Atelier in Ancona

‘Atelier in Ancona’ is the interior design for a multifunctional space located on the ground floor of a historic building overlooking Piazza del Plebiscito, in Ancona. Inserted in a stratified and significant context, the project realized by Andrea Tabocchini Architecture reflects on several relevant and delicate relationships: preservation and transformation, preexistence and new interventions, a sense of responsibility for the past and love for the future. Rejecting a dichotomous approach, the project works with a series of minimal interventions aimed at enhancing the different layers of the existing building and, at the same time, introducing new elements that create a more coherent and inspiring whole.

The project adopts two complementary strategies. The first is focused on identifying, recovering, and enhancing the most significant elements of the existing environment which are the historic barrel vault, the cylindrical staircase and the mezzanine introduced in the late 1980s by Studio Salmoni. The project operates by subtraction, removing the fixed furniture and moquette, cleaning the bricks of the vault, and rethinking the installations. The second strategy involves a series of minimal operations that bring changes and ad- ditions through the use of space, materials, and light. The project organizes the space in a flexible way by placing desks on the west side of the room, leaving an open area in front of the entrance. On the other side, an exhibition of photos welcomes visitors and them inside the space, stimulating a fluid and uninterrupted experience.

From a material point of view, the project encourages dialogue between the past and futuret. The new wooden furniture elements, custom-designed to be easily disassembled and reassembled, domesticate the space, creating a contrast with the white and conti- nuous perimeter wall surfaces. The metal cylinder containing the staircase, removed of its rusted surface, is transformed by a new metallic finish that enriches its appearance while contrasting the bricks of the vault. The installations are then made invisible and a hand-crafted metal push-button control is added to create contemporaneity and mystery. Finally, two long linear light fixtures are placed at the base of the vault to reinforce its physical presence and form through indirect light, while three additional linear lights perpendicular to the perimeter walls create a dialogue with the horizontality of the loft and the desks.

The result is a harmonious space, an intervention that interprets the historical setting critically and innovates with enthusiasm and awareness. After all, the richness of the square that the building faces reminds us how our historical heritage, cities, and buildings are always the result of the stratification of human and non-human interventions. A continuous dialogue between different generations. 

「安科納工作室」是多功能空間的室內設計，位於義大利安科納市一座具有歷史價值的建築物一樓，能俯瞰普雷比席特公民廣場。安德烈亞．塔博基尼建築事務所規劃的這個項目，主要是挑戰如何在一個具有複雜歷史背景和豐富文化意義的建築物中，以現代化的多功能空間設計呈現，這個項目揉合了保存與轉化、既有與新的介入、對過去的責任感和對未來的熱愛等相關且微妙的關係。此項目的規劃拒絕採用二分法，而是透過對現有建築物的局部補強及小幅度的改造，以提升整體空間品質和美感，同時引入新的元素，如燈光、家具等，以滿足多功能空間的使用需求，創造出一個更加連貫完整且有啟發性的設計方案。

該項目採用了兩種互補的策略，第一個策略是聚焦於識別、恢復和增強現有環境中最重要的元素，包括歷史悠久的拱頂、圓柱形樓梯和1980年代末由薩爾莫尼工作室規劃的夾層，採用了刪減法，去除了固定家具和地毯，清潔了拱頂的磚塊，並重新設計裝飾。第二種策略則是進行一系列微幅調整，利用空間、材料和燈光的使用，增添視覺上新的感受與變化，將桌子規劃在空間的西側，使空間更具靈活性，入口處前方空出了開放空間，另一側則規劃歡迎訪客的照片展示區，引領訪客進入空間，增加一連串不間斷且流暢的體驗。

從物質材料的角度來看，此項目塑造過去與未來之間的對話。定制新的木製家具元素使空間色調變得舒適，邊緣與白色牆面形成對比，同時易於拆卸及重新組裝。包含樓梯的金屬圓筒體，去除了鏽蝕表面，通過新的金屬質感豐富了其外觀，亦與拱頂磚石形成對比。將安裝組件隨之隱形化，並添加手工製作的金屬按鈕控制，以創造現代和神秘感。最後，在拱頂底部放置了兩個長型直線燈具，透過間接照明加強其物理存在感和形式，同時與牆面垂直而下的桌子及水平方向的閣樓和形成對話。

此項目的成果是一個和諧的空間，一種批判性地詮釋歷史背景並充滿熱情和覺醒的創新。畢竟，建築面對這個廣場的豐富性不斷地提醒著我們，歷史遺產、城市和建築物總是人類和非人類介入，層層疊加的結果，是不同世代之間持續對話的產物。

Design Studio｜Andrea Tabocchini Architecture

Photography｜Martina Simonato