GRANNY’S HOUSE

The façade is like the one of a courtyard, as it is generally called, with the typical convivial balcony that recalls a peasant past made of poor materials and common spaces to optimize its use. It is the story of a life lived in simplicity, in contrast with the nearby splendor of the great Palazzo dei Signori. In perfect symbiosis with the past, even inside we find the same simplicity in the use of construction materials. The stone becomes liquid to create the floor designed by the spatulas, the iron folds over on itself and joins the two floors thanks to the skilled hands of an origami blacksmith who creates a weightless staircase. The peasant manual skill still remains;
 
many of the furnishings are made directly by the residents, in wood and steel, maintaining the naturalness of the materials and banishing any form of paint.
Every space is essential. The walls, which separate the service spaces from the main ones, through a clever play of full and empty spaces, welcome the kitchen furnishings that are eclipsed when necessary. Even the doors and walls appear minimal, without classic decorative frames. The structure of the building, originally from the 1700s, is present and difficult to ignore, but, inside, a new cell is born, made of materials capable of protecting from the harassing seasonal temperatures, sounds, and even from the time flowing.