Xavier Rougeaux’s hillside home rebels against the island’s traditionally colorful decor with subtlety and shade.
chic, its status as a see-and-be-seen party resort established in the first century B.C.E. by the island’s original celebrity second-home owner, Caesar Augustus. His successor, Tiberius, liked it so much he moved in full-time. After lying fallow for over a millennium following the fall of Rome, Capri was reborn as a destination for bohemian expats in the 19th century and as a playground forera starlets in the 1950s and ’60s. Its glamorous reputation still draws the glitterati.
Giorgi’s aim was to show “a different image of Capri,” restoring the structure to its previous simplicity—before the advent of mass air travel put the island within easy reach of summer tourists. Out went the colored ceramic floor tiles, but the original high, arched doorways stayed. “Luciano’s idea was to start with classical white marble,” says Rougeaux. “Step-by-step it is contaminated by black lava stone until in the main bedroom and bathroom, which are completely black.
On the patio, lemon and olive trees frame a Jassa sofa and armchair in bamboo by Piet Hein Eek for Ikea.The apartment’s multiple white arches produce an almost monastic atmosphere in photographs, but the inspiration was less ecclesiastical than elemental. “It’s more this notion of simplicity and minimalism,” says Rougeaux. “When you look at the bench or the table, it’s a big, square, flat tray on two logs.
In the living area, Zin Taylor photographs hang above a sofa with cushions covered in fabrics by Loro Piana Interiors. The Heron lamp is by Hermann August Weizenegger, and the tables are from AlwaCollection, Sebastian Herkner for Pulpo, and Luciano Giorgi LGB Architects. The Botolo chair is by Cini Boeri for Arflex.Both client and architect agree that the renovation itself was straightforward, if unhurried.
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