Architecture Firm: Davide Marchetti Architetto
Contact e-mail: info@davidemarchetti.it
Firm Location: Rome, Italy
Completion Year: 2019
Gross Built Area: 130 sqM
Project location: Rome, Italy

Media Provider
Photo credits: Arch. Matteo Rossi
Photographer’s e-mail: matteo@matteorossiphtoto.com

Manufacturers:
Construction Company: Ediltiemme di Massimiliano Tomei
Woodworks: Artigiana Arredamenti Snc di Aureli Roberto e C.
Terrazzo flooring restoration: Luca Mezzini
Stoneworks: It’s Stone
Wood floors: Ragno Parquet Roma
Mixers and bathroom taps: Zazzeri
Wallpaint: Cooper Colours
Door Handles: Ottoneria d’Arte Tozzi (Design Davide Marchetti)
Lighting: Viabizzuno

This is the interior of the house with a spacious living room that has a tall beamed ceiling.

This is a great room that houses the living room, dining and kitchenette within its tall beige walls and under the beamed ceiling.

This closer look showcases the details of the beamed ceiling and the modern structures of the kitchenette.

The white wooden double doors that lead to the great room is surrounded by brown marble that makes it stand out against the white walls and white double doors.

This is a full view of the great room showcasing the two doorways adorned with round windows that has detailed railings.

This is a full view of the detailed beamed wooden ceiling of the great room.

This is another doorway with white doorframe that matches with the moldings.

This is a look at the bedroom with a dark platform bed adorned by the large wooden slat wall behind the bed.

The large wooden slat wood has a couple of doors that lead to the bathroom and closet.

This is a close look at the corner of the slat wooden panel walls showcasing the details and patterns.

This is another view of the bedroom showcasing the industrial-style lighting on the side.

This is a closer view of the wall artwork on the side of the wall of the bedroom that makes it stand out against the white wall.

This is a view of the bedroom that showcases the glow of the bathroom beyond the wooden panel.

This is a closer look at the door of the bathroom with a glimpse of the modern floating white vanity topped with a mirror.

The bathroom has a large white bathtub on the side of the floating white vanity.

This is a close look at the floating white vanity of the bathroom. This is topped with a wall-mounted mirror.

This is a close look at the fixtures above the bathtub.

This close look at the vanity shows the set of mirrors on the wall behind it that reflects the whole bathroom.

This is a close look at the door knob of the great room

This is a close look of the wall under construction

This is a close look at the floor while under construction.

The apartment is located in the historic center of Rome, in the Rione Regola, a few steps from Palazzo Farnese and Piazza Navona. With an area of about 120 square meters, the space showed a character that was no longer original due to the numerous internal wall layout alterations done in the last 150 years.

The project then focused on the restoration and refurbishment of the apartment that was previously used as an office, now to be transformed into a private residence. The first need was to readjust the irregular and uneven spaces, unsuitable for the intended future use, following the requests done by the owner to restore the ancient planimetric layout but at the same time give a contemporary look to the location.

All this has been achieved through meticulous research and rediscovery of the signs of time, such as the ceilings and wall decorations from the XVIII-XIX century, and through the insertion of architectural and furnishing elements to create a new dialogue with the past.

We then tried to maximize the orientation towards the natural light sources by creating a space as open as possible and directed towards the large window openings. The artificial lighting project was also designed to enhance the revealed history of the building and the family works of art that the owner wanted to exhibit again.

As for the materials, we decided to look at the Roman tradition (the travertine walls) and to restore the historical heritage of the place (the Venetian floor, the Roman marmorino), but using an innovative and unconventional aesthetic language, which enhances the combination with the modern, with particular attention to detail.