Bloc_HL by Boro Design Studio
In this residential project, interior architecture is stripped down to the essential, placing the sensory and perceptive experience of living at the centre. Milan-based Boro Design Studio conceived the space as a fluid, continuous environment in which every element interacts harmoniously with its architectural and chromatic context, achieving a finely calibrated balance of material, light, and colour.
The warm, neutral palette envelops the rooms in a soft, uniform atmosphere, enhancing the tactility of the surfaces and the purity of the forms. At the heart of the home is the living area, where the kitchen unfolds as an integrated system concealed within a wall of canaletto walnut. The central island becomes the visual and functional fulcrum of the space, with the kitchen mixer with extractable shower 669AS as the preferred choice.
A table with a dark glass top and cylindrical bases introduces a sophisticated note, while the pastel-toned seating lightens the composition, creating a delicate chromatic contrast. The original fireplace, a distinctive feature of the room, has been preserved and reinterpreted in a contemporary key, becoming an integral part of the new design language.
The living area is characterised by low, linear furnishings designed to host carefully selected objects and graphic works. Every element is calibrated to avoid visual overload, allowing proportions and the interplay of solids and voids to define the atmosphere. Small contemporary accents — geometric objects in vivid colours and subtle, ironic details — punctuate the composition with restraint, activating a gentle dialogue between rigour and lightness.
The home extends across two levels, connected by a sculptural staircase: an architectural element that breaks the ground floor’s rigour with a faceted, theatrical geometry. Natural light, filtering through the existing openings, shapes volumes and depths, drawing soft shadows that glide across surfaces and become part of the spatial composition.
Upstairs, the reorganisation of the layout has defined an essential, measured night area comprising a bedroom with an en suite bathroom. Here too, the project follows a logic of visual continuity and material coherence, favouring pure volumes and integrated solutions. The bedroom stands out for its intimate, cocoon-like atmosphere: full-height canaletto walnut wardrobes rhythmically line the wall, concealing the passage and reinforcing the space’s formal clarity. The bed’s deep purple textile introduces a bold chromatic accent that enlivens the room with a vibrant, unexpected elegance.
The bathroom, defined by essential geometries and matte surfaces, features an integrated basin and a mirror that reflects natural light, amplifying spatial perception. The chosen tapware is the Stereo collection, designed by Luca Papini in 2018, for the master bathroom and Source for the second bathroom, whose materiality and aesthetic align seamlessly with the project’s colourful minimalism. Each element is conceived to merge harmoniously with the whole, in a continuous dialogue between functional rigour and material refinement.
Bloc_HL is an exercise in balance between form and function, matter and light, intimacy and abstraction. A project that explores living as a visual and spatial layering, poised between architectural rationality and compositional lightness.
