Abitare – settembre 2019

crea unanuova “stanza esternaaerea” in un edificio

storico».Il progettofa dialogare ambienti e spazio

esternocreandounoscarto tra la matericità delri-

vestimento a parete – di gessotirato e ordito, come

fossemodellato dallaluce – e i pannellidi vetro in

cuiè racchiusala corte: entrambi gli elementi si ri-

fannoal temadella“tenda” nelcontinuo susseguirsi

di divisoridinamici mobili (i separé) o permanenti

(i pannellidi gesso).La corte, conle sueschermatu-

re mobili costituite da laminevetrate, rappresenta

ancheun diffusore di luce in grado di rendere dina-

michele formecurve cherivestonole pareti, e così

anchelo schermoscorrevole«pensato pergenerare

un’atmosfera intimatra la salada pranzo e l’ingres-

so dell’appartamento», spiega Young.Ognunadelle

laminemetallichelucide chelo compongonoha una

tionasitcreatesanew“exteriorroom”onthe14thfloor

of a building that is old and historic.” The project es-

tablishes a dialogue between interiors and external

space by contrasting the material quality of the clad-

ding–madeofpulledplasterpanels,lookingasifthey

hadbeenmodelledbythelight–andthewallsofglass

enclosing the courtyard: both elementsallude to the

theme of the “curtain” in the continual succession of

dynamic partitions that are movable (screens) or per-

manent(plaster panels). The courtyard, with its slid-

ingglassscreens,alsoservesasadiffusoroflightthat

imparts a dynamismto the curvedforms that line the

walls, as does the sliding screen “providing a degree

of intimacy between the dining room and the entry of

the apartment,” explains Young. Each of the polished

stainless-steel segmentsof which it is made up has a

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