Tuesday, 9 October 2012

Casa YM

The Italian studio Es Arch has recently completed the Casa YM project. The architects have renovated this penthouse located in Rapallo, a city in the province of Genoa, in Linguria, northern Italy.

"The penthouse is located above a block of flats, built in the sixties. The flat area is smaller than the lower floors, due to the façade withdrawing that generates a great terrace, all around the flat. Every room is connected with the exterior ".


"A flat roof defines the volume, closed by a sequence of walls and large windows. A larger quantity of light comes in the interior spaces from these windows, which offers a favoured view on the hills of the up country and to the coasts ".

"The glazed kitchen, that seems polished by water, with glazing lavastone floor, is strict in shapes and refines in materials. Visible through the glazed sliding doors, it’s a quiet presence that change the space of living room, becoming an extension of the latter when the doors are open ".


"The oak floor, chairs, wooden furniture, some walls paint, suspension lamps, take up the colour of sand. Suspension lamps remind naval lanterns, emphasised by the contrast with other more discreet lights, as recessed lamps. Three elements organise the corner with the sofa. Green colour that remind underwater landscapes, the contrast between the different colour of the walls, and the upper bookshelves that change the measure of the wall. These solutions cancel the corner perception ".

"The same ‘sand theme’ characterises bedrooms and bathrooms".

Special thanks to HomeDSGN for the above images and information.

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