The studio Calvi Brambilla, in agreement with Andrea Lupi, has given the Milan showroom of antoniolupi a forceful image, without distracting attention from the products and the theatrical itinerary in which they are displayed.
The space has doubled in size, bordered by walls finished in coarse-grain cement-base plaster, a material used for thousands of years in Milanese buildings.
Concentrating on the particular layout of the flagship store – on the ground floor of an elegant tower designed in the 1950s by the architects Baselli and Portaluppi – the architects have decided to work on the architectural box.
The new ceiling, composed of intentionally irregular architectural vaults, adds a sense of depth.
The project has been inspired by the Kılıç Ali Paşa baths built in 1577 by the Ottoman architect Mimar Sinān.
