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Putting people and the concept of “building together” at the heart of the creative process, to exactly understand the potential of each space and design its evolution, starting from the ways of life of those who live in it. This is the key focus of Architect David Juet, founder of the KOI Architecture Studio that is dedicated to renovations, extensions but also to new prestigious buildings, based between Nantes and Bordeaux.
The project behind LA CANOPÉE also arose from a encounter to immediately become an opportunity to create a harmonious space rich in restoration details, permeated by light and open to the surrounding space.
To this end, the already-significant surface area of this penthouse acquired an additional value thanks to the large balconies that run through the entire apartment. The project then revolves around and enhances these facets, rendering them a sort of hanging garden from which to enjoy a 360° view of the city of Nantes and the surrounding park. An extension of the interiors cared for with the same attention and search for balance, to be enjoyed especially in the warmer seasons as a real living room surrounded by greenery.
Marble, elaborate stucco, parquet flooring and a vintage fireplace with the inevitable mirror – the components for an important renovation project were already present within this apartment, just waiting to be made family-friendly. But the objective of the renovation had to have a more contemporary vision, focusing first and foremost on comfort and the division between common and more private spaces.
Here we find the large entrance and living area managed like a white box, interspersed with horizontal marble surfaces and vertical light oak surfaces. An elegant play of volumes encased in the diffused light that comes from the terrace to highlight neoclassical mouldings and decorations, rendering them light-weight yet elegant. In contrast, there are dark painted ceilings, an evident detachment that seems to create a forced area of shadow to lower the point of view and make the spaces more dynamic.
The large kitchen becomes a long containment wall that alternates light wood, brass and a wall of mirror to recall the mirror placed above the fireplace. In the center of the room, a marble island divides from the dining area, where there is also a dual view, in neutral colours.
The same light shades were chosen for the sofas of the living room, which is clearly divided into two areas, designed respectively for conversation and the Home Cinema. Here, the dark colour of the ceilings reaches the floor to create a technological corner dedicated to relaxation and projection.
The passageway to the sleeping area is restricted to the entrance. A reserved access that leads to a further corridor overlooking three bedrooms and two bathrooms. These are dedicated to children and guests, where colour begins to be a constant presence, with different schemes for each environment and volumetric games that are markedly different to those used in the common spaces. The main fil rouge remains the herringbone parquet, the light oak wood that characterises the furnishings and the brass details, no longer inserted in the panel as seen in the kitchen but equally present among the lamps. And of course, there is still the diffused light that enters from the large windows overlooking the balcony, which is accessed from every room.
The master bedroom is hidden to the rear of the sleeping area. Designed almost like a chest, a private space where everything is intimate and concentrated, the double room is entirely painted with an intense buttery green, including the ceiling. In contrast is the ivory-coloured carpet and the bespoke furnishings, including the central bed with a headboard in the same light oak.
The en-suite bathroom, rather, is in burgundy red tones, with colour block effects that here recall the veins of the purple calacatta marble used on the floor and partial wall coatings. If the containment components are always in oak, the use of black in details and finishes is highlighted here. And black is the right choice for the tapware.
A square washbasin houses two built-in wall-mounted mixer taps from the SPILLO UP collection by Fima Carlo Frattini, in a black matt version. Then there is the mixer tap with diverter and the shower with support for the spacious shower, also taken from the same collection.
A change of colours becomes a choice of language to communicate that the master bedroom and its bathroom are a world apart, dedicated to rest and self-care.
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