Monday, September 21, 2015

A Minimalist Intervention: Casa Errepi by Archiplan Studio

With minimalist intervention, Archiplan Studio principals Diego Cisi and Stefano Gorni Silvestrini have given an early 20th-century villa north of Milan a new lease on life. The architects' term the project a "recovery," and though it involved introducing a new roof and kitchen, they also poetically preserved battered walls and faded wallpaper. "Materials are maintained in the condition they were found," they say, "with the idea of giving form to abstract ideas, such as the passing of time."

Photography via Archiplan Studio

The new kitchen at Casa Errepi, an Italian villa remodel and restoration by Archiplan Studio | Remodelista

Above: The gridwork on the doors and window wall is echoed by the new tiled kitchen island. 

The new kitchen at Casa Errepi, an Italian villa remodel and restoration by Archiplan Studio | Remodelista

Above: The architects introduced a custom table that stretches for 21 feet, intending it to be used for preparing food, eating meals, and doing homework—"recovering and reinventing the traditional way of living in an Italian home." 

The new kitchen at Casa Errepi, an Italian villa remodel and restoration by Archiplan Studio | Remodelista

Above: An existing support is artfully incorporated into the design.

Kitchen overhead lighting at Casa Errepi, an Italian villa remodel and restoration by Archiplan Studio | Remodelista

Above: A new take on suspension lighting: The custom chandelier makes use of porcelain sockets. See Object Lessons: The Hardware Store Porcelain Light Socket for sourcing ideas, and go to Lampada 00 to see the architects' vertical version of the design.

The new kitchen at Casa Errepi, an Italian villa remodel and restoration by Archiplan Studio | Remodelista

Above: Plants keep the room from feeling chilly. Furnishings, many original to the house, include an antique sideboard and theater seats. Like the pastel fridge? See Trend Alert: 13 Kitchens with Colored Refrigerators.

Living room at Casa Errepi, an Italian villa remodel and restoration by Archiplan Studio | Remodelista

Above: The living room has a terrazzo floor—one of our Fall Trend predictions—and updated fireplace. (Getting ready for winter? See Remodeling 101: Wood-Burning vs. Gas Fireplaces.) Many of the house's windows, such as this one, were also updated.

Casa Errepi, an Italian villa remodel and restoration by Archiplan Studio | Remodelista

Above: "This restoration project attempts to harmonize complete opposites, such as strength and fragility, the perfect and the imperfect, the brightness of a piece of furniture that has just arrived from the factory with the unpredictability of materials that have fallen into a state of disrepair," Diego Cisi told Dezeen.

Bedroom with preserved old wallpaper at Casa Errepi, an Italian villa remodel and restoration by Archiplan Studio | Remodelista

Above: In the bedrooms, the architects brushed the original wallpaper creating a fresco-like effect and sealed it to halt further deterioration.

Bedroom with preserved old wallpaper at Casa Errepi, an Italian villa remodel and restoration by Archiplan Studio | Remodelista

Above L: Indoor shutters are employed throughout. Above R: As in the kitchen, the architects hung modern industrial lighting in the bedrooms. (For something similar, see Colored Cage Lights from an Aussie Designer.) And to make up for a lack of closet space, they added freestanding clothes racks.

Bedroom with preserved old wallpaper at Casa Errepi, an Italian villa remodel and restoration by Archiplan Studio | Remodelista

Above: Faded borders and patched ceilings are here to stay. (Parisian designer Philippe Daney makes similar pendant lights that are LEDs.) 

Wallpaperd bathroom at Casa Errepi, an Italian villa remodel and restoration by Archiplan Studio | Remodelista

Above: Vintage wallpaper and a new sink console with integrated storage in the master bath.

Bathroom at Casa Errepi, an Italian villa remodel and restoration by Archiplan Studio | Remodelista

Above: Modern fixtures on a painted brick wall in another bath. "For us, the signs of aging are to be valued because they constitute a key element in the relationship between old and new," Cisi explained to Dezeen. "They are like the wrinkles on the face of a woman; we should give value to them."

Bathroom at Casa Errepi, an Italian villa remodel and restoration by Archiplan Studio | Remodelista

Above: Wood flooring meets rain shower.

Casa Errepi, an Italian villa remodel and restoration by Archiplan Studio | Remodelista

Above: The two-story villa is north of Milan, in the Lombardy town of Busto Arszio. Archiplan crowned the structure with a new white-tiled roof.

Casa Errepi, an Italian villa remodel and restoration by Archiplan Studio | Remodelista

Above: Archiplan got all of the details right.

For more by the firm, take a look at A Moody Loft and Ristorante LaCucina, both in Mantua where Archiplan is based.

Go to our Italy archive, to see more villas and kitchens.

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