Functional organization

Access is through a buffer zone that gradually introduces the domestic space. A luminous glass block wall separates the entrance from the living area, allowing light to filter through while maintaining a sense of continuity. From this point, two main visual axes emerge, intersecting the south- and west-facing windows and channeling natural light toward a portion of the apartment that would otherwise be dark.

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To the right opens the living area, with a living room and dining table arranged in a tidy and welcoming manner. To the left, the connection to the bedroom featuring a small balcony is not conceived as a simple corridor, but rather as an active and functional space: the kitchen develops along this axis, designed to maximize the available depth and cross-lit by both windows.

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Straddling the two axes is the bedroom. The corner of the wall is deliberately rounded, avoiding a sharp edge in a transit area. This choice softens the perception of space, makes movement more fluid, and prevents the line of sight from being abruptly interrupted in the center of the room. This solution allows the room to be organically integrated into the overall composition, optimizing square footage for the benefit of functionality and overall harmony. At the far end, a hallway with a built-in laundry area leads to the bathroom.

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““Far from being discarded or forgotten, the old elements of the pre-existing space have been salvaged to become the beating heart of this intervention. The project chose not to erase the memory of the place, but to elevate it to a protagonist, building the new living space in a continuous dialogue with these furnishings.”

- Andrea Dal Negro

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Salvaged elements

The project was born with the intent of revitalizing the space and offering a second life to objects and color palettes that had exhausted their original function, pairing them with modern elements that echo the style of that era—specifically the 1970s—such as the glass blocks in the entryway. The green chairs from the waiting room are reused around the dining table; the pendant lamp, once used in the examination room, finds a new home in the bedroom. Curtains, rug, and table are recovered and reinterpreted, helping to build a coherent narrative between past and present.

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The dominant color choice incorporates light blue in its various shades, a symbolic color of the medical field, capable of evoking calm, trust, and tranquility. Blue is used in color blocking: more intense and decisive on the kitchen cabinets, softer and lighter on the rounded wall of the living room. In the bathroom, too, the ceramic surfaces converse through shades of blue and light blue, reinforcing the project's identity.

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