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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. Villa 4L_ in Lugano, Switzerland by Nicola Probst ArchitettiOctober 6th, 2019 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Nicola Probst Architetti The project features a three-apartment urban villa and manages its steep, hilly terrain through retaining walls. These walls are central to the project, as they define both the internal and external spaces. An entire spatial system of volumes and voids stems from such a perspective. The internal environment is thus extended externally while maintaining definition.
In this way the steep hilly cross section becomes the generator of the project, a contextual design opportunity in order to seek its own code, its own language. At the core of the project is the main apartment’s large living room, which is a void bor-dered by a swimming pool, a terrace, a mineral garden, and a service area. The main apartment has three levels, and it dynamically embraces two smaller apartments. The stoneware-lined façade is characterized by retaining walls and large, inclined pillars to address the statics along the main side. A heat pump, together with photovoltaic and thermal solar panels, guarantees energy sus-tainability. Contact Nicola Probst Architetti
Tags: Lugano, Switzerland Categories: House, Residential, Villa |