{"id":200927,"date":"2022-09-16T15:47:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T19:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/?post_type=id_project&p=200927"},"modified":"2022-10-18T16:44:25","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T20:44:25","slug":"napoli-home-giuliano-andrea-delluva-architetti","status":"publish","type":"id_project","link":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/projects\/napoli-home-giuliano-andrea-delluva-architetti\/","title":{"rendered":"This Napoli Home by Giuliano Andrea dell\u2019Uva Architetti is a Hidden Gem"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Joaquim Tenreiro chairs furnish the dining area, presided over by Luca Monterastelli\u2019s site-specific concrete bas-relief.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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September 16, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n

Words: <\/span>Edie Cohen<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photography: <\/span>Nathalie Krag\/Living Inside<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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This Napoli Home by Giuliano Andrea dell\u2019Uva Architetti is a Hidden Gem <\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Italy\u2019s third largest city, Naples, is not exactly known as a locus of peace and quiet. \u201cThe city is certainly chaotic,\u201d says architect Giuliano Andrea dell\u2019Uva, who has lived most of his 41 years there. \u201cIts charm also comes from managing to find the serene and calm in that chaos.\u201d That is precisely what he accomplished with his redesign of a three-bedroom, four-bath flat in the upscale Posillipo quarter for art\/design collectors Irene and Teodoro Falco and their teenage daughter and son.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a twist of fate, the 3,400-square-foot apartment, located in a 1956 building by Davide Pacanowski, has roots in dell\u2019Uva\u2019s youth, when he first became acquainted with the work of the Polish-born architect, a student of Le Corbusier\u2019s. \u201cI lived in a stretch of the Posillipo hill and was fascinated by the sight of Villa Crespi, a bold project of rationalist architecture that Pacanowski designed in 1955,\u201d he recalls. The cliffside residence, with cantilevered slabs wedged between ancient pine trees, \u201cwas, for me, a symbol of the direct relationship between architecture and sea.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the living area, a pair of Pierre Paulin Osaka sofas bracket a vintage Jorge Zalszupin origami-like Petalas table accented with Gio Ponti vases; the armchairs at rear are by Martin Eisler and Carlo Hauner. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Alas, his clients\u2019 flat, though retaining some historical elements like porthole windows, had been restored in the 1990s \u201cto a more neoclassical taste that eradicated its original charm,\u201d dell\u2019Uva recounts. \u201cI really tried to get it back.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doing so entailed reconfiguring the floor plan around sea views, so that the public areas and main bedroom face the Gulf of Naples. Dell\u2019Uva forewent corridors and divisions in favor of making the space as open as possible. The entry leads to conjoined living and dining areas (the Falcos requested a statement salon in which to receive guests) separated from the eat-in kitchen by full-height brass-frame glass doors. To the left of the living area\u2019s fireplace\u2014a steel marvel designed by the French sculptor Robert Ascain in 1972\u2014a curved wall subtly directs foot traffic to a row of sleeping quarters: first the main suite, followed by bedrooms for the kids, as well as their own youthful sitting room. The son gets a custom berth tucked into a space-age aluminum enclosure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The gulf also inspired the color scheme: sparsely deployed yellows and blues (see the cipollino marble paving the entry and cladding the primary bath walls) against a background of sparkling white. The city\u2019s world-class cultural scene also figures prominently in the form of the couple\u2019s blue-chip art collection as well as covetable vintage furnishings from a cadre of specialist dealers. Elements by maestri of design invariably factor into any dell\u2019Uva project. He grew up surrounded by the work of Gio Ponti, Franco Albini, and others, which instilled a love of design in him from an early age. \u201cEven as a little boy I would draw houses and interiors,\u201d he recalls. (Dell\u2019Uva was certainly precocious: his first project, at the tender age of 17, was the renovation of a family home his architect great-grandfather had designed in 1924; and he launched his own studio at 23, shortly after graduating from the Universit\u00e0 di Napoli Federico II.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the living area, a pair of sinuous Pierre Paulin Osaka sofas face each other across a vintage Petalas cocktail table, designed by Jorge Zalszupin in the 1960s for Atelier Brazil. Similarly distinctive is Mario Bellini\u2019s Camaleonda modular seating\u2014its components joined by an innovative system of cables, hooks, and rings\u2014a current collector\u2019s darling that commands the kids\u2019 lounge. Also crave-worthy are Gio Ponti\u2019s Superleggera chairs, weighing in at little more than three pounds each, arrayed around his Pirellone table in the kitchen. Not to be outdone is Martino Gamper\u2019s walnut and multicolor-Formica dining-area table, a bespoke wonder from Milan\u2019s famed Nilufar gallery. Lighting fixtures are signed by Gae Aulenti, Ettore Sottsass, Vico Magistretti, and BBPR. Even accessories bear such renowned names as Tobia Scarpa, Bruno Munari, and Gabriella Crespi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also represented here are Naples art gallerists Lia Rumma, Alfonso Artiaco, and Laura Trisorio supplying works by a who\u2019s-who of contemporary talent: Marina Abramovic\u00b4, Thomas Ruff, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Jannis Kounellis, Gian Maria Tosatti, Giulio Paolini. Arguably best in show is Luca Monterastelli\u2019s site-specific bas-relief concrete sculpture, which spans more than 16 feet of dining-area wall. Site specific, too, is installation artist David Tremlett\u2019s color-saturated composition of hand-enameled tiles that forms the primary bedroom\u2019s flooring. Beside it, the architect designed a raised platform for the bed, to take best advantage of ocean views. A serene and sophisticated oasis? You bet. Not a hint of chaos anywhere.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Marina Abramovic\u02c9\u2019s Ecstasy II hangs in the living area; flooring is resin.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The vintage steel fireplace at the far end of the living room was created by Robert Ascain in 1972; the floor lamp near the window is by Luigi Caccia Dominioni.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The apartment building\u2019s spiral staircase dates to 1956, when Polish architect Davide Pacanowski designed the property. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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A BBPR lighting fixture from the 1960s hovers above the dining area\u2019s custom walnut-topped Formica table by Martino Gamper.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The son\u2019s room features works by artist Alfredo Maiorino, a leather armchair by Osvaldo Borsani, and a custom aluminum-enclosed bed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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A vintage Gino Sarfatti sconce marks entry to the kids\u2019 lounge, where Gian Maria Tosatti\u2019s Il mio cuore \u00e8 vuoto come uno specchio hangs over Mario Bellini\u2019s Camaleonda modular sofa. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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A vintage ceiling light by Vico Magistretti illuminates the kitchen.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The kitchen\u2019s Pirellone table and Superleggera chairs were both designed by Gio Ponti, and the custom steel cabinetry by dell\u2019Uva.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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A Gio Ponti side table and Gae Aulenti floor lamp, both vintage, furnish the primary bedroom, with Giulio Paolini\u2019s Exil du cygne; the floor installation is a collaboration between artist David Tremlett, Galleria Alfonso Artiaco, and tile supplier Galleria Elena.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The primary bathroom is clad in heavily figured cipollino marble, quarried in northern Italy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The Tara sink fittings are by Sieger Design.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
PRODUCT SOURCES<\/h6><\/div>\n\n\n\n
FROM FRONT<\/h6><\/div>\n\n\n\n
cc tapis<\/span><\/a>: rug (living area)<\/span><\/section>\n\n\n\n
la cividina<\/span><\/a>: sofas<\/span><\/section>\n\n\n\n
through galleria francesco<\/span><\/a>: coffee table<\/span><\/section>\n\n\n\n
tacchini<\/span><\/a>: armchairs<\/span><\/section>\n\n\n\n
rezina<\/span><\/a>: resin floor<\/span><\/section>\n\n\n\n
through dimore gallery<\/span><\/a>: floor lamp<\/span><\/section>\n\n\n\n
through robertaebasta<\/span><\/a>: chimney breast (living area), chandelier (dining area)<\/span><\/section>\n\n\n\n
Nilufar<\/span><\/a>: custom table, chairs (dining area)<\/span><\/section>\n\n\n\n
paola c.<\/span><\/a>: glass centerpiece<\/span><\/section>\n\n\n\n
through galleria massimo caiafa<\/span><\/a>: leather armchair (son\u2019s room)<\/span><\/section>\n\n\n\n
cassina<\/span><\/a>: chairs (kitchen)<\/span><\/section>\n\n\n\n
abimis<\/span><\/a>: island<\/span><\/section>\n\n\n\n
B&B Italia<\/span><\/a>: sofa (kids\u2019 lounge)<\/span><\/section>\n\n\n\n
through galleria rossella colombari<\/span><\/a>: vintage ceiling light<\/span><\/section>\n\n\n\n
alimonti milano<\/span><\/a>: marble (bathroom)<\/span><\/section>\n\n\n\n
Dornbracht<\/span><\/a>: sink and shower fittings<\/span><\/section>\n\n\n\n
galleria elena<\/span><\/a>: tilework (primary bedroom)<\/span><\/section>\n\n\n\n
Nilufar<\/span><\/a>: sofa<\/span><\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n