closet
Bathroom with custom mirror and vanity
Historic balcony with a view
Drawings
Background
New lightweight reinforced floor slab
Chalk partitions drawn on the floor prior to framing
Rendering toward round wall
Rendering toward living room
View toward low partition
Construction site
Curved sheetrock wall during construction