TRN
2019.01
Palazzo Tornielli di Barengo
Milano, IT
Ufficio
81mq
Add Your Heading Two rooms in the smaller courtyard of a historic 18th century residence, Palazzo Tornielli di Barengo, were transformed into an extension of a large law firm located in the same building. The magnificence, the stuccos and the late Baroque furniture of the main rooms are counterpointed by the intimate and calm atmosphere of the two rooms in sequence, dedicated to more private meetings and gatherings, but also to working moments in which greater isolation allows a different type of concentration. The function was almost built on the project, as the client, after a quick initial briefing, left the designers with the faculty of shaping the use of space on the design of furnishings and mezzanines that enhanced the existing. In a certain sense, we dare to say that the function has followed, in this case, the form, even if then this process has necessarily undergone a reversal. Here
The project builds, through the design of all the oak furnishings, a series of (cor) correspondences between all the elements (mezzanines, stairs, bookcases, containers) going mainly to work on the perimeters, according to a principle of mutual necessity. The first environment, dedicated to reception and waiting, is covered by a plastered umbrella vault and houses a container staircase that leads to a mezzanine with low shelves and seats for consultation. The underlying bookcase, with a fast and regular rhythm, is the daughter of the mezzanine structure. A filter-boiserie containing a service and a storage room leads to the main room, whose original finishes (sown on the ground with a frame and vault in exposed brick) were maintained in dialogue with the design of the modern taste of the furnishings.
