RIO DELLE ROMITE APARTMENT, VENICE – ITALY, 2023

THE PROJECT INVOLVES THE RENOVATION OF AN APARTMENT IN THE DORSODURO SESTIERE IN VENICE. THE 19TH-CENTURY BUILDING OVERLOOKS THE RIO DELLE ROMITE TO THE WEST, AND A PRIVATE GARDEN TO THE EAST.
THE PROJECT STARTS FROM THIS DOUBLE CONDITION AND THE DESIRE TO CONNECT THESE TWO MOMENTS. THE INTERVENTION, WHICH RELIES PRIMARILY ON SMALL DEMOLITIONS, DEFINES A SYSTEM OF NEW PASSAGES WITHIN THE FLAT.
THESE NEW PATHWAYS, WHICH RUN THROUGH THE ROOMS OF THE APARTMENT, ESTABLISH A NEW CONDITION OF CONTINUITY BETWEEN THE WINDOWS TOWARDS THE CANAL AND THOSE TOWARDS THE GARDEN. THE LIGHT THAT PASSES THROUGH THEM BECOMES THE INSTRUMENT BY WHICH THIS DISTANCE IS MEASURED.
THE ROOMS ARE NOT JUST AUTONOMOUS ELEMENTS, BUT CONSEQUENTIAL ELEMENTS THAT BELONG TO A LARGER, MORE TERRITORIAL SYSTEM. INFINITE.

Photos: © Marco Cappelletti