Blush Noisette transforms a former office in an early-twentieth-century building in Milan’s Città Studi district into a contemporary home, establishing a dialogue between the apartment’s historic character and a new, fluid domestic layout.
The project preserves and enhances the original architectural features — generous ceiling heights, plaster mouldings and natural light — while reorganising the interiors around a spacious living and kitchen area. A continuous oak parquet laid in a traditional Italian herringbone pattern runs throughout the apartment, including the bathrooms, creating a visual connection between spaces and between old and new.
Custom-designed elements are conceived as spatial devices rather than simple furniture. A bespoke bookcase filters the relationship between the entrance corridor and the living room, separating the two areas without interrupting their visual continuity. Throughout the apartment, materials, lighting and built-in elements work together to define distinct functions while maintaining the perception of a single, coherent domestic landscape.