Casa Tomasi

View of the egg shaped kitchen which is the focal point of the design.

Project Details

• Project Name: Casa Tomasi
• Client: Lido Tomasi
• Project Type: Interior design
• Principal Designer: Massimo Nodari
• Contractors: Impresa Tomasi Elio (masonry), Isacco Bontempi (wood furniture), Bettoni Mario (steel furniture)
• Year of commencement of project: 1999
• Year of completion of project: 2000
• Location of site: Piamborno, Italy
• Built-up Area: 90 square meters
• Cost of Construction/Execution: 110,000 Euros

Two bent wooden sliding doors mounted on a thin stainless steel structure allow the kitchen to be closed.

The Project

The project entailed the renovation of a typical apartment from the 1970s with a marked day-night area division and a bearing pillar in the middle.

The interiors were reorganized to better articulate the living areas as well as utilize the attic space.

The design evolves around the kitchen owing to the client's emphasis on this space.

Casa Tomasi - Layout Plan [opens in a pop-up window - 40kb image]

View of the staircase that wraps itself around the kitchen.

Characterized by its egg-shape geometry, the kitchen forms the heart of the new spatial composition.

The egg shape allows an ease of organization.

The fridge, cupboards and wall cupboards as well as the storage spaces are hidden in the interstitial spaces behind the bent wooden walls marked with big stainless steel handles or kitchenware hangers.

Halogen lamps fixed in the wooden ceiling light up the kitchen.

Two bent wooden sliding doors mounted on a thin stainless steel structure allow the kitchen to be closed.

The flat is also equipped with a double bedroom and bathroom.

The dressing area in the bedroom is concealed behind a curtain. The bed is made of a horizontal plane (15 cm of solid larch) which works as both a bedside rug and bedside table.

View of a study model of the design.

The choice of the materials is limited to wood and stainless steel owing to the chromatic scale they belonged to.

The furniture and lighting elements thus do not compete for space, reducing the visual clutter to a great extent

The existing bearing pillar was clad with 2 stainless curved slabs which along with 2 glass lateral cuts, form a big vertical lamp.

The floor is realized in Forte Colombino stone.

The bathroom.

The location of the bathroom was not changed thus reducing extension work.

The coating and the basin are in glazed stainless steel alternated with larch strips.

The edging and the leg hinging the towels are made in iroko.

Larch planks are used in the bathroom floor.

Credits

• Text: Courtesy of the architect
• Photographs: Courtesy of the architect
• Compiled and edited by Mitesh Saraf