In the Eternal City, in an early 1900s building a few steps from the Colosseum, the Opus XII apartment by OPUS Atelier,  takes shape, the result of a dialogue between history and contemporary modernity. The first operation carried out was to resume the architectural characteristics of the house; starting with the old solid oak flooring, hidden and now compromised by the carpet of the old owners, replaced by a new parquet that reproduces the original design.
The use of materials natural materials, such as wood and local travertine marble, the careful study of color’s relationship with the external views, and the play between light and shadow give the project an atmosphere out of time and in dialogue with the marvelous palaces and visible ruins on the outside. The apartment, which had been in disuse for several years, maintained a very good relationship between the spaces fragmentary, with a long corridor that served the different rooms, linked together and labyrinthine in use.
All the wardrobes, the boiserie, and some furnishings, such as the table in the living area and the bedside tables in the bedroom, have been custom-designed with attention to individual details and materials. The iconic element of the house is the small bookcase-shaped study of exedra in walnut wood, which is hidden inside the space of the living room such as a small chest. For the furnishings, more contemporary and iconic models were chosen, embellishing the space with minimalist works of art.