Type of work
Interior design, Renovation, Turn key
Building type
penthouse
Use
residential
City
Nice
Country
France
Year
2001
Client
Private
Plot area
75 (60+15) m²
Floor area
60 m²
Floor plan
60 m²
Area of intervention
75 m²
Cubic volume
168 m³
The customer’s requests were about renovating entirely this penthouse while maintaining as much as possible the original features and decorations. The main demand was to turn the original layout into a comfortable and welcoming holiday flat, adapting it to the new clients’ needs. The décor should be light, contemporary and integrating some of the owners’ furniture of the thirties.
The design aims to create proportional relationships among parts and visual prospective with the goal to extend optically and physically the limited space. A cooperative glass structural wall and cutting edge technology, transform the existing bathroom into two comfortable rooms with natural light; at the same time the glass wall becomes a structure for bath fittings (shower and sink). The interior design is expressed in lighter hues and magnolia white and plays with natural and soft materials. The furnishings, made by Italian craftsmen, have been specially designed using both traditional (wood and marble) and contemporary (steel and glass) materials to achieve a cocoon atmosphere and optimize the space. To create a cozy and warm ambiance we boldly played with multiple source of light out of the most modern technology.