VM APARTMENT, CANTÙ – ITALY, 2013

THE PROJECT INVOLVES A SMALL INTERVENTION CARRIED OUT IN AN APARTMENT INSIDE A BUILDING DATING BACK TO THE 1960S.
A STANDARD AND WELL-KNOWN BUILDING TYPOLOGY.
A SPECIFIC REQUEST FROM THE CLIENT: THE NEED TO ADD A ROOM.
THE TASK WAS TO WORK WITHIN THIS BUILDING TYPOLOGY, USING ITS OWN MEANS, ITS OWN OBVIOUSNESS. IDENTIFYING IN THE TYPE ITSELF THAT THING WHICH, VERY CLOSE TO BANALITY, CAN AT THE SAME TIME BE THE FURTHEST THING FROM IT.
THE NEW SPACE WAS TRACED BY MIRRORING THE BATHROOM WALLS SYMMETRICALLY ALONG THE CORRIDOR. THE TWO NEW WALLS WERE PIERCED, CONNECTING THE TWO ADJACENT ROOMS AND COMPLETELY TRANSFORMING THE SPATIAL PERCEPTION OF THE APARTMENT.
THE NEW SPACE IS ENTIRELY BLACK; IT DOES NOT DEFINE ITSELF BUT RATHER MODIFIES AND INTENSIFIES THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO ADJACENT ROOMS.

 IT CHANGES THE SPACE OF THE HOUSE AND THE WAY IT IS EXPERIENCED.

‘I OFTEN THINK THAT THE BEST IDEAS ARE THE MOST OBVIOUS ONES, AND “MONEY” IS A WONDERFULLY OBVIOUS THING.’ ROGER WATERS

Photos: © Marco Cappelletti