house LB

Type: Renovation, Interior Design
Info: Single-family villa
Year: 2024
Location: Padua
Client: Private
Photo Andrea Ceriani

A two-family home from the early 1960s underwent a radical transformation into a contemporary single-family residence, attentive to the functionality of the spaces and the quality of life. Without altering the original volume, the project respected the existing footprint, working through subtraction and reconstruction, with a new rational distribution and a tailored interior design.

The design process aimed to create a neutral box that could be personalized by the client with artwork and furnishings, striving to maintain a good balance between formal clarity and a domestic atmosphere.
The distribution was completely redesigned rationally, starting from the structural constraints of the existing structure. The living area is located on the ground floor, extending from the entrance into the kitchen, dining room, and living room, separated by niches that integrate the furnishings. The walls separating the main spaces of the home were removed from the perimeter. This allows for the sequence of spaces to be interpreted right down to the last room and allows for free circulation around the spaces while maintaining the intimacy of each space.
The main facade remains sober and balanced, with contrasting volumes defining the home and garage, connected by a portico that in turn links the two portions of the garden. The south elevation, on the other hand, opens completely to the inner garden through large fixed windows that frame the outdoor green space.

Natural lighting is key, as is the essential color palette: white dominates—for walls, ceilings, and windows—and black, used for furnishings, lighting, bathroom accessories, and the concrete flooring. Domestic warmth is ensured by the inclusion of artworks and the careful use of natural wood, distributed throughout the rooms as two twin solid blocks—one as a pedestal at the entrance, the other as the first mobile step of the staircase—the staircase handrail, and the porch skylight intrados.
On the first floor, between the bedrooms, a retractable shelf leads to a suspended net, an intimate space designed for play and reading for the little ones.