ZaraUno Reimagines a Genoa Seafront Apartment
ZaraUno sets a crisp new tone for a seafront apartment in Genoa, Italy, where the Gulf of Liguria fills the windows with shifting light. Designed by Bump Studio in 2024, the project reworks a high-floor home in Palazzo del Tritone for a sea-loving family. The layout reads open and connected, yet the character remains rooted in historic craft and color.
Salt air edges the windows and the horizon skims the rooms. Morning light pulls across parquet and painted wood, folding sea and sky into daily rituals.
This is an apartment in Genoa by Bump Studio, refit in 2024 to balance open living with a grounded, personal palette. The story moves through color and crafted millwork, where blues, reds, and soft pinks set tempo and mood without drowning the home’s historic bones.
Blue Millwork Ribbon
A continuous blue boiserie works like a quiet guide. It runs room to room, tying views together and echoing the gulf beyond without overstating the theme.
The finish reads maritime but urbane, a precise line that absorbs doorways and storage while keeping the walls calm. Its measured saturation steadies the old parquet underfoot and frames light as it shifts.
Linked Living Rooms
Life collects around a marine-blue kitchen island, the project’s anchor. Dining and sitting areas flank it in sequence, held open by two large opposing glazed doors that extend perspective.
Here, circulation is easy and social, with sightlines that let conversations flow. The historical floors carry warmth across thresholds, while contemporary interventions stay legible and crisp.
Color As Anchor
In the dining room, a frescoed ceiling presides over a sculptural table. The ceiling’s ornament catches a soft perimeter glow that rounds edges and quiets contrast.
A three-dimensional red volume defines the living room as TV wall and passage, a single move with clear purpose. It punctuates the blue millwork and sets a rhythm that keeps the composition lively.
Night Suite Details
The primary bedroom settles into deeper tones and calm. A midnight-blue niche organizes a double-level wardrobe served by a coral tubular ladder with a nimble profile.
Textures lean tactile rather than glossy, grounded by the existing wood floors. In the main bath, pink three-dimensional tiles meet an azure shelf dotted with stones, turning routine into a small sensory pause.
Play And Refuge
The child’s room tempers delicacy with utility. A white loft, inspired by boat interiors, creates a tucked berth for sleep and play while keeping the floor open.
Gentle tones avoid sugar-sweetness and keep faith with the broader palette. The nautical cue is subtle—more referenced than reenacted—so the room grows without costume.
Evening brings a softer horizon across Corso Italia and into the rooms. Parquet warms under lamplight, the blue boiserie deepens, and the red portal holds its quiet charge. The home reads composed yet personal, where color, craft, and memory share the view.
Photography courtesy of Bump Studio
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