House in Mantua

Archiplan Studio renovated a building from the XVI century in Mantua, Italy, keeping the original schemes and enphasizing the historical layering through subtle interventions.

Archiplan Studio, house renovation in Mantua, Italy, 2016
The renovation project by Archiplan Studio is a recovery of an entire multi-storey building of the 500’s located in the consolidated urban tissue of the city of Mantua, Italy. The project proceeded by layering elements that overlap without vanishing.

 

The project consists of a heritage luxury home completed through the research for a spirituality of the spaces that is expressed in the details and in the sensuality of the materials that have been used. The house is characterized by its peculiar ceiling decorations, and its rich walls dating back to the 500’s and the first half of the 800’s, the project maintains its layering of signs in their ambiguity without making a philological selection. The overall space distribution is kept in its original scheme, while the interiors’ layouts have been reconfigured through modular elements and furniture.


House in Mantua, Italy
Program: renovation
Architects: Archiplan Studio
Team: Diego Cisi, Stefano Gorni Silvestrini
Area: 230 sqm
Completion: 2016

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