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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. The Mirror Houses in Bolzano, Italy by Peter Pichler ArchitectureApril 14th, 2017 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Peter Pichler Architecture The Mirror Houses are a pair of holiday homes, set in the marvellous surroundings of the South Tyrolean Dolomites, amidst a beautiful scenery of appletrees, just outside the city of Bolzano. They were designed by architect Peter Pichler. The Mirror houses offer a unique chance to spend a beautiful vacation surrounded by contemporary architecture of the highest standards and the most astonishing Landscape and beauty nature has to offer.  Mirror Houses front day, Image Courtesy © Oskar Da Riz
 Mirror Houses south east view, Image Courtesy © Oskar Da Riz The client, who lives in a restructured farmhouse of the 60s on the site, asked to design a structure for renting out as luxury holiday units. Guests have their small autonomous apartment and can fully enjoy the experience of living in the middle of nature. A maximum degree of privacy for both the client and the residing guest should be taken into consideration.  Mirror Houses back day pool-1, Image Courtesy © Oskar Da Riz  Mirror Houses back day, Image Courtesy © Oskar Da Riz The new structure is oriented towards east with their private garden and an autonomous access and parking for the guests. Each unit contains a kitchen / living room as well as a bath- and bedroom with big skylights that open to allow natural light and ventilation. A small basement serves for temporary storage. The projects initial volume is split in 2 units that are slightly shifted in height and length in order to loosening the entire structure and articulating each unit.  Mirror Houses front day apple trees, Image Courtesy © Oskar Da Riz  Mirror Houses high view, Image Courtesy © Oskar Da Riz Both units are floating on a base above the ground evoking lightness besides offering better views from their cantilevering terraces to the impressive surrounding landscape. The volume opens towards east with a big glass facade that fades with curvilinear lines into the black aluminium shell. Mirrored glass on the west facade borders the garden of the client with the units and catches the surrounding panorama while making the units almost invisible. The mirrored glass is laminated with an UV coating preventing birds collision. From certain views of the clients garden the old existing farmhouse is mirrored in the new contemporary architecture and is literally blending into it rather then competing against.  Mirror House North north view, Image Courtesy © Oskar Da Riz  Mirror House South south facade, Image Courtesy © Oskar Da Riz About Peter Pichler Architecture PPA is a north Italian based architecture and Design firm dedicated to develop an innovative and contemporary approach towards architecture, urbanism and design. Our declared aim is to achieve highest possible quality, excellent detailing and the creation of an integrated strategy involving the individual needs of the user, regardless of the budget. In all projects an appropriate integration of the architecture into its surroundings is a priority, all project solutions are determined and informed trough sustainability, value engineering and rationalization. From an early stage projects are set up with the ambition to develop intelligent building solutions regarding room layout, structure, building process and reduction of construction costs.  Mirror Houses South day-1, Image Courtesy © Oskar Da Riz Peter Pichler was born in Bolzano, Italy in 1982. He was studying Architecture at the university of applied Arts Vienna and in the US at the university of California, returning back to Vienna where he graduated with distinction in the masterclass of Zaha Hadid and Patrik Schumacher. Already during his studies Peter is joining Zaha Hadid in London, where he worked on several competitions covering all scales and on the award winning Nordkettenbahn in Innsbruck. He spent a while in Rotterdam working for Rem Koolhaas after turning back to Vienna and joining the team of Delugan Meissl, collaborating on an award winning concert hall in Amman, Jordan.  Mirror Houses South day-2, Image Courtesy © Oskar Da Riz  Mirror Houses South living room-1, Image Courtesy © Oskar Da Riz  Mirror Houses South living room-2, Image Courtesy © Oskar Da Riz  Mirror Houses South living room-3, Image Courtesy © Oskar Da Riz  Mirror House kitchen bedroom view, Image Courtesy © Oskar Da Riz  Mirror House bathroom-1-DeGiorgis, Image Courtesy © Nicolò Degiorgis  Peter Pichler, Image Courtesy © Jasmine Deporta  Image Courtesy © Peter Pichler Architecture  Image Courtesy © Peter Pichler Architecture  Image Courtesy © Peter Pichler Architecture  Image Courtesy © Peter Pichler Architecture
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