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This apartment, located in the heart of 1950s residential Milan in the Porta Romana district, is one of those cases where the identity of its time should, in our view, be respected and enhanced.

Its previous renovation carried clear traces of the Milanese aesthetic associated with Luigi Caccia Dominioni. An inheritance we chose not to erase but to welcome and emphasize. The black lacquered doors, the rounded polished brass handles, and the chrome ceiling lights running along the edge of the dropped ceiling all remain. These are details that belong to the architectural vocabulary of the city. A kind of functional elegance that never raises its voice yet remains unmistakable to those who know how to read it.

Several pieces of furniture from the Seventies and Eighties were preserved and reinterpreted. The sofa is now upholstered in a clay-colored fabric by Dedar. The former dining table has been repurposed as a coffee table. The old grey carpet has been replaced with a white resin floor that brightens the entire space. It was designed as a blank canvas on which to paint the story of th home and those who have lived in it. The space hosts several antique furnishings brought in from the owners’ country house, alongside contemporary elements like a rug from CC Tapis.

The kitchen was conceived as a quiet and self-contained volume. It is clad in woven straw with metallic threads and framed by solid Canaletto walnut profiles. Inside, the choice of powder blue evokes the sky above Milan and represents the only cool tone in a palette otherwise dominated by earth and natural hues.

The project responds to the owners’ desire to live in a fluid space without sharp divisions and in constant visual dialogue with the greenery of the shared garden. The entire living area opens onto this view, creating a direct relationship between the interior and the urban landscape.

This home is not a manifesto but rather an intimate portrait of Milan. A city layered and cultured and reserved. A city that avoids exhibitionism yet leaves behind clear impressions in those who live it and know how to observe it closely.

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Questo appartamento, nel cuore della Milano residenziale degli anni ’50, in zona Porta Romana, è uno di quei casi in cui l’identità del tempo deve, a nostro avviso, essere rispettata e avvalorata.

La sua precedente ristrutturazione portava con sé tracce evidenti dell’estetica milanese di Luigi Caccia Dominioni: un’eredità che abbiamo scelto di non cancellare, ma di accogliere ed enfatizzare. Le porte nere laccate lucide, le maniglie arrotondate in ottone, le plafoniere cromate che seguono il perimetro del controsoffitto. Sono dettagli che appartengono al lessico architettonico della città: un’eleganza funzionale, mai gridata, ma riconoscibile a chi sa osservare.

Alcuni arredi degli anni ’70 e ’80 sono stati da noi conservati e reinterpretati, come il divano, ora rivestito in un tessuto color argilla di Dedar, ed il tavolo da pranzo, trasformato in coffee table. Il pavimento in resina bianca sostituisce la vecchia moquette e dona luminosità all’intero spazio.

Vuole essere una tela bianca su cui dipingere la storia della casa e di chi l’ha abitata. Accoglie alcuni mobili d’antiquariato provenienti dalla casa in campagna dei proprietari, ma anche identità contemporanee come il tappeto del brand CC Tapis.

Architect: Arch. Lucrezia Calvi

Project: Arch. Dimitri Martino, Arch. Martina Rodi

Photos: Beppe Brancato