Interviews / 6/5/2024

Ultratop Loft System: elegance without boundaries

Resistance, durability, ease of maintenance with the use of a single coating material laid without interruptions

Interviewee

Giovanna Novella

Corporate Technical Assistance, Resin & Cementitious Flooring Line, Mapei Group (Italy)

The Ultratop Loft System is a versatile and sophisticated covering system for floors and walls, ensuring the creation of seamless, durable, and easy-to-maintain surfaces. It aligns with the minimalist trend in contemporary homes, providing visual and spatial continuity. The system is characterized by its resistance, low thickness, and the ability to create a “box effect” with total continuity between floors, walls, and furnishings.

Over the course of the last few decades the concept of “living spaces” has gone through a multitude of transformations, in line with the changes that have taken place in society and in people’s lifestyles. Flooring commonly used in homes were made of different materials according to the intended use of the rooms, reflecting the variety of tastes and trends of the time. With the arrival of minimalism, which aims at stripping down to the bare essential, anything superfluous is eliminated and there is a growing preference for seamless flooring. These surfaces, in fact, provide a sensation of visual and spatial continuity in residential contexts, contributing to create more modern and functional environments, with simplified spaces. Using just one single flooring material, which is installed without interruptions, makes routine maintenance much simpler, while the use of a neutral, sober colour palette contributes to provide a sense of elegance and harmonious equilibrium.

In contemporary homes, minimalism manifests itself using open spaces and essential furnishings characterised by clean lines. The living elements, efficiently organised, evolve beyond simple functionality to become a sanctuary of individual expression and wellbeing. Home is no longer just a place where we rest and relax; it is the fulcrum of our daily lives at 360 degrees, integrating activities that were once carried out elsewhere: first and foremost work, followed by leisure activities, sport, right up to entertaining are carried out more and more often in the domestic sphere, thanks to tools and applications offered by modern technology.

Yet, it remains the “sanctuary” that conveys our most personal stories: it is the place where tradition passes the baton to the contemporary giving life to exclusive, welcoming, and distinctive spaces that reflect our most intimate personalities.

This freedom of expression is clearly reflected in the textures and colours of floor and wall surfaces, characterised by a marked materic presence. The aesthetic choices adopted for horizontal surfaces may also be extended vertically and onto furnishing elements, thereby generating a surprisingly expressive continuity that seamlessly and harmoniously connects the spaces.

ULTRATOP LOFT: a vital material for contemporary interior design

In this dynamic context, one material emerges as a versatile and sophisticated choice to coat floors and walls: with its textural character and resistance, ULTRATOP LOFT SYSTEM provides a unique opportunity to transform living spaces into scenarios of timeless elegance where form meets function and aesthetics embraces beauty. What is more, thanks to its resistance and durability, ULTRATOP LOFT adapts perfectly to any living context, from the contemporary style of industrial loft apartments to residences in urban centres.

The aesthetic choices adopted for horizontal surfaces may also be extended vertically and onto furnishing elements

What are the real benefits of having floors and walls covered with ULTRATOP LOFT inside an apartment?

ULTRATOP LOFT coverings, characterised by their extremely low thickness of about 2 mm, enable time optimization by avoiding the potential cutting of doors or existing furnishings when restyling existing surfaces, thereby helping to reduce the overall cost of the project.
The system, which is free of control joints (when applied on stable surfaces), offers the possibility to obtain seamless floor and walls coatings without interruptions, allowing for environments characterised by a the so-called “box effect”, that is total continuity between floors, walls and even furnishing elements.
ULTRATOP LOFT is synonymous with considerable resistance and enables coatings to be created with excellent resistance to abrasion from frequent foot traffic; it is extremely long lasting and easy to clean due to its seamless nature.
Thanks to the extensive range of dedicated colours, textures and finishes available, every ULTRATOP LOFT application is truly unique and bespoke: personalised solutions are available to meet the aesthetic and functional needs of any project.

Used in residential applications ULTRATOP LOFT offers many advantages, such as low thickness, time optimisation, excellent abrasion resistance and the possibility of seamless floor and wall coverings.

ULTRATOP LOFT: is it a solution adaptable to various architectural styles and able to personalise environments for a welcoming atmosphere?

One of the distinctive characteristics of ULTRATOP LOFT is its capacity to integrate harmoniously with a variety of architectural styles. Whether it is a classic, modern or industrial style of interior, ULTRATOP LOFT adds a contemporary, elegant touch, enhancing the look of living spaces without compromising their original distinctive character.

From neutral, sober tones to more daring, brighter shades, and thanks to its smooth, textured, rough or velvety finish, ULTRATOP LOFT offers endless design solutions, enabling spaces to be created that are truly unique and personalised to reflect the style and personality of those who live those spaces.

ULTRATOP LOFT offers endless design solutions, enabling spaces to be created that are truly unique and customized

Can ULTRATOP LOFT be applied in different environments and conditions?

Thanks to its ease of application, ULTRATOP LOFT makes the process of creating floor and wall coatings so much simpler. Thanks to its compatibility with an extensive range of existing substrates, its easy installation and capacity to be quickly put into service, ULTRATOP LOFT reduces installation times and the resulting inconvenience for residents with no need to experience prolonged waiting times: instead, they have the opportunity to quickly enjoy the new spaces.