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Common areas · One series for the whole development
Design project for Milan House common areas, 1,260 m²
Common areas · 1260 m² · Completed
About the project
The gallery of Milan House continues the complex’s common-area series: the level 1 lobby, Gallery A1 and the London House gallery. The brief was a multifunctional space with several areas for residents and their guests.
Client request
ATLAS Development asked for a gallery that would carry on the common-area series already built across the complex. The space had to be multifunctional, holding areas for rest, transit and waiting, and it had to keep one visual language with the galleries next to it.
Challenge
The Milan House gallery continues the sequence set across the development: the lobby, Gallery A1 and the London House gallery. Its long, narrow geometry risked feeling cramped, and a lengthy corridor had to become a multifunctional space for residents and guests without losing light or rhythm.
Concept
The solution rests on pale finishes with accent inserts: soft furniture in warm tones and a decorative wall in Charme Deluxe porcelain tile that pulls every material in the project into one palette. To widen the corridors visually, the ceiling battens deliberately run across the line of movement; this sets up a rhythm and visually pushes the walls apart. The portals are clad in large-format porcelain tile, which adds height. The car park was treated with the same care: good light, decorative lighting and a place to sit, because the formal entrance should not be the only handsome part of a building.
Result
The gallery came out light and generous: a marble floor, warm timber and a graphite slatted ceiling set a calm rhythm, while the change of batten direction and the large-format porcelain portals widen the corridor and lift the ceiling. Warm soft furniture and the decorative Charme Deluxe wall draw the space together into one formal whole.
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1260 m²
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Zones of the project “Design project for Milan House common areas, 1,260 m²”
01
Car park
We paid particular attention to the entrances from the car park, because the formal lobby should not be the only handsome part of a building. Good lighting, soft light on the decorative elements and a place to sit were all designed for the residents.
02
Typical floor
Plain pale walls, slatted ceilings and carefully planned lighting gave the already wide corridors more air, making them roomier and easier to be in.
03
Gallery a1
Gallery A1 links the buildings of the development into one route and sets the tone for the rest of the common areas. Pale walls, warm timber window recesses with built-in benches and a slatted ceiling hold an even, calm rhythm. Large windows fill the corridor with daylight, and the marble floor underlines the standing of the interior.
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How do the common areas of Milan House differ from those of London House?
With the same 1,260 m² and the same contemporary minimalism, Milan House has a more compact set of areas: the car park, the typical floor and Gallery A1. There is no separate level 1 lobby and no washrooms on the list; the weight falls on the car park and the floors.
Why does the developer need one shared Gallery A1 among the common areas of the Milan house?
The gallery works as a shared space for the whole complex, the point where the character of a building is read on the way to the apartments. In Milan House it holds the link to the other buildings, so that the complex does not fall apart into buildings that look unrelated.
How does the car park design in Milan House carry on the style of the other common areas?
The materials, the light and the wayfinding graphics in the car park repeat the logic of the typical floor: minimalism without surplus detail and an emphasis on easy orientation. That matters where a car park joins several buildings of one residential quarter.
What does the typical-floor design for Milan House cover?
Corridor layouts, wall elevations, a finish specification and a lighting selection for the shared spaces between apartments. The typical floor is designed so that the solution scales to every floor of the building without losing quality on the upper levels.
Why do two houses in one complex have separate common-area projects rather than a single one?
Every house has its own configuration of floors and car park, so the layouts are not copied one to one. The shared style, contemporary minimalism, holds, but the elevations and the zoning are worked out for the particular building.
How much does common-area design cost for a developer when a complex has several houses?
We cost each building separately after the brief: the volume of design work for the London and Milan houses can differ. When several houses are commissioned at once, we agree the overall programme and the order of delivery.