Between Zurich and Milan, the activity of Studio Vlorafounded in 2020 by Marianna Galbusera and Lajdi Sulajmoves in balance between history and contemporaneity, experimentation and know-how. This is confirmed by the minimal renovation of an apartment in the historic center of Milanoin a historic building from the late nineteenth century. Originally it was a space of 210 square meters, which was divided into two single independent units, each of approximately 100 square meters.
Targeted demolitions have allowed the creation of a new living area: the main and common space of the house. But the signs of the pastlike well-healed scars, remain visible and give the interior an ingenious touch that makes the dialogue between history and modernity intriguing. The demolished parts left exposed are marked by a concrete flooringwhich becomes decoration.
Centrally positioned, the stainless steel kitchen with a Corian top takes on an architectural rather than functional value, marking the fulcrum of the apartment and dividing the spaces. Surprisingly, Ikeathe kitchen is made unique by an ironic and unexpected touch such as the handles, part of the catalogue of furniture and accessories for children of the large Swedish company. Another unusual, dynamic and experimental fragment is a hammock for books: is Anti-bookstore conceived by Studio Vlora as a critical manifesto in antithesis to the tendency to buy books only to show off one’s culture without reading them. In Japanese there is even a specific term that identifies this aspect of collecting: tsundoku. Anti-bookstore, reinterpretation and provocation together, it is a scale in metal structure and technical fabric that changes in relation to the gravity that acts on it through the book. That book that is being read at that precise moment. Because the books are made to be readnot to be shown off.
This vocation to essentiality It is found throughout the house, from architectural solutions to furnishing choices. For example, the monomaterial floor contributes to the creation of an abstract space, combining with the shades of the walls and ceiling.
Family furniture and other vintage, such as Franco Albini’s table and chairs and the fold-up cinema seats, mix with taste and personality with strictly contemporary elements from industrial character. In addition to the kitchen, the true heart of the home, the two lamps suspended from the ceiling stand out. NM3 that connect the dining room and the kitchen.
Il hallwayrather than a monotonous scan of the access points to the different rooms, becomes a design tool capable of creating a broader perception of the living area and uniting all the rooms of the house. It is no longer just circulation but a spatial and perceptual alteration device of the interior.
The rooms have a more intimate character and are oriented towards the internal courtyard. Connected to the living area, a third room is used as a work space.
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