In the apartment on Via Campari in Sesto San Giovanni, Milan, Cristiana Vannini stages the house, organizes a real set, translating a concept of living into abstract elements.

Studio Name: cristiana vannini | arc
Design Team: Alessandra Spaltini
Area: 180 sqm
Year: 2012
Location: Sesto S. Giovanni, Milan, Italy
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Photography Credits: Saverio Lombardi Vallauri

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The research upstream of the project investigates the phenomena of signification, that is the relationships that link present objects to materially absent concepts.

A bed does not make a room, but it can give the impression … In an unfinished apartment, without windows and floors, the sense of proportion is altered; empty rooms seem less spacious.

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Cristiana Vannini works with references and references, halfway between interior and exhibit, with the aim of guiding the visitor by means of minimal and meaningful signs: iconic objects, precisely.

You reveal the potential of the property by suggesting possible interpretations of the spaces. Using a basic formal alphabet, she designs a synthetic and exhaustive, neutral and identifying scenography.

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The crucial aspects of architecture become recognizable and everything takes on the right dimension. In the temporary installation, the raw volumes are treated to be evanescent; only the contrast of the windows, furnishings and upholstery interrupts the large white surfaces. There is everything and the opposite of everything; there is the idea of ​​home.

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