Spazio24 Apartment by Sara D’Innocenzo
Italian designer Sara D’Innocenzo has completely reworked the Spazio24 apartment in Rome, transforming it into a home characterised by an agora-style central living space and spatial design elements. Placing the music-playing device with an “outer space” look at the centre of the home, she incorporated more playful and futuristic geometric forms, including a crystal dining table and Magis-Puppy seating. Bold colours such as green and orange also permeate the interior, contrasting with the wooden surfaces.

The apartment, built between the 1960s and 70s, features large volumes and expansive windows. D’Innocenzo reimagined the entirety of the 180-square-metre (1,937-square-foot) space, focusing her design around the central, open-plan living area.
“The main attraction of this space is the presence of an old jukebox, Ami Continental from 1962 with a science fiction design,” D’Innocenzo reflected.

“This large space, designed as an agora, a meeting space, a space where you spend your free time, where you listen to music, where you read a book and where you organise your days,” said D’Innocenzo.


The rest of the living space complements the colours of the jukebox with a lilac-grey couch and a crystal dining table, which sits off to one side of the room.
“Other objects with a space design orbit in this large space,” she said.

As for materials for the living space, D’Innocenzo adorned it in wood, offset by these contrasting objects.

While some spaces used painted or plastered surfaces on the walls, most feature some type of texture including a 3D wall panel that blends into the surroundings around the jukebox where it stands nestled in the inflexible corridor.

Another wall in the narrowly structured home features an opening that connects the living area with an adjoining dining room that’s differentiated by a pop of vivid colour.


Thermal-treated oak is also featured extensively throughout the space as well, giving it a mid-tone hue and natural textural materiality.

To elevate a perceived visual elongation of the corridors, especially those leading to the sleeping area, D’Innocenzo covered the walls with large bronzed mirrors.

D’Innocenzo’s intention for the interior was to create emotional spaces defined by the interplay of natural texture, artificial lighting, and sleek furniture details.
“In the interiors design we are not only interested in aesthetic beauty, but we also focus on the emotional impact of spaces,” she said.

Photography by Carlo Oriente
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