The Bombonniere project aims to modernise a recently built classical structure by combining original elements with bold solutions, creating a surprisingly pleasant fusion capable of achieving complete harmony.
The entire structure preserves the classical and aristocratic charm that defines it, yet it is decisively enriched by the contrasts created through innovative combinations of materials and lines. The result is unexpected and original while maintaining the original allure, with rigorous chromatic harmony barely interrupted by darker touches that stand out within a bright, snow-white frame. The choice of light-coloured windows and frames helps create continuity, also allowing a view inside, where the soft, voluptuous curtains match the walls.
The Romanesque style that characterises the entire estate is magnificently interrupted by linear glass parapets, which almost seem intended to disappear and yet become even more evident through contrast with the underlying structure. They find continuity in the large glazed surfaces that define the patio.
The patio is framed by clean-lined columns that define two communicating spaces with different functions: a relaxation area and a dining area. Both areas share the choice of Dedon outdoor furnishings, with sober lines and dark colours that contrast with the cream tone of the walls. This light-and-dark contrast also returns harmoniously in the chandelier, wall lights and gutters, in a continuous play of echoes and alternations.
The common thread connecting all the rooms of the house is the contrast between classical and modern, where every element is designed to belong to this dialogue, creating continuous references even outside the villa. This is immediately clear from the glass parapet framing the staircase that leads to the upper and lower floors, identical to the parapet of the external terrace: a minimal design solution masterfully contrasted with classical furnishings, yet perfectly matched with the ceilings and the step lighting.
Modern points of light are placed alongside an opulent chandelier, because light itself becomes a useful tool for highlighting the harmony between the two styles in dialogue.
Light is, in fact, a distinctive feature of the entire home: both artificial light and natural light, which enters powerfully through the large windows of the living room, kitchen and bedrooms. The custom-made doors by Carminati Serramenti pair perfectly with the boiseries on the walls, almost merging with them and giving the whole an enchanting sense of harmony, including chromatic harmony. The parquet flooring, chosen for all rooms except the kitchen, further strengthens the overall balance.
Moving into the living area, we can appreciate the fine furnishings that bring warmth to the entire space, counterbalanced by the custom-made bookcases with clean, essential design. These display colourful ceramics, books and the TV, which fits naturally into this chic context with a retro yet contemporary touch. The chromatic continuity of the room is interrupted by the bevelled Baroque mirror in gold leaf, which connects with the dark wooden furniture at the sides of the room and in the dining area.
Then comes the kitchen: entering it is almost a shock, because the lines are decisively modern, with light colours enhanced by artificial and natural light and by the matching marble floor. Made by Arclinea, it is equipped with particularly innovative appliances, including the retractable hood built into the island, and it seems to interrupt the warmth of the whole house because it appears almost glacial.
Yet the disorienting effect lasts only a moment, and one realises that this design choice also aims to connect with the theme of contrasts that runs throughout the home. The link with the dining room it overlooks is uninterrupted, even though the latter is composed entirely of classical elements.
The bedrooms on the upper floor are customised according to the client’s tastes and feature furnishings with a traditional cut, while the walk-in wardrobes add a contemporary note to the whole. The rooms are characterised by strong chromatic uniformity, this time not interrupted by contrasting elements.
On the lower floor of the home there is a room dedicated to the client’s entertainment and that of guests, with a large TV screen and a billiard table. Here too, the style of the house is maintained, confirming that no choice was made casually. Everything has a reason.
Villa Nese is a magnificent example of how two strongly contrasting styles can coexist in a delicate yet unexpected harmony, with grace but also determination. It is like listening to a rock song performed by a classical orchestra, proof that in art everything can be done, provided every detail is handled with care and nothing is overlooked.
One can say that the ambitious project by architect Pietro Biava and interior designer Cristian Carminati is perfectly successful, offering a fusion of grand decor and aesthetic purity in a poetic and surprising mood of the highest level, both in the choice of materials and in that of colours and forms. All of this without neglecting the comfort intended for those who will live in this magical home.
Respecting the client’s tastes and needs is the foundation of every architectural and furnishing project worthy of the name, even when the project appears experimental, as this one does. Its success shows how essential the expertise of the professionals involved is in making style and functionality coexist, together with comfort and design.
Only the best specialists in the field can manage the choice of every detail, even the smallest and apparently most insignificant, bringing each one into a broader design of architectural and stylistic coherence and creating a set of spaces perfectly in dialogue with one another. All of this without losing sight of the final objective: fulfilling the client’s wishes by following rules that are anything but rigid, but rather flexible and interpretable by those who speak the same artistic language.