The apartment’s large living area leads to the bedroom, while the service spaces have been distributed in a functional way: a walk-in closet, bathroom, small storage room, and a niche that contains the kitchen of dark-stained ribbed oak. A pair of custom full-height twin doors in natural oak conceals a service space on one side and access to the bedroom on the other, ensuring privacy. The bathroom, on the other hand, is accessed directly from the bedroom through a concealed door made of iron and glass. The feeling is that of passing through fluid spaces that lead from one to the next and where filtered light falls on the different surfaces.
The whole project is driven by a desire to create a spatial continuity with more expansive views, multiple perspectives, and sight lines that are partially concealed without being closed off completely. Thus, the kitchen, although it’s open to the living room, is not visible from the entrance, while the bed is concealed behind the volume of the walk-in closet, creating a refined visual game.
Close attention was paid to every detail, starting with the selection of materials, such as the ribbed oak wood in the kitchen, which was reused from a previous installation. The floor, on the other hand, is completely new. “We used a resin film that allows you to see the grain underneath it. It gives the home an unusual allure and a decidedly contemporary feel.”
The bathroom is a bright space, characterized by the use of large terrazzo tiles for both the floor and the shower and a custom wooden bathroom cabinet with washbasin, also made entirely of terrazzo.
The owner’s favorite part of the apartment? “The kitchen and living room,” says Marco Paris without hesitation. “I love the decision to place it in an alcove. When I cook and host friends, they can be on the sofa, sitting at the table, or on the terrace, and I can still be part of the conversation. It’s a place where all the activity in the home comes together, a center point for the energy of the house. The connection with cooking, preparing meals, and hospitality is something I always experienced in my parents’ home, and now, in a small way, I can relive it in my new space too.”
