Italian architect Matteo Thun has redesigned 72 apartments in Milan’s Torre Velasca, drawing the palette from the tower’s pink facade and blue and green tiles. Retained doors, window frames and other original details sit alongside new furniture. The work extends to the reception, lobby and ground-floor corridors, with darker colours defining entrances and bedrooms.
Italian architect Matteo Thun redesigned 72 apartments on the upper floors of Torre Velasca in Milan, Italy. The tower was built by architecture studio BBPR in the 1950s. The interiors preserve original doors, window frames, loggias and tiles in bathrooms and kitchens. New furniture and established design pieces sit alongside those retained elements. The apartments range from suites to duplex penthouses.[1], [2]
Thun traced the palette to Torre Velasca’s pink facade plaster and the blue and green floor tiles found inside the building and in its loggias. His studio developed different shades from those original colours. Living-room walls carry custom pale pink velvet coverings made by textile company Dedar. Darker greens and blues define entrance areas and bedrooms. The architect described the tower’s existing materials as the starting point for the work.[1]
The commission also covered the reception, lobby and ground-floor corridors. Thun said his studio left some areas untouched where it considered the architecture complete. Furniture developed by the studio joins design references spanning the 1950s to the 1980s, with historic Milanese companies collaborating on new colour versions. He described an approach intended to keep the building’s character relevant to contemporary living while remaining faithful to BBPR’s vision.[1]
