Elena Marchetti
Elena leads the studio's interiors and material work from Milan — joinery, lime, stone and the quiet details that make a room feel finished before it is furnished.
- Based
- Milan
- With the studio
- Since 2012 · Partner 2016
- Education
- MArch, Politecnico di Milano
- Before
- Studio Peregalli, Milan
- Languages
- Italian, English, French
- Focus
- Interiors, furniture & material research
Elena grew up above her family's joinery workshop in Bologna, where she learned to read a drawing by running a hand along a finished edge. She studied architecture in Milan and spent four years with Studio Peregalli before joining NORR ATELIER in 2012. She became a partner in 2016 and opened the Milan studio the following year.
Her interiors are built from a small number of materials, chosen for how they age: lime plaster, oiled oak, brushed brass, wool, local stone. She works closely with a circle of makers across Italy and Portugal, and draws much of the furniture herself.
She is a committed cook and an equally committed critic of restaurant lighting. The Milan studio's kitchen table is the practice's unofficial second meeting room.
- Material strategy and palettes
- Bespoke joinery and furniture
- Hospitality interiors
- Colour, lime and craft
A room is finished when you stop noticing the decisions and start noticing the light.elena@norr-atelier.com
Projects with Elena.
Three interiors led by Elena — a Lisbon courtyard hotel, a Copenhagen workplace and the rooms at Casa Lumen.
