Stylistic contrasts in a contemporary villa

The theme of contrast is expressed in a two-family villa with a strong and elegant character. Black becomes the protagonist of a story that tells different finishes, colors and opacities in which each element plays a primary role in the creation of the final work.

Project: Modulor
Year: 2021/2022
Site: Curno 

A large two-family villa is distributed over three levels, developing the theme of contrast in multiple declinations.
Already at an architectural level, it can be seen in the alternation between large French windows and white plastered vertical partitions. A game of solids and voids that enriches the environment with natural light.

The elements recovered from the old house in dialogue with new custom-made furnishings play a key role in the choice of furnishings. The kitchen is a masterful example of this, in which the matt black lacquered doors create a suggestive combination with the wall units. The latter are covered in black back laquered glass, recalling the aesthetic line of the appliances. On them dominates the Panda White marble top with black veins sometimes enriched by contaminations of a green undergrowth.
The contemporaneity of the kitchen marries the recovery of the adjacent day cabinet in glossy black lacquer, which rediscovers its relevance even after 40 years of splendor. The neutral-toned stoneware floor becomes the basic palette on which more intense colors stand out, ranging from geometric burgundy upholstery to bathroom furniture in the same color.

Upstairs, the change of flooring in favor of a natural oak parquet softens the perception of the rooms while respecting the theme of opposites with insertions of slate-effect tiles in the bathrooms. Once again, the neutrality of the architectural chromatic choice is contrasted by more decisive choices such as the terracotta-colored plastering of a single room and the teal velvet headboard for the double room.