AECCafe: Casa C in Milan, Italy by Francesco Librizzi Studio

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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.

Casa C in Milan, Italy by Francesco Librizzi Studio

September 17th, 2014 by Sumit Singhal

Article source: Francesco Librizzi Studio

A very small apartment within a very “Milanese” building dated 1900. Two rooms plus a bath room, characterized by a narrow footprint compared to the quite high ceiling. Windows, doors, and above all the floor tiles, had finishes and materials survived to another century: something precious to save as a resource for the new inhabitants of this space.

Image Courtesy © Francesco Librizzi Studio

Architects: Francesco Librizzi Studio
Project: Casa C
Location: Milan, Italy
Photography: Giovanna Silva
Software used: Rhinoceros, Autocad
Design team: Francesco Librizzi, with Matilde Cassani
Collaborators: Carolina Martinelli
Structural engineering: Ing. Federico Santarosa
Manufacturers (steel structures): Mario F23
Client: Mr. G. C.
Built area: 45 m² (gross)
Cost: 25.000 €
Design phase (beginning and ending month, year): january 2009 – april 2009
Construction phase (beginning and ending month, year): september 2009 – january 2010

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The strong identity of the interiors and the peculiarity of the narrow high section, gave the chance for a minimum but very significant intervention. We tought it was only necessary to unveil the hidden potential of the space, leaving almost untouched all the rest. Nothing melanchonical, but also no obsession for contemporarity. Adding a new layer to the exiguos surface availble in the house was necessary. Making the trajectory to reach it architectonically visible, was all we needed to do. A new thin wireframe wrapping the bodies while approching to “+1 level”: a suspended night area inside the old house.

Image Courtesy © Francesco Librizzi Studio

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Tags: Italy, Milan

Categories: Apartments, Autocad, House, Rhino

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