The historic center of Palermo is truly stunning, especially when the sunlight illuminates its greatest monuments. Among the timeless palaces, a series of beautiful apartments dot the streets of the center, revealing an intimate and quiet dimension. Design helps to sculpt these homes, respecting the traces of time by binding them to the unwritten rules of contemporaneity. Among them, just a stone’s throw from the Teatro Politeama built in 1859, Studio Lyga has crafted a family home where stillness and silence is an attraction to be experienced. Here, architects Lycia and Gaia Trapani have outlined a compositional interior expanding under arches, embellished with a palette capable of evoking a feeling of peace.
In the quintessentially chaotic Sicilian city, where streets are considered places belonging to the community, the designers emphasized the importance of living in a space framed by high ceilings, placing great emphasis on airy atmospheres. Named Casa Ylenia, its moss-green arches are emotionally and conceptually paired with a large, custom-built kitchen in marble, taking form in the sculptural New Elle model by Cesar. Among the materials dominating the domestic landscape, we also find glass, echoed in a transparent door just a few steps from the stove, separating the space without isolating it.
This visual continuum is also ensured by the repetition of the colors white, green, and black: a palette that helps to define the aesthetic of objects, matching perfectly throughout the various environments. In Casa Ylenia, the imagination is also left to run wild, where a wallpaper designed by Wall&Decò stimulates the mind to dream and imagine, introducing a series of botanical designs that span from the ceiling to the floor, sparking a dialogue between the reality of everyday life and the dreamlike atmosphere. In the living room, Roberto Lentini's artwork Point of View brings the blue of the sea — just a stone’s throw away — inside.
