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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. KAMI SPA AT PARIOLI in Rome, Italy by CARLO BERARDUCCI ARCHITECTUREAugust 3rd, 2013 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: CARLO BERARDUCCI ARCHITECTURE In the heart of the Parioli neighborhood in Rome, we are bringing to completion the project for a luxury oriental day-spa, contained within a wood volume suspended and projecting over the street. A small traditional pre-existing two-floor villa without special quality has been completely transformed in a contemporary key throught simple but strong transformations.  Image Courtesy © CARLO BERARDUCCI ARCHITECTURE
 Image Courtesy © CARLO BERARDUCCI ARCHITECTURE The entrance is by a base along the sidewalk which leads to a wood steps suspended above a water slide and flanked by wooden walls illuminated from below. The basement level is built around an open cloister and is occupied by the lobby and wet areas with a glass hammam overlooking a large whirlpool. An iron open staircase passes through the two upper levels inside a red-orange lacquered horn and arrives on the upper level under a glass roof.  Image Courtesy © CARLO BERARDUCCI ARCHITECTURE From here you can go outside in a open-air terrace with a large water mirror of 10 cm thick that contains within three circular whirlpools. The internal spaces are divided according to the cadence of the original structure into four large treatment suites per floor, fully glazed on the front side, with access from a open path disposed parallel to the facade at the back. The materials used inside are all natural and precious: brushed black granite flooring and washbasins and bathtubs, and open pore timber screens and walls coverings with hidden source indirect lighings.  Image Courtesy © CARLO BERARDUCCI ARCHITECTURE The project moves from a pre-existence denying its formal language in favor of a formal, functional and energy redefinition, like an example of regeneration of existing buildings in an urban consolidated and conservative as well as chaotic and degraded context, affirming its contemporary and indicating its possible redevelopment. The result has been reached by the rationalization of the existing volumes and with the extension of the terrace on the front side that have been enclosed in a rectangular shape by a new wood covering which works as thermic regulator.  Image Courtesy © CARLO BERARDUCCI ARCHITECTURE The new shape, is a wooden box with closed sides and a windowed front facing the street rotated respect it. The first level, on the back respect to the second one, is hidden from the road by an enclosure of horizontal timber gratings, so that the cantilevered volume of the second level seems to levitate above the sidewalk apparently without support. The entrance is by a base along the sidewalk which leads to a wood steps suspended above a water slide and flanked by wooden walls illuminated from below.  Image Courtesy © CARLO BERARDUCCI ARCHITECTURE The basement level is built around an open cloister and is occupied by the lobby and wet areas with a glass hammam overlooking a large whirlpool. An iron open staircase passes through the two upper levels inside a red-orange lacquered horn and arrives on the upper level under a glass roof. From here you can go outside in a open-air terrace with a large water mirror of 10 cm thick that contains within three circular whirlpools. The internal spaces are divided according to the cadence of the original structure into four large treatment suites per floor, fully glazed on the front side, with access from a open path disposed parallel to the facade at the back.  Image Courtesy © CARLO BERARDUCCI ARCHITECTURE The materials used inside are all natural and precious: brushed black granite flooring and washbasins and bathtubs, and open pore timber screens and walls coverings with hidden source indirect lighings. The project moves from a pre-existence denying its formal language in favor of a formal, functional and energy redefinition, like an example of regeneration of existing buildings in an urban consolidated and conservative as well as chaotic and degraded context, affirming its contemporary and indicating its possible redevelopment.  Image Courtesy © CARLO BERARDUCCI ARCHITECTURE Carlo Berarducci Architecture anche quest’anno rientra tra i finalisti del World Architectural Festival Award 2013 che avrà luogo per il secondo anno di seguito a Singapore nella spettacolare cornice del Marina Bay Sands Hotel dì Moshe Safdie, il visionario architetto israeliano canadese noto per il rivoluzionario progetto di Habitat 67. Carlo Berarducci, che lo scorso anno era stato finalista con il progetto della ricca residenza privata Haus Bavaria realizzata in Germania, presenterà quest’anno a Singapore il progetto selezionato come finalista nella categoria Hotel and Leisure di Kami Spa Parioli.  Image Courtesy © CARLO BERARDUCCI ARCHITECTURE Il progetto Kami Spa Parioli per una Luxury Oriental Day Spa a Roma proprietà dei collezionisti Stefano e Raffaella Sciarretta, la cui apertura è ritardata dalla macchina paralizzante della burocrazia italiana, è stato selezionato tra i 15 migliori progetti nel mondo nella categoria Hotel and Leisure tra i quali sarà eletto il vincitore 2013, tra gli altri insieme allo studio di Singapore Woha, al brasiliano Isay Weinfeld, ed allo studio Australiano Hassel. I vincitori di ogni catgoria saranno invitati a ripresentare il progetto venerdi 4 ottobre davanti alla super qualificata giuria del WAF per l’elezione del World Building and Future Project of the Year.  Image Courtesy © CARLO BERARDUCCI ARCHITECTURE World Architecture Festival is the largest festival and live awards programme for the global architecture community. WAF 2013 is set to be a heart stopping, adrenaline pumping, career affirming explosion of talent, inspiration and creativity. 2013’s remarkable line up of speakers includes Sou Fujimoto, Charles Jencks, and Juries among witch Sir Peter Cook, William Aslop, Kerry Hill, Marcio Kogan and others.  Image Courtesy © CARLO BERARDUCCI ARCHITECTURE
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