Palazzo Panitteri: Artist Residence in Sambuca di Sicilia

Location

Sambuca, Sicily

Year

2017

Type

Hospitality

Client

Airbnb

Area

112 sqm

Photo credits

Piotr Niepsuj
SUL PROGETTO

Art and Design dialogue at Palazzo Panitteri to create an intimate and domestic space, made precious by the choices of curator Federica Sala, who involved the architects of Eligo Studio for the interior design and the painter Edoardo Piermattei for the art installations.

The house narrates about the frame to which it belongs right from the entrance hallway, designed as a reminder of the area’s archaeological artifacts, many collected in the nearby museum. The bedroom creates a dialogue between Art and Architecture, while the bathroom recalls the village’s Arab origins: in fact, Sambuca was founded by the Arabs around 830, a few years after their landing in Sicily, and was named Zabuth, as a tribute to the Arab emir of the same name, Al-Zabut, who had a castle erected there.

The result is a house with an eclectic and refined style, also thanks to the collaboration of some important Italian and international design brands, such as Smeg, Bitossi Home, Society Limonta, Diesel Living, and Foscarini.

ARCHITECT ALBERTO NESPOLI:

“Inside the house architectural elements, such as original marble floors, fine iron details, stone surfaces and antique amphorae of the past, coexist with contemporary design elements, such as the modern kitchen and rocking chairs. But the real heart of the house is the work of the artist Edoardo Piermattei created as a fresco on the ceiling of the living area and also replicated in the splendid canopy bed, where it is possible to sleep under an artwork inspired by the Italian Renaissance.”

ARCHITECT ALBERTO NESPOLI:

“We preferred to be guided by historical architecture with Saracen influences, reusing and contextualizing local materials in a contemporary way.”

PUBLICATIONS:

Abitare-June 2017