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A dialogue between

abstraction and

decoration in a penthouse

overlooking the Rooftops

of Milan, a project by

Plus Ultra.

Sant’Ambrogio, Milan

n the apartment created by PLUS ULTRA in the Sant’Ambrogio
neighbourhood in Milan for a design-loving young couple,
Ia layout characterised by contemporary graphic and textural
accents enters the composition quietly, only to take on a leading role.
The work on distribution, geometries, colours, and textures initially
defines a sort of connective fabric that emerges as the true architectural
intervention: understated, sophisticated, and determined.

The recently completed apartment overlooking the rooftops of historic
Milan, designed by PLUS ULTRA (Alessandra Castelbarco, Marco Di
Nallo, and Chiara Girolami) is conveniently located near the Basilica
of Sant’Ambrogio, between Via Lanzone and Via Camminadella. The
clients are a young couple with a passion for classic design.

Access to the apartment, situated on the top floor of a 1950s building,
is through the atrium and courtyard of Casa Volonteri, a seventeenth
century historic palace known for its façade featuring the architectural
interventions of Giuseppe Sommaruga, blending elements of Liberty
style with a Baroque influence.

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