Studio di architettura Simona Venturini
Apartment in via Pietro da Cortona, Milan
ORIGINAL / PROPOSAL 1
PROPOSAL 2 / PROPOSAL 3
Preliminary project for a new interior layout. Year of Project: 2010.
Private Client
When their living circumstances changed, the Clients were forced to evaluate the possibility of transforming the apartment that they owned into something more suitable for their new situation. Their request was to create a more generous dining/living area and a second bathroom while retaining one area for study and another to receive short-stay visitors; for this purpose the Clients had the idea of converting their attic, which is located above a part of the apartment where they lived.
Unfortunately it was impossible to create an internal staircase without cancelling out the benefits of using the attic, so it was decided with the Clients to create a studio/hobby room in the attic instead, making it accessible from the communal area of the building, and to think about redistributing the remaining living space on the lower floor.
When proposing the various solutions, it was considered crucial to increase the size of the living/dining area by sacrificing the original second bedroom (currently used as a study by the owners), and create a second bathroom by optimising the existing space between the kitchen and the entrance hall.
Other alternatives were considered for the redistribution of the other areas: one of the solutions was to reduce the size of the large master bedroom and create two walk-in wardrobes, thus allowing space to be freed up in the cloakroom to create a reading/study area and, when required, a guest room. Other solutions were to move the kitchen area into the cloakroom, transforming the present kitchen into a laundry room/cloakroom, an ideal solution considering that the room is equipped with a small service balcony.
The various solutions offered did indeed meet the Clients’ requirements but were subject to a large investment, mainly due to the need to modify the roof in order to be able to use the portion of the attic required. Therefore the cost/benefits analysis related to the feasibility study led us to advise the Clients not to carry out the work, and they in fact chose to consider alternative solutions.