Situated in Porta Venezia in Milan, Italy, this inspiring apartment has been redesigned in 2018 by Studio Wok.

Description
The apartment is in a historic early twentieth century building in the Porta Venezia area of Milan. The building?s distinctive features, which belong to the Milanese Art Nouveau period, have been perfectly preserved. The deco-rative apparatus includes wrought iron elements made by the famous artist and blacksmith Mazzucotelli.
The project takes advantage of the generous heights by playing with suspended spaces. Each room has a mezza-nine space that not only allows for more living space but also increases the viewpoints from which one can ob-serve and enjoy the wide spaces of the home, which is now lived in by a young family. The division of the rooms is defined by pure and simple forms, monoliths of different materials. Natural materi-als, such as stone and wood, are used for these elements which are in strong dialogue with each other. The dif-ferent material finishes enrich the sensory tactile experience.
The spatial devices are also designed as inhabited volumes, able to accommodate objects and optimize the rooms? fluidity of use.
In the living area, the existing wooden floors have been restored and improved. In addition to preserving the historical memory of the house, the different panels on the floor identify areas with different uses within the large single, fluid space of the living room.

Long corridors, given the particular shape ...