{"id":162227,"date":"2025-11-04T11:54:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T11:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/162227\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T11:54:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T11:54:11","slug":"studiotamat-transforms-rome-villino-with-glass-floors-and-mirror-ceilings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/162227\/","title":{"rendered":"StudioTamat transforms Rome “villino” with glass floors and mirror ceilings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rome-based StudioTamat<\/a> has used colour, transparency and reflection to bring a sense of spaciousness to a small house<\/a> in the heart of the Italian capital<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Located in the courtyard of a late-19th-century building on Viale di Trastevere, the 80-square-metre RA House provides an urban base for a couple who divide their time between addresses.<\/p>\n

\"ChestnutA chestnut wood staircase doubles as a bookcase<\/p>\n

StudioTamat<\/a>‘s design brings together glass floors, mirror ceilings, sculptural staircases and a stained glass facade.<\/p>\n

The studio founders wanted to preserve the existing charm of the “villino”, as they call it, while reflecting the vibrancy of the Trastevere neighbourhood.<\/p>\n

\"GlassA glass floor provides a visual connection between the living room and bedroom<\/p>\n

“It was about amplifying spatial dynamism while keeping a coherent language throughout,” said architect Matteo Soddu, who leads the studio alongside Tommaso Amato and Valentina Paiola.<\/p>\n

The architects were unable to confirm the original use of the space, although it is rumoured to have been both a home for the train station caretaker and an office for a local doctor.<\/p>\n

\"SpiralA spiral staircase leads up to the top floor<\/p>\n

Their first move was to rethink the vertical arrangement of the three-level property, to create a greater feeling of height.<\/p>\n

Part of the original first-floor mezzanine was replaced with a structural glass floor, creating a visual connection between the ground-floor living spaces and the bedroom above.<\/p>\n

\"BedroomMirrored ceilings increase the sense of spaciousness<\/p>\n

A void in this floor creates a double-height lightwell, fronted by a new window, while mirrored ceilings create the illusion of endless space.<\/p>\n

A blue volume extends between the two levels, neatly providing kitchen and utility spaces on the lower storey and an en-suite bathroom on the floor above.<\/p>\n

\"GuestFluted glass forms a semi-transparent partition between the guest bedroom and bathroom<\/p>\n

A bookshelf doubles as a space-saving staircase to link these two floors, while a spiral staircase leads up to the second floor, which serves as a study or guest room.<\/p>\n

“The first step was subtraction \u2013 to give breathing room to these compact floors,” said Soddu.<\/p>\n

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“We preserved the essential structure and original terracotta floors, but played with pure volumes, reflected surfaces and a strong material thread,” he continued.<\/p>\n

“The mirrored ceiling above the blue volume creates a sense of vertical infinity.”<\/p>\n

\"EntranceThe residence is located in the courtyard of a late-19th-century building<\/p>\n

A key move was the restoration of the art-nouveau-style stained glass, which brings shades of green, orange and yellow to an orangery at the front of the villino.<\/p>\n

Newly introduced materials include Verde Alpi marble, which features on every level but most notably as a podium at the base of the chestnut wood staircase.<\/p>\n

\"StainedStained glass forms an orangery at the entrance<\/p>\n

Fluted glass provides partitions for the en-suite on the upper level, while metal kitchen cabinets feature an ombre-effect fading from rose-gold to black.<\/p>\n

A mix of contemporary and vintage furniture and lighting provides the finishing touches, with highlights including a concrete table, vintage Thonet chairs and a custom-made bed.<\/p>\n

\"GroundVerde Alpi marble was used for kitchen surfaces and the staircase podium<\/p>\n

Soddu, Amato and Paiola founded StudioTamat in 2014. Other projects by the studio include the interior of Tre De Tutto<\/a>, a restaurant in the south of Rome.<\/p>\n

The photography is by Serena Eller\/Ellerstudio.<\/p>\n

Project credits<\/strong><\/p>\n

Architect: <\/strong>StudioTamat
Project team:<\/strong> Tommaso Amato, Matteo Soddu, Valentina Paiola, Silvia D’Alessandro
Contractor: <\/strong>Ediltel B<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rome-based StudioTamat has used colour, transparency and reflection to bring a sense of spaciousness to a small house…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":162228,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[267],"tags":[365,362,363,364,366,18,117,19,17,371,2919,5794,13410,10357,12755,93992],"class_list":{"0":"post-162227","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-artsdesign","12":"tag-design","13":"tag-eire","14":"tag-entertainment","15":"tag-ie","16":"tag-ireland","17":"tag-italy","18":"tag-renovations","19":"tag-residential-architecture-and-interiors","20":"tag-rome","21":"tag-sectionall","22":"tag-sectioninteriors","23":"tag-studiotamat"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115491298801688254","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162227\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}