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Sumit Singhal
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.

HOUSE G in Ferrara, Italy by Tomas Ghisellini Architects

 
July 16th, 2013 by Sumit Singhal

Article source: Tomas Ghisellini Architects

Renewal and expansion of a historical residential building in the heart of Ferrara

Just a few meters from one of the most beautiful straights of the Renaissance defensive walls complex, within the compact urban structure of the historic center of Ferrara, an existing building from the early fifties reaches a bold new face through a surgery intervention of recovery and expansion.

Image Courtesy © Tomas Ghisellini

  • Architects: Tomas Ghisellini Architects
  • Project: HOUSE G
  • Location: Ferrara, Italy
  • Photography: Tomas Ghisellini
  • Functional program: Renewal and expansion of a historical residential building
  • Structures: Beatrice Bergamini
  • Technological systems: Nicola Gallini
  • Work safety: Nicola Gallini
  • Construction management: Tomas Ghisellini

Image Courtesy © Tomas Ghisellini

The consolidated architectural body, growing in height in search of a spectacular view of the horizon and leaving the traditional brick cladding, changes its skin, resulting in a material standing presence, simple and rigorous, with carved openings that meet the original layout geometry.

Image Courtesy © Tomas Ghisellini

Fields of color and tone variations, demarcated by three-dimensional carvings in the wall surfaces, stir the ingredients of the common language of urban housing, and give the elevations a taste of contemporary, while retaining the building, protected by the laws of the Architectural and Environmental Heritage Office, an elegant and austere character. A large covered balcony at the top floor, defined by a transparent wall of glass, frames the view of the walls. From the inside, rooms and spaces seem like floating among the trees.

Image Courtesy © Tomas Ghisellini

Image Courtesy © Tomas Ghisellini

Image Courtesy © Tomas Ghisellini

Image Courtesy © Tomas Ghisellini

Image Courtesy © Tomas Ghisellini

Image Courtesy © Tomas Ghisellini

Image Courtesy © Tomas Ghisellini

Image Courtesy © Tomas Ghisellini

Image Courtesy © Tomas Ghisellini

Image Courtesy © Tomas Ghisellini

Image Courtesy © Tomas Ghisellini

Image Courtesy © Tomas Ghisellini Architects

Image Courtesy © Tomas Ghisellini Architects

Image Courtesy © Tomas Ghisellini Architects

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