BEAUTY CENTER, MONTORFANO – ITALY, 2015

THE PROJECT SPACE IS PART OF A SEQUENCE OF ROOMS ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF AN OLD 19TH-CENTURY FARMHOUSE, NEAR THE SHORES OF LAKE MONTORFANO.

EACH SPACE, INSERTED WITHIN A SEQUENTIAL SYSTEM, HAS ITS OWN AUTONOMY AND DEFINITION, ENTRUSTED EXCLUSIVELY TO THE BUILDING’S LOAD-BEARING WALLS.

THE VOLUMETRIC DEFORMATION OF THESE WALLS, TOGETHER WITH THE FREE MOVEMENT OF THE CURTAINS ACCOMMODATES THE NEEDS OF THE NEW PROGRAM, WHILE REAFFIRMING THE SPACE’S VOCATION AS A SINGLE ROOM.

THE MOVEMENT OF THE CURTAINS AND THE DIFFERENT SPATIAL TENSIONS BETWEEN THE PINK FABRIC SURFACES AND THE WHITE WALLS INTRODUCE NEW AND POTENTIALLY INFINITE SPATIAL POSSIBILITIES.

‘TWO IDEAS – OR RATHER, TWO OBSESSIONS – PERVADE FRANZ KAFKA’S WORK. THE FIRST IS SUBORDINATION, THE SECOND IS THE INFINITE.’ J. L. BORGES

Photos © Marco Cappelletti