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march 06, 2018 - Antonio Lupi

The antoniolupi showroom in Porta Tenaglia enlarges: opening April 18


The extensive space reworked by #calvibrambilla for an important presence in an increasingly international city as Milan.

At the crossroads between two choices

At the crossroads between two choices: #andrealupi considers himself when telling us about the project to expand and redefine his #showroom in Porta Tenaglia.
The first option: the most physiological and natural option was to rethink the space in Porta Tenaglia through the creative and planning resources within the company. The second option: have professionals take the project in hand.

Andrea Lupi has chosen the second option, entrusting the task to #fabiocalvi and #paolobrambilla, #design and interior professionals active on the #design and fashion scene since 2006.
A choice that #andrealupi defines as 'enlightened' in a twofold sense: how the studio has approached the request for collaboration as well as how the project has developed.

"You do not need us"

At first view of the #milano #showroom, #calvibrambilla responded simply: "You do not need us", but the will of #antoniolupi was to go 'beyond' the habitual and to explore a different territory.

Focusing on the particular shape of the space, which is the basis of an elegant tower from the 50s-designed by the architects Baselli and Portaluppi, Calvi and Brambilla decided to work on the architectural box of the #showroom.

The space that develops in length evokes the sequence of so many bathrooms that, one after the other, offer themselves to the eye to be admired, even from outside of the fourteen full-height windows.
The new ceiling, made up of deliberately irregular architectural vaults and 'hanging' from the dark background, gives depth to the entire #showroom.

The arches deliberately do not coincide with the spaces nor the windows. A gesture of freedom compared to certain spatial symmetries.

The project was born from a careful observation of the works of the great masters: in this case the inspiration came from the Kılıç Ali Paşa baths built in 1577 by Mimar Sinān, contemporary Ottoman architect of Michelangelo and Palladio.

This hamam is part of the imposing complex of the Sultan Suleiman Mosque, called The Magnificent. A place designed centuries ago where you can restore the body and the spirit in a context of peculiar beauty and that over time has also become a place of sociability, perfect to meet, to conclude business and make alliances.

Traditionally in the hammams, marble is predominant in the lower part, where you get wet, and on the platforms where you receive massages and treatments, while above, the space develops through large vaults animated by the play of light that catch the eye while, below, you are in a Turkish bath. An all-encompassing experience in which physicality meets with spirituality and with the vision of beauty.