The owner of this small house in Onil,
restored
ten years ago, wanted to give it
a facelift to maximize their living conditions
and improve the way they enjoy it.
The
rehabilitation carried out in the past,
quite rightly made from our point of
view, cleverly took advantage of the
little space that was available and gave
the highest importance to the living
area. Now, we chose to take very few
decisions (we start from a good base)
aimed at improving the functionality
and quality of the spaces through subtle
distribution changes and the use of
simple but quality materials.
The original
layout of the kitchen bench is split
in two parts so that now the
cooking area is against partition wall and the
work area is facing the good
views and allowing the user of the kitchen also
being
part of the life of the house.
In the
bedroom, the only previous guideline we
work with is to turn the head of
the bed so that its orientation is north-south
and be in tune with the principles of
Feng-Shui. So it was decided to remove
the existing open closet and integrate it
within a wooden paneling that is at
the same time the new head of the bed.
In the
bathroom we leave the sink integrated
into the bedroom and the intimate
hygiene area is slightly set back in a space
completely covered in white marble
with a shower, again as in the HMP apartment
and the JiR house, used as
transparent element that allows light and views go
through spaces. Once more,
an automatic roll-up blind gives the bathroom the
needed privacy.
For this
reform we have used very few elements
and materials, solid chestnut
wood in flooring throughout the house except in
the wet area of the bathroom
where we decided to use the same with marble is
placed on the walls of wet areas,
walls of working areas and in the kitchen
bench. To formalize new furnishings that
are designed we decide to use okumen
plywood.
Pavements are
placed without baseboards, wood is
treated with oils or natural
varnish of open pore so that everything helps to
reinforce the sense of simplicity,
naturalness and sincerity that permeates the
house.
Finally some
linear lamps are installed, based in
LED strips recessed in folded steel
plates. We does not act on any element more.