Casa MC by MameStudio
Casa MC occupies an apartment inside a fourteenth-century palazzo on the main square of Sutri, Italy, reimagined by MAMESTUDIO – Maria Elena Amori + Matteo Bernardi. The project focuses on interior architecture, furnishings, and lighting to restore order and a contemporary identity while preserving the expressive strength of the historic shell. Each room carries a measured dialogue between past and present that feels precise, calm, and quietly theatrical.
Soft light enters through the deep windows and runs across the Venetian terrazzo floor, touching the wood grain and the light surfaces of the contemporary furnishings. Above, the wooden coffered ceiling, restored and punctuated by adjustable spotlights, suspends the entire apartment under a dark and intense texture that holds the different rooms together.
The apartment, located in a 14th-century noble palace overlooking the main square of Sutri, retains the strength of its original architecture. MAMESTUDIO intervenes through furnishings and lighting, working on essential proportions, authentic materials, and a neutral palette that restore order and contemporaneity without affecting the existing features. Along this common thread, each room becomes a meeting point between coffered ceilings, terrazzo floors, selected period furniture, and soft volumes with a contemporary language.
Historic Shell, New Palette
The original features immediately reveal the character of the apartment: the almost intact wooden coffered ceiling, the Venetian terrace, the deep openings, and some period furnishings. Against this striking backdrop, the studio has created an interior based on neutral tones, light volumes, and soft shapes that highlight geometries and solids and voids. The contemporary furnishings converse with the carefully relocated historical furniture, creating a coherent sequence where no element dominates the other.
In the living room, the soft palette acts as a link between past and present, leaving it to the materials to tell the story of time. Rich but understated fabrics, calibrated wooden surfaces, and sober lacquering define a tidy and measured home. The lighting becomes part of this chromatic grammar, with slender, geometric fixtures that, even when switched off, remain sculptural objects within the historic volumes.
Sequences in the Living Room
The layout of the living room follows a functional sequence: the dining area, which can also be used as a study, reading area, and conversation area, flows into a single continuous space. The dining area is located between two large windows and is dominated by a table designed by MAMESTUDIO, a rigorous wooden structure with a solid base that echoes the rhythm of the coffered ceiling in terms of visual solidity. Above the table, a suspension lamp composed of pure white geometric elements introduces a clear counterpoint to the dark ceiling.
Photography by Eller Studio / Francesco Marano
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