Our challenge was to transform a historic labyrinthine Venetian palace into ten sleek, modern residences, blending accessibility with timeless elegance
Ca' Bonvicini
Windows at different heights and roof pitches with different levels and orientations suggest that Palazzo Ca’ Bonvicini, a Venetian aristocratic residence dating from the second half of the 16th century, results from a progressive union of adjacent buildings over time.
Our client requested C and C to divide the large palace into ten residential units of varying sizes, with some designed to be combined without altering the overall appearance, and to install a lift for the upper floors.
Our restoration project and construction management activities covered all the structural, technical, functional and decorative aspects, completely renovating the building.
An anti-marine pool, an external lift and a new roof were built, and the floors of the entire ground floor were raised.
The decorative elements of the atrium and the main floor rooms were carefully restored.
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The adaptation of the palace to ten residential units and the installation of the lift serving the upper floors were real challenges, given the very articulated structure of the building: an L-shaped plan on four floors, with a central hall flanked by several rooms and, in the triple-pitched roof, an attic with dormer windows and a small terrace, flanked by an additional two floors wing facing Santa Maria Mater Domini and enclosing the inner courtyard.
The fact that the palace had been abandoned for years when we began our work, after having been one of the headquarters of the Ca’ Foscari University, made the restoration even more complex.
