60’s Style House
Between architectural heritage and a contemporary pop idiom
In the heart of Forlì, Pier Currà Architettura oversaw the renovation of a 1960s apartment, turning it into an interior project that blends restoration, custom design, and chromatic experimentation. The intervention did not erase the home’s original soul; it reinterpreted it, enhancing traces of the past and weaving them into contemporary solutions.
The double-height living room is the compositional fulcrum: the large original window amplifies natural light and converses with the new orange staircase, reimagined as an architectural bookcase that becomes both scenographic and functional. The entry vestibule has been redesigned as a storage buffer toward the living space, while the exotic-wood slatted ceiling has been restored and brought back to life. The use of iconic luminaires—such as Parentesi by Flos and Artemide lamps—underscores continuity with the aesthetics of Italian modernism and creates a lighting system that accentuates the volumes.
The kitchen, entirely custom-designed, features deep-blue surfaces, a stainless-steel worktop, and optical flooring that recalls the 1970s. A glass-block wall introduces plays of light and transparency, reinforcing the project’s geometric language. The lighting alternates historic pieces and contemporary reinterpretations, remaining consistent with the home’s pop sensibility.
The design approach continues with targeted choices in every room: the bathrooms stand out for their encaustic cement tiles, pastel hues, and red tapware; the primary bedroom integrates a custom bordeaux wardrobe and white wall paneling that calibrates the proportions; the upper level hosts a study overlooking the living room and a gallery walkway with integrated planters that becomes both a circulation element and a green feature.
The project responds to the needs of a young creative couple, translating their aspirations into distinctive, functional spaces. A calibrated use of materials, colors, and custom furnishings weaves a narrative through the entire apartment, setting memory, design, and quality of living in dialogue. The intervention demonstrates how—even at the small residential scale—design requires the careful construction of form and spatial identity, so that it can foster well-being and express the personality of those who inhabit it.
In the heart of Forlì, Pier Currà Architettura oversaw the renovation of a 1960s apartment, turning it into an interior project that blends restoration, custom design, and chromatic experimentation. The intervention did not erase the home’s original soul; it reinterpreted it, enhancing traces of the past and weaving them into contemporary solutions.
The double-height living room is the compositional fulcrum: the large original window amplifies natural light and converses with the new orange staircase, reimagined as an architectural bookcase that becomes both scenographic and functional. The entry vestibule has been redesigned as a storage buffer toward the living space, while the exotic-wood slatted ceiling has been restored and brought back to life. The use of iconic luminaires—such as Parentesi by Flos and Artemide lamps—underscores continuity with the aesthetics of Italian modernism and creates a lighting system that accentuates the volumes.
The kitchen, entirely custom-designed, features deep-blue surfaces, a stainless-steel worktop, and optical flooring that recalls the 1970s. A glass-block wall introduces plays of light and transparency, reinforcing the project’s geometric language. The lighting alternates historic pieces and contemporary reinterpretations, remaining consistent with the home’s pop sensibility.
The design approach continues with targeted choices in every room: the bathrooms stand out for their encaustic cement tiles, pastel hues, and red tapware; the primary bedroom integrates a custom bordeaux wardrobe and white wall paneling that calibrates the proportions; the upper level hosts a study overlooking the living room and a gallery walkway with integrated planters that becomes both a circulation element and a green feature.
The project responds to the needs of a young creative couple, translating their aspirations into distinctive, functional spaces. A calibrated use of materials, colors, and custom furnishings weaves a narrative through the entire apartment, setting memory, design, and quality of living in dialogue. The intervention demonstrates how—even at the small residential scale—design requires the careful construction of form and spatial identity, so that it can foster well-being and express the personality of those who inhabit it.
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