Foria 24 by Paola Sola
Foria 24 is an inspiring loft apartment located in Napoli, Italy, redesigned in 2021 by Paola Sola.
Description
Desire for change and originality was the thrust that led the owners to face the renovation of an old house that had been neglected for years. A positive path from the beginning, friendly, optimistic, confident towards the project has made fun and fluid throughout the process of work and that today you can feel when you enter the house.
After the important consolidation interventions to the walls removed the false ceilings, emerged the large wooden beams of the floors that have been brought to light giving life to wide and high spaces, airy, earlier coveted. Even the ancient wall paintings hidden under the suspended ceilings emerged and are preserved, as a trace of an ancient past. Following the idea of recovery, some elements of the existing furniture have also been preserved and framed in the new configuration.
The recovery was a stimulating reason to search for new design solutions, as happened for example for the various existing walnut libraries. Some of them, after being attached to white, have been renewed in the system of supports with the use of metal bars inserted at different heights in the pre-existing holes, while the wooden shelves have been replaced by back-lacquered glass with colours inspired by the “pop-art”.
Also the wardrobe of the corridor in walnut has been lacquered white and integrated as a “wall cabine...
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Wilgah Residence: Bold Contemporary Addition to Heritage Home
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