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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 Okumè in Turin, Italy by raimondo guidacci architettoNovember 4th, 2016 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: raimondo guidacci architetto “The subject of the recovery of low buildings positioned inside courtyards certainly represents an interesting opportunity to rethink the recovery of existing buildings (mostly with artisan destination), aimed at the processing of the same in new residential buildings with spatial characteristics compared to those of the classic urban apartment. In this specific case, the intervention concerned, not only to recover the residential purposes of old carpentry, but also the realization of a small workshop and two parking spaces in place of the existing external storage. The main building consists essentially of two volumes: a first volume covered in black metal and slats in okumè wood; a second volume, resting on the first, and completely covered with titanium zinc. A girder continuous completely black iron frames the first volume, extending even to demarcate the volume of the lab and placed parking perpendicular to the first. A slender iron pergola covers the terrace resuming scanning of the underlying structure.”  Image Courtesy © Paola Maré
 Image Courtesy © Paola Maré The project completely redraw the old carpentry (of which retains the volumes) through the use of few materials, such as iron, wood and zinc, trying to give the building a character that makes it well recognizable within the space dark and limited in which he is forced.  Image Courtesy © Paola Maré  Image Courtesy © Paola Maré The ground floor houses the living room with open kitchen and a wooden “box” that contains the main bathroom. In the kitchen area, the facade of the box integrates the storage spaces, appliances and storage rack by the irregular design. The warm tones of the wood volume okumé contrast with the opaque white lacquer kitchen.  Image Courtesy © Paola Maré  Image Courtesy © Paola Maré A library built in wood and iron is the background to the sofa: the lowest shelf of the library continues over the entire wall forming a long bench. The staircase in white painted metal leading to the upper floor is protected by a perforated metal panel that filters the light projecting into the geometric shadows. The attic floor, the glass slab portion is made turn the continuous flooring planks of wood.  Image Courtesy © Paola Maré
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