bati house
roma (italy) - 1999
ph. : luigi filetici
A recent past spent in the sphere of fashion (the owner is a former model), and then used to recognize and appreciate the quality of a material or of a 'run' tailoring ', greatly facilitates the definition of the project to complete a detached house located in the countryside north of Rome, on three levels and features a beautiful garden surrounding.
Choosing key intervention was the definition of the flooring, made in the spaces day pitch stone, material from the strong personality of colors and materials, characterized by the many shades from beige to dark brown, which imposed almost cascade the rest of the choices: the staircase connecting the three levels is in fact covered with natural coconut and sleeping area, parquet flooring maple.
The overall composition is focused on the local kitchen / dining / entrance, local flexible with the ability to shield the entrance area if necessary, with a system of curtains in linen sliding on ceiling tracks, to discover or hide so the minimal stone fireplace with side cabinets, which contrasts with the beautiful kitchen-dining island.