21/09/2016 – Converted is the modern house old body 60' Pontedera, corresponded entirely with the ideas of a young couple, the italo-Canadians moved through the big rooms and the aesthetics of Northern Europe. Also , Marzia and Leo seemed to have fallen in love with the space. Attracted by the unconventional layout and hard to accept the sale of the house, in a private combination of talent and its industrial past, it promotes the free passage of light. Inside the building, the lines are modern and rigorous, and the division of space has become more complex to it was an attempt optimize in comparison to the original structure adding plenty of natural light by adding windows and roofs with different heights, in addition to the height.
The architectural element of the greatest interest to the concrete wall was the effect of the wooden slats horizontally, with a view to the living area and continues to the upper floor where it is visible from the window, and has doubled in volume. To complement the living space a comprehensive research was done by the few and carefully selected combining the simplicity and purity of the lines, as in the '70s and an old antique market in Pietrasanta.
"The idea was to create an oasis of calm, where the taste for the austerity typical of Northern Europe, would be in harmony with the furniture and objects of the ethnic origin of the atmosphere. The memories of this family that, in the not-too-distant time, lived in, and today has decided to take on a new life, not far from Florence," says Marzia and Leo.
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