The space for ELAS, a company founded by brothers Asllanaj and El Shaarawy, was custom-designed for a reality that has a new format, different from a usual agency. ELAS is a boutique firm whose mission is to offer its clients unparalleled professionalism in the mediation of prestige properties in Milan.
“Home, a love affair” is in fact their claim.
The concept was born from a basic need: to have an office that is a home.
The result was a cozy studio that can sometimes turn into a bistro or gallery for a moment.
The space is located in a historic building in Milan, designed by architect Giovanni Muzio, and is located at Piazza della Repubblica, 7. Its initial distribution was similar to that of an apartment.
Hence the idea to include both classical elements, with recall to existing ones, and contemporary ones: a combination beloved by Archventil. But above all, the aim was to respect the desire to include elements that do not have to evoke the idea of an office but can introduce the theme of a home or even a gallery.
The entrance reception space, in fact, looks like a living room with a “waiting area furnished with a custom-designed sofa that runs along the entire wall under the windows with small tables and ottomans, precisely to achieve the bistro effect we were talking about. The reception area, on the other hand, looks like a home study corner, with a small mid-century desk and an upholstered armchair covered in fabric.
This” area is separated from the entrance area with a metal structure, custom made, that acts as a filter but is crossed by light thus allowing a glimpse of the space.
A light “sculpture” was also designed here: a C-shaped track that combines three different types of lighting. There are cylindrical adjustable spotlights to obtain direct light, tubular suspensions for diffused light, and a flexible LED tube that freely wraps around the suspended track at the sofa area. This type of lighting was designed for the space but also to enhance two works, signed by Giorgio De Chirico and Giorgio Morandi, affixed to the walls of ELAS. And it is here that the concept of the gallery returns.
