Inside or Outside" is an early 20th-century cottage located in Florence, Italy, redesigned in 2022 by Atlhab Architects.

Description
This early 20th-century cottage on the slopes of the Florentine hills presented a very stimulating design challenge. The young principals, Gaia, Andrea and their daughter Anna, relied on our support to completely renovate 2 of the building’s 4 floors, as well as the garden in the private courtyard. The inputs we were given were quite clear: move the main living spaces to the basement floor (directly connected with the outdoor courtyard) and the ground floor, so as to fully experience the garden and its pool. Before the intervention, the basement floor contained the kitchen/dining room, in direct contact with the outdoor area, two bedrooms, a bathroom, and some storage rooms. This conformation was certainly not the best, considering the design possibilities that the building provided. Therefore, we decided to move the kitchen and make the living room (from where the building is accessed) on the side of the building close to the garden, putting them in communication with each other thanks to the creation of an opening in the wall; this operation allowed us to create a new living area in direct contact with the greenery and nature. Outside, a bioclimatic pergola was installed as a filtering element between outside and inside; thanks to this, the living room and kitchen, in the warm periods of the year, expand, thu...