L'abricotier est en fleurs au printemps. La courge s'est développée à partir d'un compost installé sur le balcon. Ses fleurs en trompettes jaune orangé attirent de nombreux butineurs. Des vivaces à floraison saisonnière (plusieurs sedum et scabieuses), rosier grimpant et figuier créent un paravent vivant et bien parfumé entre ce balcon et celui du voisin. Dans le pot de terre cuite, une aloe de Kabylie (poussant en altitude).

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Mia Mortensen © Houzz 2016

This apartment in Siracusa, Sicily, is more than just a place to live, it reflects a life shaped by architecture, travel, and family. The original layout of the apartment has been preserved, along with the terrazzo flooring, built-in furniture, and doors from the first owners, maintaining their memory with respect. The space is filled with carefully curated objects and furniture, each collected from different countries and cultures, with every piece carrying a memory of past journeys. The home serves as an evolving environment where design sensibilities and personal history merge with the childhood experiences of the family’s two children. The apartment is furnished with iconic pieces from renowned designers such as Ettore Sottsass, Enzo Mari, Joe Colombo, Charles and Ray Eames, Achille Castiglioni, Mario Botta, Álvaro Siza, and Muller Van Severen, alongside 1960’s furniture from The Netherlands and selected pieces from family or creative friends like Sabine Marcelis, Francesco Librizzi and Clara Cebrian, a nod to the time spent living in Rotterdam, Porto, and Barcelona. These objects are not just decorative; they embody memories, acting as tangible symbols of a life in motion. They continually shape and reshape the narrative of the space, blurring the lines between past and present, personal and global, while offering the family a rich environment steeped in creativity, history, and design.

Deck structure balcony

Die Loggia mit dem maßgefertigten Outdoor-Sofa ist ein lauschiges Plätzchen das zum Chillen einlädt.

Vivienda familiar con marcado carácter de la arquitectura tradicional Canaria, que he ha querido mantener en los elementos de fachada usando la madera de morera tradicional en las jambas, las ventanas enrasadas en el exterior de fachada, pero empleando materiales y sistemas contemporáneos como la hoja oculta de aluminio, la plegable (ambas de Cortizo) o la pérgola bioclimática de Saxun. En los interiores se recupera la escalera original y se lavan los pilares para llegar al hormigón. Se unen los espacios de planta baja para crear un recorrido entre zonas de día. Arriba se conserva el práctico espacio central, que hace de lugar de encuentro entre las habitaciones, potenciando su fuerza con la máxima apertura al balcón canario a la fachada principal.

Balcón con detalles decorativos