Two very specific needs gave rise to this project: space to study and space to be outdoors. The apartment, for a young couple, had something rare: elements worth keeping.
The patio became the centre of the home’s social life. To make even more of the sun exposure, we installed a spiral staircase leading up to the living room’s flat roof, turning a forgotten surface into a place in the sun.
Our approach to materials was one of balance: the patio’s terracotta was already there, as were some old ceramic tiles in the kitchen. The seamless, joint-free self-levelling epoxy floor comes in as a contemporary counterpoint: clean, continuous, with no visual noise, allowing the older elements to breathe.
In the kitchen, the space was tight, but the solution was precise: a fold-down worktop, with a leather finish and eyelets, that appears when needed and disappears when it is not. A functional piece that is also an object — a table assembled and dismantled to the rhythm of the day.
This is proof that we do not always have to choose between what was already there and what came later: we can simply bring the two together.
