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A CONTEMPORARY FAMILY APARTMENT INSIDE A 19TH-CENTURY ITALIAN PALAZZO IN ITALY LA CASA DI BABETTE CREATES BESPOKE INTERIORS FOR A YOUNG FAMILY
by too much furniture, capable of accommodating the children’ s daily life without sacrificing proportion, elegance or identity. Spaces to inhabit naturally, where play could enter domestic life without feeling like an exception. Making the home“ child-friendly” thus became one of the project’ s most important guiding principles: a concrete thread running through the layout, the choice of furnishings, the search for durable surfaces and the creation of a balance between freedom and protection.
“ The client placed complete trust in us, giving us full confidence. The ideal situation for tackling a project that was demanding on many levels: in addition to the family’ s needs, we were confronted with a house of decidedly classical layout to rethink in a record time of just eight weeks”, recounts Cinzia Russo. A true challenge for the architect duo, in a stimulating tension between extreme creative freedom and strong objective constraints.
In the very heart of Piacenza, a palazzo that whispers stories of the nineteenth century becomes the setting for a considered interior design project. Beyond simple aesthetics, a genuine renaissance.
La Casa di Babette, founded by architects Cinzia Russo and Fabio Inzani, transforms the 300 sqm residence on the piano nobile into a modern nest. Spaces vibrating with a rich past, shaped around the needs of a young entrepreneur with three small children and a lively Labrador. The brief was clear: a free home, uncluttered