Natural light floods the spaces, caressing carefully chosen materials, revealing measured proportions and intimate corners, in a delicate balance between traces of the past and new everyday life.
Overlooking the Church of Santo Spirito, in the heart of Florence’s oldest district, a 200-square-meter apartment has regained its original identity thanks to a project by AFSa Studio, which successfully blends history and modernity in a shared vision of pure elegance. The project transformed two previously separate homes into a single master residence, restoring integrity, balance, and a uniform architectural language, with carefully designed spaces and attention to detail. All this, outlining a timeless style, enveloping in its (apparent) formal simplicity.
The elegantly minimalist entrance welcomes those who cross the threshold, guiding the gaze towards the interior spaces and highlighting carefully chosen materials and details.
From the house, the church of Santo Spirito appears as a silent landmark in the heart of Florence, underlining the rhythm and balance of the rooms.
The project was born from the desire to adapt the interiors to the needs of a young family in a contemporary key, without interrupting the dialogue with the building’s historical traces. From this principle a complete renovation began which, alongside the consolidation and restoration of the original structures, redefined the spaces in a measured balance between functionality and aesthetic quality.. A refined atmosphere emerged, capable of evoking a particular lightness and delicacy, which are usually found in paintings rather than in reality.
The living room, bathed in the brightness of white walls, features a few carefully selected furnishings; color and vitality emerge from the hanging artworks and designer pieces, enhancing the simple elegance of the space.
The bibliothèque de passage organizes the passage between the rooms, creating a balanced visual rhythm and defining the succession of spaces with measure.
The internal layout clearly distinguishes the bright and open living area from the more private relaxation areas. The entrance leads to the corner living room, the study and the dining room, with the bibliothèque de passage overlooking the main rooms of the house. In the sleeping area, the master suite now opens onto a walk-in closet and an en suite bathroom; two additional bedrooms share a large shared bathroom, and a third bathroom completes the layout, ensuring comfortable privacy for each room.
The dining room, which opens onto the living room, is defined by balance and restraint: light filters through the large windows, enhancing the warm tones of the materials and the understated elegance of the furnishings, in a continuous dialogue between functionality and atmosphere.
The dining room and study flow seamlessly into the living room, creating a seamless and coherent domestic experience.
The spaces flow seamlessly, punctuated by large openings in the existing walls and a bright atrium that, along with the numerous windows, diffuses a distinctive light, enlivening the innermost corners with delicate nuances and creating a rarefied allure. The living area stands out for its harmonious and measured language: terrazzo floors, lacquered wood—some carefully chosen furniture—and walls in warm, neutral tones create a relaxed and bright atmosphere, where every element interacts with the others. What emerges is a visual and material continuum, a silent tale of luminosity and proportions.
The marble countertop and custom-made wooden cabinetry create a contrast of textures and materials, transforming the kitchen into a refined space with great personality.
Essential lines and meticulous details define it, where functionality and quality meet in an elegant and measured composition.
In the kitchen, the marble countertop meets the wood and textured finish of the custom-made furniture, creating a sophisticated balance that is also reflected in the bathrooms, which are minimalist yet full of character, contemporary yet with a bohemian soul: the conceptual fil rouge running through the entire home.
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The hallway from the sleeping area opens onto the atrium, revealing a new space where the bathroom once stood, and transforming the passageway into a space of breathing space and balanced proportions.
The children’s bathroom and the guest bathroom combine microcement and warm-toned plaster, creating essential spaces that echo the kitchen’s mix and match of materials.
With natural lighting and carefully selected surfaces, the house has rediscovered harmony and balance, where the memory of the original architecture coexists with the lightness of a new daily life. The overall style of the interior is almost monastic: a refined interplay of solid volumes and voids, in which the warm white of the walls becomes a neutral canvas for designer furnishings and tastefully chosen antiques.
The master bedroom combines fabrics, colors, and natural materials in a bohemian style, where elegance and personality coexist without excess.
Selected furnishings and thoughtful material combinations define an intimate and sophisticated environment, designed for rest and tranquility in the sleeping area.
The master bathroom, in warm terracotta tones, communicates directly with the walk-in closet, creating a path between intimacy and functionality.
The sleeping area, on the other hand, explores a range of chromatic and tactile variations: teak parquet, arranged in a carefully studied pattern, defines the rooms dedicated to rest, while the bathrooms are animated by different materials, from microcement to plasters in enveloping shades. The result is a collection of spaces that combine simplicity and elegance, welcoming those who live there with a pleasant feeling of intimacy, characterised by a sophisticated (and studied) nonchalance.
Project by studio AFSa – studioafsa.com
Photo © Lorenzo Zandri
The children’s bedroom is designed with formal simplicity, where clean lines and tidy spaces promote order and tranquility, leaving little ones free to enjoy the environment.
Floor plan of the apartment overlooking the Church of Santo Spirito © AFSa studio
In copertina, la sala da pranzo, raffinata ed elegantissima nella sua semplicità formale.
