Fervital Antolini Stone Gallery by Paritzki Liani Architects | Yellowtrace

Fervital Antolini Stone Gallery by Paritzki Liani Architects | Yellowtrace

Fervital Antolini Stone Gallery by Paritzki Liani Architects | Yellowtrace

Fervital Antolini Stone Gallery by Paritzki Liani Architects | Yellowtrace

Fervital Antolini Stone Gallery by Paritzki Liani Architects | Yellowtrace

 

Partizki Liani Architects showroom for Fertival/Antolini assumes an intelligent audience. Largely devoid of references to familiar objects or places, Fertival/Antolini doesn’t flood visitors with obvious precedents and domestic examples, it instead inspires a more imaginative engagement with the materials it exhibits.

Spread across two floors, the designers have drawn from a fairly restrained selection of stones, marbles, travertines and granites.  They have constructed a series of immersive installation spaces, drawing on the qualities of the materials to develop a unique sense of character for each space. Look closely and it’s obvious that the designers and builders have examined every slab and tile, assembling the colour variation and grain like a painter making marks with their brushstrokes.

 

Fervital Antolini Stone Gallery by Paritzki Liani Architects | Yellowtrace

Fervital Antolini Stone Gallery by Paritzki Liani Architects | Yellowtrace

Fervital Antolini Stone Gallery by Paritzki Liani Architects | Yellowtrace

Fervital Antolini Stone Gallery by Paritzki Liani Architects | Yellowtrace

 

Fertival/Antolini and Paritzki and Liani clearly had a vision beyond a ho-hum commercial showroom space. Through the designers’ very considered use of materials, the gallery is a grand celebration of the subtleties of colour, veining, texture, reflectivity and at times, transparency of these naturally occurring stones.

Written by Ella Leoncio for Yellowtrace.

 


[Images courtesy of Partizki Liani Architects.]

 



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Ella is a design obsessed architect from Melbourne and author of the blog 'pages from my moleskine'. She specializes in residential architecture and currently works in a senior design role with an equal focus on architecture and interiors. Things that really float Ella’s boat include; designs that frame an experience, innovative material explorations, textures and light, clarity and simplicity. She is addicted to learning through making and doing. Her free time is spent sewing, knitting, knotting, folding, moulding, shaping, dyeing... Contemporary dance is another great life passion of hers. In fact, Ella is convinced that dance and architecture are two dialects of the same language.

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