In Milan, P2A Design has redesigned a 100-square-metre flat, starting with the hallway

Architect: P2A Design
Project: Apt San Galdino
Location: Milan, Italy
Area: 100 sqm

Located in a residential neighbourhood northwest of Milan’s city centre, this 100-square-metre apartment has been reorganized through a project that addresses both the layout and the perception of space. Color and surface design become tools for articulating a new internal arrangement, one that is more open and functional than the original configuration. Throughout the living area and bedrooms, niches and bespoke joinery introduce blocks of color that stand out against the neutral backdrop of white walls and timber flooring. Elsewhere, flooring is used to define the boundaries of different areas, as seen in the ceramic inserts from Margherita, the collection designed by Nathalie Du Pasquier for Mutina. The project stems from a radical reconsideration of the apartment's internal distribution. A long, fragmented corridor has been absorbed into a sequence of service and storage spaces, while reclaimed floor area has allowed the main rooms to expand and integrated cabinetry to be incorporated into residual volumes. In this process, color, texture, and fixed furnishings move beyond a decorative role to become part of the domestic architecture itself, making the home's new spatial organization legible.