Collection - Tue Sep 26 2023

Aboutwater Boffi and Fantini: Renovation of an Apartment in Catania

The work of architects Antonio Iraci and Carla Maugeri of Iraci Architetti in Catania, this is a large project where the confines between rooms were eliminated to create fluidity and continuity.

“Once the Malavoglia were as numerous as the stones on the old road to Trezza; there were some even at Ognina, and at Aci Castello.” First page of I Malavoglia by Giovanni Verga, 1881
A window to the Gulf of Ognina

“The compositional choices in my small- and large-scale architectural work,” says Mr. Iraci, “are designed to give the project a sharp figurative departure from what currently exists in order to experiment with a new aesthetic concept based on pure, minimal lines.”

The apartment spaces are visually connected to each other, with visual continuity also created by the selection of wall and floor coverings and customized furnishings.

The spacious living area, dominated by large windows overlooking the sea of Ognina, has no internal divisions and contains the kitchen and dining room.

Salvatori white Carrara marble connects the floors of the living area to the walls of the more private bedroom area, with different types of finishing work.

“The other main material in this narrative,” says Mr. Iraci, “is american walnut, which is used for the floor in the bedroom area and the opaque walls, with creases, grooves, light milling and brushing to complete the mimetic quality of the walls.”

The interior decoration is an integral and complementary part of this mood, which is almost suspended in time: the piano, whose bulk dominates the living area with design icons like the Living Divani sofa and chairs around the Salvatori table, the Charles & Ray Eames lounge chair, the Flos lights, Aboutwater Boffi and Fantini faucets. The AA27 model designed by Michael Anastqssiades is presented in its multiple versions in Matt Gun Metal Pvd and brushed steel.

“Pale hues, which are never cold, embrace the space from the walls to the floor, thus emphasizing continuity, which is only chromatically interrupted by precise objects and furnishings with a contemporary design.”