- Nome Progetto: Progetto Appartamento via dei Coronari
- Luogo: Roma
- Tipologia: Ristrutturazione
- Anno: 2016
- Stato del Progetto: Realizzato
- Committente: PrivatoSuperficie
- Lotto: 90 mq
- Descrizione: Impresa: C.E.G. srl di Alessandro Sansoni Artigiano opere in ferro: Alessandro Ventura Tecnico delle luci: Luciano Stignani Foto: Mirai Pulvirenti
Ristrutturazione appartamento in via dei Coronari.
L’appartamento si trova nel Centro Storico di Roma, in via dei Coronari. Ha uno sviluppo longitudinale con aperture vetrate solo lungo le pareti trasversali. Dalla finestra del soggiorno si può ammirare la cupola del Chiostro del Bramante. Attraverso un grande specchio l’immagine della via viene riflessa all’interno dell’ambiente creando una suggestiva comunicazione tra interno ed esterno.
Il progetto di ristrutturazione ha previsto il restauro dei materiali esistenti, riconoscendone il loro valore, la loro consistenza fisica ed estetica (Il soffitto in legno di castagno, il pavimento in cotto originale, le putrelle in ferro). In ferro sono stati realizzati alcuni elementi d’arredo come il tavolo del pranzo, la libreria e la console in lamiera laccata bianca, il letto/divano a baldacchino, un sistema di carrucole per l’apertura dello scorrevole di cristallo e della porta d’ingresso. È stata utilizzata anche la resina color cemento grigio-blu, in accordo con la tipologia di intervento atta a mantenere le strutture a vista e le superfici grezze per apprezzare la semplicità e il sapore dei diversi materiali.
Articolo di Miki (Kawakatsu) Anzai - Foto di Mirai Pulvirenti
Renovation Project: Apartment with great view in Roma, where great-grand son of a famous opera composer lives with his wife.
The city of Rome is like an open-air museum. Via di Coronari, where Mrs.Flaminia and Mr.Paolo Mascagni now reside, is in Rome’s historic center. Many antique shops are lined up along the street. From the window of their living room, you can admire the beautiful dome of the Cloister of Bramante.
Mr. Paolo Mascagni is a great-grand son of Pietro Mascagni, the composer of the famous Italian opera, Cavalleria Rusticana. The apartment is decorated with many of the great musician’s memorial goods including Mascagni’s photos, hand-stamp and musical scores, while the works of modern art collected by Mr. Paolo Mascagni are also placed harmoniously.
Mr. Mascagni bought, renovated, and decorated this apartment for his son, Francesco, who is now studying abroad. Through this home, Mr. Mascagni wants his son to remember his family roots and live in an environment full of memories given to him by his family. While his son is away, Mr. Mascagni, who owns his house in suburbs, lives here and commutes from here to a general hospital, where he serves as director of the surgery department.
Ms. Maria Cristina Binello, the architect and interior designer who is an old friend of Mr. Mascagni, took in charge of renovating the apartment. Ms. Binello created a place where the owner can enjoy the value of the ancient building, while living comfortably in a modern setting at the same time. By altering the layout of the floor and so forth, she managed to make a dimly-lit room much lighter. Mr. Mascagni says with joy that “the place became amazingly bright, and looks more spacious.”
As soon as you enter the apartment, you can see the spacious LDK (living, dining, kitchen) filled with sunshine. The window at the back used to have fixed iron bars, but since Mr. Mascagni wanted to “enjoy the outside scenery without any obstacles,” the fixed bars were taken out and replaced with open-type grille. “I usually leave the grass window and the outside grille fully open and look at the dorm,” he says.
The huge sofa (bed) framed with iron is designed by Ms. Binello, who intentionally left the iron material exposed. For this renovation project, Ms. Binello had the following ideas in mind: “To invite natural light as much as possible to the room, to restore existing materials to show their original value, their physical and aesthetic consistency, and to co-exist them with iron.” The plain, solid iron matches charmingly in the entire room, helping to make the space very pleasant.
Black-painted ceiling and red-painted floor were erased off by hand carefully to “show the warmth of the original wood and iron beam and softness of the real terracotta,” Ms. Binello says. After erasing the paint, she found that the sign (MC), which happens to be the initial of her name, was curved in the iron beam, making her feel “destined” to do this project.
At the bottom corner of the wall (back left of the photo), Mr. Mascagni created a place dedicated to his late dog named Tobia, who passed away at the age of 13 last year. The ball with which Tobia used to play was placed in front of his portrait.
A huge custom-made mirror is installed above the kitchen wall, not only for making the room look more spacious, but also for making communication possible between inside and outside of the building by reflecting the over-the-window scenery. To avoid showing the reflection of kitchen tools including microwave, refrigerator, and so forth, everything is perfectly fitted in the neatly custom-made cabinets (on the right-hand-side of the photo). On the left-hand-side wall, the built-in long stool, which could be a storage, is created at the bottom, and the shelf to place books, music scores, photos and other objects, is made out of iron and painted in white by lacquer.
The bonsai, one of Japanese style beauty, is taken care of by Mr. Mascagni. There are many other oriental elements that can be seen in his apartment. That may be partly because of Mr. Mascagni’s family ties to Pietro Mascagni, an pioneer of the Japonism opera. Pietro Mascagni released his opera based on Japan, “Iris,” five years before Giacomo Puccini released his “Mme. Butterfly.”
The small kitchen was removed to make a huge LDK. The walk-in closet was changed to a guest toilet. The bathroom with a bathtub was changed to a shower room, washroom and a toilet, by changing the hinged door to a sliding door to make more spaces.
The entrance door was recycled from the previous door, but placed it upside down with the hand-made hidden hinge in order to change the door to open leftward, so that you can get a full view of LDK, when opening the door.
The plate in red was an emblem of Junior, the historic motorcycle company founded by the owner’s grandfather, Edoardo Mascagni (Pietro’s son), another place where Mr. Mascagni created for Francesco to cherish the great roots of the family, in addition to the corner he created in the living room to exhibit Junior-related items.
A cactus objet placed in the entrance hall has an exchangeable cover, created by Barbara Palmentola based on an idea of Mr. Mascagni. In December, he changes it to the Christmas tree-shaped cover. The black chalkboard, which the couple uses to leave notes and messages, is made of iron.
The walnut board used as a deck of the table was a single plate (240 cm x 90cm), which Mr. Mascagni used to have in his previous house. The base was custom-made with iron, matching well with the iron frame created around the sofa in the living room. Dining (relatively tall) chairs are similar to the ones at a bar counter. The height of the two chairs with the wooden seat, bought at a flee market, was adjusted to the same height of other six iron chairs.
As for lighting, Ms. Binello carefully examined the lighting color (which should resemble to natural light, and make the room comfortable) of various products, and chose Erco’s spot and pendant lights, which fit “perfectly” to the kitchen and dining space. “They look simple, but meticulously well-made to give high quality, natural-looking lighting,” says Ms. Binello.
Mr. Mascagni’s study corner is set up at the corner of the living room. Using red as an accent color, the interior design is effectively modulated. Memorial goods related to Pietro Mascagni are also found on the table.
Study desk: "Le Compas" by Jean Prouvè
A wide ladder is used for putting the pillows and/or for Mr. Mascagni to exercise and relax regularly. “People say that the ladder doesn’t go well with the living room, but I have no regrets in installing this ladder,” Mr. Mascagni says.
The walk-in closet in the entrance hall was renovated to a guest toilet. The bathroom with a bathtub was changed to a shower room and washroom with a toilet. On the floor of the shower room, Mr. Mascagni created a spiritual ornament with the stones he collected. He also used San Pietrino for the shelf to place shampoo and conditioner bottles.
Bathroom furniture: Kartell
The bathroom door, which was a hinged door before, is changed to a sliding door to secure a enough space to place a washing basin and a toilet, as well as a shower room. The sliding rail was made by the same iron technician, who made a base frame for the living-room sofa and the dining table.
The bathroom door, which was a hinged door before, is changed to a sliding door to secure a enough space to place a washing basin and a toilet, as well as a shower room. The sliding rail was made by the same iron technician, who made a base frame for the living-room sofa and the dining table.
Like living room, the painted ceiling and floor of the bedroom were erased to expose the original texture of the material.
Tryptich mirrors are from Yves Saint Laurent Shop in Paris. Mr. Mascagni bought it at an antique store in Rome.
Writing desk, which was painted to white, has a classic chair from the elementary school, which Mr. Mascagni found in the free market. On the writing desk, his favorite author Haruki Murakami’s book about running is placed. In the past, Mr. Paolo Mascagni ran marathon in New York and Rome. The iron-made chair with ample dimensions next to the writing desk was restructured and polished.
In every corner of the house, one can find Mr. Mascagni’s great passion to search for the objects, all of which show his great sensitivity and refined aesthetics. As he travels around the world often, his collection comes from different parts of the world, in addition to the one he purchased at art dealers and flee markets here in Rome.
Mr. Mascagni, the owner, (photo left) had a concrete idea of what he wanted for this apartment, while Ms. Binello, the architect, (photo right) marvelously put his concept into practice. Mr. Mascagni couldn’t hide his joy of getting his dream house, which has a greater view from the window, brighter living room, places to cherish his family heritage as well as enjoying his modern art collection, and pursuing his daily routine of meditating and exercising. “I’m fully satisfied with the renovation results,” he concludes.
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