Archiplan Studio has rejuvenated the interior of a villa in northern Italy, reviving original wallpapers and furnishings, and pairing them with modern specifics .
Italian architects and Archiplan directors Diego Cisi and Stefano Gorni Silvestrini adopted a comparatively conservative method to the restoration of the early 20th-century Casa Errepi, which is found just outdoors Milan in the town of Busto Arszio.
Their aim was to leave considerably of the building’s unique exterior and interior intact, with minimum intervention.
“For us, the indicators of ageing are to be valued due to the fact they constitute a important component in the connection amongst old and new,” explained Cisi. “They are like the wrinkles on the face of a lady – we should give worth to them.”
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Most of the renovation perform was concentrated in the bedrooms, positioned on the upper degree of the two-storey home, and in the central stairwell.
Archiplan restored the authentic wallpapers by lightly brushing the surfaces, revealing sudden textures and complexity. The surfaces were then meticulously resealed to protect them from further deterioration.
“This restoration project attempts to harmonise total opposites such as strength and fragility, the excellent and the imperfect, the brightness of a piece of furnishings that has just arrived from the factory with the unpredictability of resources that have fallen into a state of disrepair,” Cisi told Dezeen.
“We, as a studio, contemplate the results the passage of time has on developing a patrimony which we safeguard in all of our restorations and renovations,” he added.
The architects also redesigned the kitchen’s interior. They installed a customized-designed chandelier in the centre of the ceiling, and below it they additional a six.five-metre-extended dining table.
“The massive table gets a area to prepare meals, a place the place meals are eaten and also a area exactly where kids can sit and do their homework,” said Cisi.
The clients also requested the addition of a lot more washbasins, which have been put in in the kitchen and in the first-floor bathroom.
In spite of wanting to keep the building’s unique aesthetic as much as achievable, Archiplan did make a couple of adjustments to the building’s exterior. The roofing was replaced as its structural stability was a concern, and existing windows were upgraded.
Photography is by Archiplan Studio.
Ground floor strategy 
1st floor plan Dezeen
