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Palazzo Butera
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Client: Massimo Valsecchi
Location: Palazzo Butera, Palermo
Category: Escooh Contracts, Escooh Closures, and Claddings
Year: 2017
Designers: Giovanni Cappelletti
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Palazzo Butera is a magnificent historic residence located in the center of Palermo, facing the sea, in the heart of the ancient Kalsa district. The construction of Palazzo Butera dates back to the late 1600s and, after hosting noble Sicilian families over the centuries, in 2016 it was purchased by Francesca and Massimo Valsecchi, art collectors, who made it accessible as a house-museum. This operation required renovations and adjustments to make certain areas of the palace accessible to the public. Some of these works were entrusted to Escooh, specifically the furnishings and woodwork of the guest quarters.
Wood paneling and built-in closets
The boiserie project involved the corridors and four rooms of the guesthouse of the palace, renovated in a modern key with the use of bright colors. It is a total surface of 133 square meters of wall covering in colored wood fiber in a yellow paste tone with a natural, matte, stain-resistant, fingerprint-resistant, and mold-resistant Escooh finish. The work was carried out with an interlocking method. On a first panel, two birch plywood bayonets 15x60 mm were tacked in parallel. Starting from the bottom, the first panel was interlocked, and a wooden shingle was placed on it to create a distance from the second panel, inserted into the bayonet above in order to rest on the spacer.
In the space created between the two panels, a silver painted metal profile was applied, which, together with the yellow of the panels, multiplies the light, ideally bringing the Sicilian sun into an usually dimly lit passage area. In some parts of the cladding, a built-in lighting fixture was inserted, skillfully made invisible by escooh's technical capabilities. The boiserie thus created outline the corridors of the guesthouse with a new light and a new style, sharply contrasting with the stuccoes and frescoes of the main rooms of Palazzo Butera.
The boiserie was used to create integrated doors for access to rooms and service areas. In some cases, making them imperceptible compared to the rest of the cladding, in other cases in strong contrast in shades of blue, red, and green. In the bedroom, the wall coverings house an integrated wardrobe 1300 mm wide, 2400 mm high, and 600 mm thick. The base, top, sides, mid-section, and interiors were made with wood shavings coated in laminate. The interior was equipped with three 60 cm drawers with cushioned guides, 2 hangers, and 3 intermediate shelves. The two 65 cm doors with swing closure and recessed handle are made of red colored mdf with an Escooh finish.
Kitchen
For the kitchen, designed by Giovanni Cappelletti, 19 mm matte grey lacquered MDF doors with an Escooh finish were used. In the Palazzo Butera project, the guiding principle is integration. This is important to the company for the lightness and style it allows to express in every creation. Each piece has been designed and made to blend in with the wall elements. The boiserie, applied to the beams and walls to create cabinets or passages, act as a frame for bases and wall units thanks to the color choice as well. Beams and boiserie are painted with the same yellow shade as the thickness and inside of the furniture, contrasting with the grey of the doors. For a perfect uniform effect, raw MDF panels were chosen to be covered with plaster and have no difference with the walls in the rest of the room. Even the fire door has been lined with panels. From here, a beam develops that crosses the entire ceiling of the room to the opposite wall where it descends to form an "L" shaped piece of furniture. Part of this furniture has been designed to hide a radiator without hindering its heating power. The assembly used the innovative symbiotic anchoring system, which does not require the use of glue or screws and ensures the hygiene and natural properties of the final product under the Escooh brand. For the worktop, a grey covering matching the floor finish was chosen.
Tables
The renovation of Palazzo Butera has produced several recovery materials. Among these, some have become tables to complete Escooh's kitchen project. The structure of the tables is in solid wood with chamfers in recovered oak strips obtained from a door and from recovered marble. They have a base of 1.31x1.72 meters composed of six legs made with wood cut at 45° and a hexagonal honeycomb shelf. The hexagonal support surface was produced with oak strip cladding panels 19 millimeters on which a slab of the same shape obtained from reused marble was placed. The use of the panel serves as necessary reinforcement to support the weight of the marble. At the same time, the presence of a thickness between the structure and the marble creates a space that makes the top appear suspended from the base, making the figure light. For the finishing of both the wood and the marble, Escooh used its transparent matte natural paint, water-repellent, stain-resistant, mold-resistant, washable, odorless, and zero formaldehyde.
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