INTERIOR DESIGN

RENOVATION & INTERIOR DESIGN IN TURKU ARCH.MAURIZIO GIOVANNONI

YEAR 2011 - 2012

A CONCEPT OF RESTYLING
The apartment is a little penthouse (about 65 mq.) in Turku, Southern Finland. Before renovation, too many walls and doors blocked the spaces and the passage of light, and the most beautiful view of the historical sites of Turku was on the bedroom side. My principal goal in this project was letting the light flow in and creating a relaxing living room where my customer could do his creative work. The partial demolition of walls was a natural consequence, along with reversing the location of the bedroom and living room. After fixing this, we decided on the overall concept together with my customer, organizing all the details that colored the white spaces. That happened during my customers visit to Rome (due to my impossibility to travel in that period), and via 4oo e-mails between Turku and Rome. The result is what I now consider my style: a blend of cultures. There is nothing that stimulates me more than to study different countries and make some cultural themes recognizable but never intrusive in the project. In this case, the floor is covered with parquet of white ash, the shelves are birch and the kitchen table is also birch but colored with heat. Wood is a omnipresent element in this flat as it constantly is for Finnish people, but the real attention is catalyzed by the nature theme pictured on wall paper, carrying colours and contrasts and a typical Mediterranean courage. The furniture itself is a mix of the 2 cultures and of past & present: the grandmothers armchair is a piece of Finnish vintage from the sixties as is the red floor lamp. The arc framing the wall paper is the famous Twiggy by Foscarini and the suspended lamps are Italian as well:Olimpia by Ideal Lux. Everything fits together in perfect harmony!

...It took me all of two seconds to decide that I just had to feature the cool and colourful renovation of this penthouse apartment in Turku. Design Hunter by Kim ...a vibrant and colourful Interior Design for Finnish penthouse apartament . Design Hunter by Helen ...A wonderful apartament in Turku where everything fits togheter in perfect armony. Let me be inspired by Daniel ...love this apartment. Its spaces like this that make me want to forget my obsession with neutral/natural decor. Desire To Inspire by Kim

PLANS & SECTIONS,STUDIES & SKETCHES

9 FLOOR - PLAN
5 4 3

1- ENTRANCE 2- KITCHEN 3 - BEDROOM 4 - CLOSET 5 - LIVING ROOM 6 - BATHROOM

1 6 2

kitchen

1 mt

living room

bedroom

entrance

ante operam / plan & views

axes of project

bedroom

living room Demoliton of the walls to open the visual perspective and to let the light spread in. axes of project

study of the axes of project ( plan )

structural constraints
S

wood

K D

study of the use of color ( plan )

green
K S

ante operam / studies & sketches

Rearrangement of the rooms to have a living room with a panoramic view

DECORS MURAUX
8 14 9 13 12 11 10 53 7 6

9 FLOOR - PLAN
1- PARQUET FLOOR IN WHITE ASH 2- WOODEN SHELVES 3 - REFRIGERATOR 4 - WOODEN TABLE 5 - VINTAGE ARMCHAIR 6 - FLOOR LAMP 7 - SOFA 8- LIGHT TRACK SYSTEM 9 - VINTAGE FLOOR LAMP 10 - CHAISE LOUNGE 11 - BOOK SHELVES 12 - WALL IN WOOD STRIPS 13 - WARDROBE CLOSET 14 - WALK-.IN CLOSET

3 2 1

1 mt WOOD SHELVE SUSPENSION LAMPS WOOD CHAIRS (FINNISH CONCEPT) PAINTED IN LILAC

entrance

post operam / plan & sketches

SECTION - SKETCH

SECTION - SKETCH

RENDERING

PARQUET FLOOR IN WHITE ASH

DECORATIVE RESIN DOOR

WOODEN CHAIRS BY FINNISH ARTIST

FINNISH VINTAGE ARMCHAIR

FLOOR LAMP (TWIGGY BY FOSCARINI)

SOFA ESPRIT

DECORS MURAUX BY CONCEPTUWALL

CHAISE LOUNGE (LE CORBUSIER )

SUSPENDED LAMPS BY TOM DIXON

WALL IN WOOD STRIPS

PHOTO SHOOT
BY MIKKO ALA-PEIJARI

ARCH.MAURIZIO GIOVANNONI

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