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Nolita A Home For Flâneurs

Nolita A Home For Flâneurs
© Sara Magni

NOLITA A HOME FOR FLÂNEURS

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ARCHITECTS
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LEAD ARCHITECT 
Umberto Maj, Eleonora Salsa

 MANUFACTURERS
Artemide, HAY, Ikea, Maisons du Monde, Vimar, 33 Rue Majorelle, Marrakesh, Burvik, Copacabana, Dakota,Dalù, Dioscuro, Ghost, Gladom, Glostrup Møbelfabrik, Glostrup Møbelfabrik, Grete Jalk, Iso Hook,Lounge chair, Mascot, Michele De Lucchi, Ruban, +2

ASSISTANT DESIGNER
Samantha Furlotti, Simone Marusi

BESPOKE CONCRETE KITCHEN
Giambattista Caldara

BLACKSMITH 
Projet Metal

CARPENTER
Donghi Arredi

ENERAL CONTRACTOR 
ASDM di Erriu Antonio

PHOTOGRAPHS
Sara Magni

AREA 
157 m²

YEAR
2017

LOCATION
Milan, Italy

CATEGORY
Apartment Interiors, Decoration & Ornament

Nestled in the heart of NoLo, a new creative design district of Milan, Nolita is a roomy guest house apartment located in a twentieth-century building with vintage ceiling details and original Deco floor tiles.

A long central corridor acts as the main artery of the home from which, 2 bathrooms, a communal kitchen and 5 bedrooms can be found, all lightly kissed by natural light.

Nolita A Home For Flâneurs
© Sara Magni
Nolita A Home For Flâneurs
© Sara Magni
Nolita A Home For Flâneurs
© Sara Magni

The design approach aims to use the existing narrative of the apartment to inform light interventions, achieving a series of spaces that reflect their own atmosphere while still in communication with each other.

These interventions range from the careful choice of colour used to frame the rooms; to the selection of a number of custom-designed furniture pieces; and the romantic choice of cutlery and crockery.

This subtle yet meaningful attention to detail aims to show a tasteful architecture of common sense which, until now, has been trapped behind closed shutters.

Nolita A Home For Flâneurs
© Sara Magni
Nolita A Home For Flâneurs
© Sara Magni

Throughout the apartment, the existing floor tiles are referenced in order to narrate the atmosphere of the rooms and to influence the colour palette for each room.

The decision to paint the lower half of the walls while leaving the upper part white aims to show the relationship with the existing floor while allowing natural light to reflect off the walls and ceiling.

This serves as a memory of when the shutters were reopened after many years - light and colour - a gesture which is repeated every morning.

Nolita A Home For Flâneurs
© Sara Magni
Nolita A Home For Flâneurs
© Sara Magni

The apartment is sprinkled with a number of bespoke furniture elements, which aim to make for a comfortable stay for guests.

As is the case with many Italian homes, the kitchen acts as the heart of the home, in this case providing a space for gathering and storytelling.

The kitchen is a unique element built of pink concrete with white Carrara marble.

Nolita A Home For Flâneurs
© Sara Magni
Nolita A Home For Flâneurs
© Sara Magni

This bespoke design piece is handmade in one single attempt and its curves allude to the past, a functional necessity while communicating with the two oblò windows above.

Nolita A Home For Flâneurs
© Sara Magni
Nolita A Home For Flâneurs
© Sara Magni
Nolita A Home For Flâneurs
© Sara Magni


Nolita A Home For Flâneurs
© Sara Magni
Nolita A Home For Flâneurs
© Sara Magni


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