HCBC – housecourtyard in Reggio Emilia, Italy by NAT Office – christian gasparini architect

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The renovation and restoration project works on the idea of ​​a new internal configuration, which renews most of the building, preserving the historic layout of the facades and eliminating surpluses and incongruous openings. the preservation of the facades composition’s characters is enhanced by an interpretation of the flush shutters on the facade and the figure of frame and sill, often forgotten in the contemporary restoration.

Facade and main entrance, Image Courtesy © Filippo Poli

• Architects: NAT Office – christian gasparini architect
• Project: HCBC – housecourtyard
• Location: Reggio Emilia, Italy
• Photography: Filippo Poli
  
• Team: Martina Chiari, Francesca Giannini, Matteo Lombardini, Sara Piccinini
  
• Site Supervision: Alessandro Montagna
  
• Structures: Attilio Barbieri
  
• Heating Energy System: Carlo Alberto Pagliani – studio esp
  
• Site Area: 340 m2
  
• Built Area: 310 m2
  
• Volume: 1100 m3
  
• Project: October 2014 – April 2015
  
• Construction: May 2015 – june 2017

Rear facade, Image Courtesy © Filippo Poli

The entire building revolves indoor around the existing staircase, incongruous and not passable. the project maintains the centrality of the staircase, making it independent from the ground floor, through a new interpretation of the entrance hall that rises in its terminal part and constitutes a mezzanine on which to place the ramps. so on the ground floor emerges a single annex/apartment that revolves around the staircase, retrieving the cross-vaulted room as a library in continuity with the existing buildings.

Living room first floor, Image Courtesy © Filippo Poli

Living room and east windows, Image Courtesy © Filippo Poli

The internal floors, affected by overlapping structures and superficies, are replaced, reconstructing the floors with new lighter and more functional wooden frames, so as to redistribute the levels inside the section.

The main apartment locates on the first floor living room, TV room, kitchen, services and a study room. the second floor outlines the spaces of the bedrooms and a large multipurpose space/playing room, ensuring, by a steel ramp, the landing at a mezzanine study room, that is like a bridge over the spaces of the sleeping area.

Multipurpose open space and mezzanine, Image Courtesy © Filippo Poli

Bedroom second floor, Image Courtesy © Filippo Poli

Multipurpose open space second floor, Image Courtesy © Filippo Poli

Open space studio mezzanine, Image Courtesy © Filippo Poli

Library ground floor, Image Courtesy © Filippo Poli

Entrance kitchen first floor, Image Courtesy © Filippo Poli

Stairs first floor, Image Courtesy © Filippo Poli

Stairs second floor, Image Courtesy © Filippo Poli

Hanged stairs, Image Courtesy © Filippo Poli

Kitchen first floor, Image Courtesy © Filippo Poli

Kitchen detail, Image Courtesy © Filippo Poli

Image Courtesy © NAT Office – christian gasparini architect

Image Courtesy © NAT Office – christian gasparini architect

Image Courtesy © NAT Office – christian gasparini architect

Image Courtesy © NAT Office – christian gasparini architect

Tags: Italy, Reggio Emilia

Categories: Courtyard, House, Residential

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