Nicolai Paris Apartment, France

A young Italian family chooses as their pied-à-terre, Nicolai Paris, a flat in the heart of Paris, between the blue-grey galvanised roofs and the banks of the Seine. Studio noa*  helped to recreate the feeling of being at home. An exciting task, which deals with sensations, images and memories.

Following the design philosophy that has always marked noa*’s approach, the interior designers began with a phase of research and intense dialogue with the client to ensure that the flat would tell their story in the best possible way. The result was the outlining of a “nomadic spirit” of the owners as well as the recall during the first talks to an object which, for those who describe themselves as citizens of the world, has a strong symbolic meaning: the logarithmic spiral shell of the Nautilus: “The Nautilus is among the rare creatures to have survived the Cretaceous period.

This is said to be due to the shape of its shell, which allowed it to feel at home all the time – a shell designed so well it has made possible for a hermit crab to survive from the time of the dinosaurs to the present day”. The shell, which symbolizes domestic comfort, together with Parisian inspirations have led to a project with a refined and timeless character. The curved line becomes the stylistic signature of the apartment: this undulating movement is also present in the spatial distribution, as the different functions of living naturally succeed one another.