Compact apartment by Ettore Sottsass reveals pioneering design approach

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Designed in 1965 by Ettore Sottsass for his friend, the lithographer and printer Giovanni Lana, Casa Lana in Milan is the latest acquisition for the permanent collection of the Triennale di Milano. The cultural institution\u2019s recent wave of acquisitions, arranged by its new design, fashion and crafts curator Marco Sammicheli...

, features some real gems by a host of Italian designers, including Carlo Mollino, Joe Colombo and Vico Magistretti. ‘The opportunity to secure Casa Lana came to us thanks to the Lana heirs and to the generosity of theArchive,’ says Sammicheli. ‘We could not miss this opportunity due to the extraordinary integrity of the apartment. It is as if Casa Lana was frozen in time, precisely as the architect designed it. This allows us to present a project in its totality, integrity and strength.

Giovanni Lana did not have much of a budget when he commissioned Sottsass, but the friends came to an agreement, and the resulting compact apartment epitomises the Italian architect’s pioneering approach to design. Packed full of clever spatial tricks and brilliantly executed, Casa Lana neatly demonstrates how some past issues remain significant today, and offers up unexpected solutions in terms of lifestyle, materiality and small-space living.

 

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