Italian architect Francesco Moncada has completed the interior of a three-storey home in Syracuse, Italy.
The residence includes a guest house on the ground floor, with marine-plywood flooring and a folding, steel divide.
Rubber and concrete flooring is used in the kitchen and living area, located on the first floor.
A cantilevered staircase leads to a bedroom on the third floor, which is connected to a terrace through one glazed wall.
Photographs by Alberto Moncada.
Here’s some more information from Moncada:
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3=2+1 house
Three levels for two habitation units
The house is a refurbishment of a 19th century three level building in one of the most antiqueroads (750 B.C.) in the Ortigia’s island, the Syracuse’s historical center.
Despite the conservative legal restrictions concerning the refurbishment in the historical centre protected by UNESCO, the owner wanted a contemporary character for the apartment.
Remembering the eclectic taste of the 19th century buildings, we decided to give to each level a different specificity with material selection.
The first level, the guesthouse, is an open space where the pavement is coated by big slabs of marine plywood. The steel sliding wall separates the living room from the bedroom. When it’s closed, the space and the light remains unchanged but the vision is deformed by the irregularity of the thin irregular mirroring surface.
In the second level are located the kitchen and the main house living room. The living room pavement is in concrete and the kitchen has an orange rubber floor. The blackboard paint in the kitchen walls highlight the contrast between the two environments. The iron stair, made by one single beam with welded steps, leads to the upper level where you can find the bedroom and the bathroom.
In the third level, the wood roof was painted in white and the grey rubber pavement reaches the same level of the terrace. Between the interior and the exterior exist only a big glazed wall so the outside becomes an extension of the room. In one side, a reflective sliding panel opens alternatively the closet or the bathroom.
Architect: Francesco Moncada
Area: 75m + 45 m (guest house)
Budget: 90.000 €
Location: Syracuse, Italy
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Posted by Rose Etherington
January 21st, 2009 at 11:31 am
What kind of Iron are the stairs made of? It seems like it has been painted?
January 21st, 2009 at 12:39 pm
semplice, vivace, efficace. bello. bravo fra!
January 21st, 2009 at 2:14 pm
lovely work. well done guys!
January 21st, 2009 at 4:21 pm
Is just iron protected with transparent paint.
January 21st, 2009 at 4:34 pm
nicely relaxed design! and by the way, every project looks so much better with a black dog in it! (but this one would be great even without)
January 21st, 2009 at 4:55 pm
the most beautiful house in the world!
January 21st, 2009 at 5:06 pm
This is a really beautiful project. I wish more spaces that have had as much rationisation thrown into them would produce solutions like this that are just as soulful and human as they are refined.
January 21st, 2009 at 5:20 pm
Bravo Conterraneo
Daniele, Londra
January 21st, 2009 at 10:11 pm
i like the stairs
January 22nd, 2009 at 4:19 pm
super nice hahhah
January 22nd, 2009 at 11:46 pm
complimenti da bxl
January 23rd, 2009 at 10:03 am
simple, joyfull, nice
January 23rd, 2009 at 10:38 am
Io lo posso dire: l’ho vista dal vivo in anteprima,
ed ancora piu’ bella che nelle foto.
Bravo fra. Sei il nostro eroe!
January 23rd, 2009 at 5:30 pm
Complimenti Francesco! Veramente un bel lavoro!
January 28th, 2009 at 11:15 am
Bravo France’, complimenti!!!!!!!sei un grande!
February 18th, 2009 at 10:01 pm
gooood work francesco! i love the atmospheres u create..
February 23rd, 2009 at 11:53 pm
Fantastico Fra, gostei muito!
March 22nd, 2009 at 9:50 pm
smart.
April 7th, 2009 at 8:45 am
Amaging!very beautiful.I reached here when I was looking for Veneer floor example.We are on the way to renovate our appartment in Tokyo.
would you mind if I introduce your article in my weblog???