A Contemporary Loft

In a historic Neapolitan building located in the final stretch of Corso Vittorio Emanuele (a 19th-century road axis that cuts across the city from the hill down to the sea), a small apartment of about 80 square meters was completely stripped of its old layout and reshaped for new needs.

A loft with an unmistakably eccentric character is the outcome of this radical architectural transformation: contrasting languages blend together, showing past and present side by side, without filters or creative restraint. The apartment is defined by the use of just a few, yet strong, color tones.

Given the compact size of the apartment, and as in naval design, spaces were calibrated centimeter by centimeter to make every area usable to the fullest.

The kitchen block in “ORO” laminated leaf dominates the space, breaking every kind of chromatic convention. This result was made possible by the skilled hands of Italian craftsmanship.

A wide yet light staircase seems to defy gravity, supported by slender metal tubes fixed to the vaulted slab.

The raised level covers only half of the almost square floor plan, creating a full-height overlook that screens the sleeping area with 12 mm polycarbonate panels, allowing shadows to create a dynamic play of light and dark.

Iconic design pieces, together with 19th-century Neapolitan paintings, furnish the small apartment. They too seem deliberately out of scale and outside the color palette: one example above all is Miniforms’ Botera, which powerfully fills the living area.

On the upper level, at the center of the walk-in closet and at the foot of the bed, the sculptural armchairs “Vermehlla” and “Getsuen” Luly stand like artworks, created by Fernando and Humberto Campana and Masanori Umeda for Edra.

Furniture List

Ground Floor

Chairs: Cassina “DUDET – PRO” Patricia Urquiola

Armchair: Miniforms “BOTERA”

Coffee tables: Miniforms “SODA” Yiannis Ghikas

Sleeping Level

Wardrobe armchair: Edra “Vermehlla” Fernando and Humberto Campana

Bed armchair: Edra “Getsuen” Lily

Bed sideboard: Handcrafted production