Loft a Modena | ZPZ Partners

Modena / Italy / 2011

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The central theme of the project is the dialogue between antique furniture (family furniture dating from the XVII, XVII and XIX) and an aesthetic and a contemporary way of living.
The 250 square meters loft is located in the historical center of Modena, occupying the whole penthouse of an ancient building; a continuous window faces west on a terrace of 125 square meters, providing light to a continuous space with two light wells in the center.
The basic idea is to create a white monochrome multi-material scenario: diverse finishings (bricks, matt and gloss lacquered surfaces, wood, glass and metals) of the same color with different grains. The white base is used to house the antique furniture, without introducing new colors, creating essentially a bichrome environment.
Alongside the family furniture, main characters are the containers for 27,000 CDs and DVDs (music and film): the central cube, with sliding elements, weighs 3.5 tons and is home to 12,000 CDs, while 35 meters of bookcase with sliding parts contain the remaining DVDs. All containers are white, matt or glossy.
The lightscape is conceived to participate in the white scenery: lighting fixtures have iconic primary shapes and no colors: spheres, whether transparent or opaque, they add only light to the place, while no other color or material is added.


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Il tema al centro del progetto è il dialogo tra arredi antichi, mobili di famiglia risalenti ai secoli XVII, XVII e XIX, e una estetica e un modo di abitare contemporanei. 


L'abitazione e' nel Centro Storico di Modena, un loft di 250 mq che occupa tutto il piano sottotetto di un palazzo antico; una finestratura continua si affaccia a ovest su un terrazzo di 125 mq, fornenso luce a un ospazio continuo interrotto da due pozzi di luce e qualche lucernario a est.
L'idea base è creare uno scenario bianco monocromatico e polimaterico: tanti materiali (mattoncini, laccature opache e lucide, legni, vetri e metalli) dello stesso colore con grane differenti. La base bianca serve ad accogliere i mobili antichi, senza introdurre nuovi colori, generando un ambiente sostanzialmente bi-cromatico.
Si inseriscono come protagonisti, a fianco dei mobili di famiglia, i contenitori per i 27.000 CD e DVD (musica e film): il cubo centrale, a elementi estraibili su guide, pesa 3,5 quintali e ospita 12.000 CD, mentre i 35 ml di libreria con parti scorrevoli contengono i rimanenti DVD. Tutti i contenitori sono di colore bianco, laccati opachi o lucidi.
Il paesaggio luminoso si inserisce nello scenario di base monocromatico bianco: le luci hanno forme iconiche, basiche, senza colori: sfere, lattescenti o trasparenti, distribuite in sequenze disordinate, come un pattern che non aggiunge materiali o forme ma solo luce all’ambiente.

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    The central theme of the project is the dialogue between antique furniture (family furniture dating from the XVII, XVII and XIX) and an aesthetic and a contemporary way of living.The 250 square meters loft is located in the historical center of Modena, occupying the whole penthouse of an ancient building; a continuous window faces west on a terrace of 125 square meters, providing light to a continuous space with two light wells in the center.The basic idea is to create a white monochrome...

    Project details
    • Year 2011
    • Work finished in 2011
    • Status Completed works
    • Type Apartments / Interior Design / Lofts/Penthouses / Refurbishment of apartments
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