IL TORMENTO E L’ESTASI

Castelfidardo, 3-floors build directly above the historic city walls, and one dug into the ancient walls fortress. On the top and out a 360° panoramic view of Conero seaside, down a classical sight of a middle-age hamlet: obtuse angles, small windows, steep stairs, solid doors, and crooked walls. Our goal consisted of re-organizing and refitting the functionality of the whole building. First, we re-designed the entrance with Calacatta Gold marble, and we enlarged the basement services. Then, we switched the fragmented first-floor into a large open space decorated by a natural ash boiserie, inserts in marble and brass. We recovered the fresco ceiling, and we added something new the complete the lost composition. The third-floor is for night time. Two bedrooms decorated with silk walls and painted ash boiserie to create a real renaissance atmosphere. For the bathroom, we used a free-standing sink to optimize the small space, and we designed a shower that works as a bathtub. We covered the vertical surfaces of the bathroom with 20mm thick marble. On top of the house, we designed a wood roof completed by a jacuzzi area defined by a Jardin d’Hiver. We conceived this project to satisfy the will of beauty expressed by the clients who are passionate about renaissance history and fine arts.