CASA PETRINI VILLANI IN Polignano a Mare, Bari, Italy BY arch. Antonella MARI

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The house for a psychologist, a nurse and their young daughter is designed as the extension of an existing one-floor building in the historic center of Polignano a Mare, in southern Italy. While the old tufo facade remains almost unmodified, the new volume above is clearly defined through the use of lighter materials: a double skin system – made of  glass/aluminum large windows screened by steel and wood retractable panels – allows natural light in, while preventing heating.

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• Architects: arch. Antonella MARI
• Project: CASA PETRINI VILLANI
• Location: Polignano a Mare, Bari, Italy
• Owners: Monica VILLANI_Stefano PETRINI
• Design team: arch. Matteo LORUSSO, arch. Wanessa BRUNO
• Structures: eng. Antonio LONUZZO
• Date: 2008/2011
• Size: 150 sqm
• Costs: 200.000 Euro
• Concrete and stone works: Pasquale Teofilo
• Finishing: Vito Laporta
• Metal works: Metal srl, Vito Masi, Arte in Ferro
• Wooden works: Giovanni e Giuseppe Teofilo
• Software used: FormZ for 3D modeling and Autocad for 2D drawings

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About 4.000 movable wooden tiles create a pixelized reconfigurable front, and generate always changing shadows effects inside. The project aims to open a dialogue between old context and contemporary language, natural material and digital realm, while focusing on the importance of perception and phenomenological aspects in built space. The opposite ideas of the ruin and of the unfinished are expressed in the design as a link between past and future.

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Image Courtesy © arch. Antonella MARI

Image Courtesy © arch. Antonella MARI

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Tags: Bari, Italy, Mare

Categories: Autocad, FormZ, House

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