DESIGN STUDY 02 · RENOVATION · 1970S DETACHED HOUSE

Casa Settanta

From four closed rooms along a corridor to an open, bright home, jumping from energy class G to A2.

Inner suburbs, northern Italy · Homeowners

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Interior area
122.2 m²
Works
Full renovation
Bedrooms
from 3 to 2
Bathrooms
from 1 to 2
Energy class
from G to A2 (design target)
BEFOREExisting layout · 122.2 m²
Kitchen14.4 m²Bathroom8 m²Entrance8 m²Bedroom10.4 m²Bedroom11.2 m²Corridor15.6 m²Living room19.32 m²Dining room16.8 m²Double bedroom18.48 m²13.60 m10.00 m05 mN
AFTERDesign · 122.2 m²
Laundry5.28 m²Living, dining and kitchen60.02 m²Entrance5.2 m²Bathroom10 m²Bedroom12 m²Hallway6.6 m²Master bathroom8.82 m²Master bedroom14.28 m²13.60 m10.00 m05 mN
Floor areas (design)
Laundry5.28 m²
Living, dining and kitchen60.02 m²
Entrance5.2 m²
Bathroom10 m²
Bedroom12 m²
Hallway6.6 m²
Master bathroom8.82 m²
Master bedroom14.28 m²
Total interior122.2 m²

RENDERS · 19 IMAGES

Room by room.

Photographic renders calculated with real daylight. Tap an image to see it full screen.

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THE BRIEF

The request.

A 1974 house, inherited and never updated: a 15 m² corridor serves nine small, dark rooms, there is only one bathroom and the oil boiler burns as much as a small block of flats. The new owners, a couple with one child, want a real living area, a second bathroom and light bills, without changing the outline of the building.

THE DESIGN

The idea.

The design removes the corridor and brings kitchen, dining room and living room together in a single 60 m² through-space, lit on three sides. The sleeping area is gathered to the east around a compact hallway: two bedrooms, each with its own bathroom.

The envelope is upgraded with external insulation, new windows and an insulated roof. Heating moves to a heat pump with low-profile radiant panels, powered by solar panels.

DESIGN CHOICES

Four decisions that make the difference.

01

The corridor becomes home

The 15.6 m² of corridor are given back to the rooms: the living area grows from 19 to 60 m² with no extension.

02

Two bedrooms, two bathrooms

The third bedroom, small and north-facing, makes way for the master bathroom: fewer rooms, each more comfortable.

03

A carved-out laundry

The old kitchen gives up a corner to a closed laundry room, reached directly from the living area.

04

Energy upgrade

Insulation, windows, heat pump and solar panels: works compatible with the current Italian tax incentives, to be checked case by case.

MATERIAL AND LIGHT

Real materials and products.

Every finish and every piece of furniture is on the market: the design can be priced and built exactly as it is.

FLOOR

Garbelotto — oak in Hungarian point, natural finish

WALLS

Farrow & Ball — Skimming Stone No. 241

BATHROOMS

Mutina — Rombini (Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec), sage tones

KITCHEN

Arclinea — Convivium (Antonio Citterio), oak doors and steel top

WINDOWS

Wood-aluminium with triple glazing, bronze colour

FAÇADE

Mineral render over external insulation, earth colour

Living

  • Living Divani — Extrasoft (Piero Lissoni)
  • Cassina — LC2 (Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand)
  • Louis Poulsen — Panthella floor lamp (Verner Panton)

Dining and kitchen

  • Knoll — Saarinen Round Table (Eero Saarinen)
  • Fritz Hansen — Series 7 chairs (Arne Jacobsen)
  • Foscarini — Gregg pendant
  • Miele appliances, Quooker Flex tap

Bedrooms

  • Artemide — Nesso on the bedside tables (Giancarlo Mattioli)
  • Eclisse Syntesis Line flush doors

Bathrooms

  • Duravit — ME by Starck sanitaryware
  • Hansgrohe — Talis E taps
  • Kaldewei — Superplan shower tray
  • Geberit — Sigma50 flush plates

Download the product sheet Floor plan, room renders and every product with sizes, finishes and links to the manufacturers (in Italian).

ENGINEERING

The engineering.

IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE360° tour with a before/after comparison from the same viewpoint, room by room.

Design study developed by Vistelia: it is not a commissioned project or an existing property. The products listed are real specification references chosen by the studio; there is no partnership with the brands mentioned.

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