Cortina Apartment

Authors’ Comment

We developed the concept around the reiteration of the apartment’s boundaries in the form of a meandering cladded surface. This softens the space, establishes the main areas and provides a warm background, further enhanced by the different types of lights and shadows, from daylight to a variety of adjustable lighting set-ups.
Apart from defining spaces and transitions, the soft cladding incorporates a range of equipment, from utilities such as storage space and a concealed TV to more prominent provisions, including the fireplace and sitting areas for reading and entertaining.
The material used to make the curved panels is carefully manufactured to highlight the process of transforming a solid board into a curved surface by the introduction of vertical thin slices which are then assembled to materialize the curves.
The sophisticated, pared-back color palette contributes to creating a living space that is intuitive, seamless and comforting.