DATA SHEET
Location: Rome
Architects: STUDIOTAMAT, Tommaso Amato, Matteo Soddu and Valentina Paiola
Lighting designer: Fabio Silvestris
Furnishings: Livoni, Sculptures Jeux
Lighting: GAN light, Tooy, Flos, Aromas, Ivela
Bathrooms: Flaminia, Artceram, Cristina, Gessi
Claddings: Marazzi, Fangorosa, Ariostea
Partition between living room and studio: Celosia Mutina
Supplier: GruppoE Ceramiche Appia
Photos: Serena Eller Vainicher
The owners wanted “a bright, open house that emphasises the uniqueness – at times also imperfect – of the materials”. In the 120 square metre apartment with terrace, looking out onto the Natural Reserve of Castelporziano, the redesign therefore retains the imperfection for example of the exposed reinforced concrete of the columns and beams in the living room, but seeks a more curated and tailored approach in the combination of materials and making of a number of functional elements and bespoke furniture. The architects in fact underline “the desire to enhance the distinctive features of the unique building with terraces, dating back to the 1980s. We wanted to bring a sense of fluidity to the spaces, in favour of opening and rediscovering the existing materials and details, onto which to establish a new vision”.
Like in the living room, a single open-planned space with unfinished walls (hence the name of the project: Casa Rude, Rude House) and a continuous floor in resin that includes the entrance, living room, dining room and kitchen. Two key spatial and functional elements: the kitchen island clad in Fangorosa terracotta with worktop in Patagonia marble, that incorporates the reinforced concrete columns and a large multi-functional cube in birch wood that conceals from view the larder, a cloakroom and a bookcase with TV.
Also tailor made is the dining table, with a top in solid wood burnt using the Japanese technique of Shou sugi that stands on a cylindrical leg in ceramic and two sheets of raw metal, and the built-in sofa made to measure for the owners. The corridor to the sleeping area, consisting of two bedrooms and two bathrooms, is accessed through a pivot door in perforated sheet metal and is emphasised by the change in floor finish where with the Fangorosa terracotta used for the island in the living area reappears in a different format.
