Article source: Bartoletti Cicognani architettura e design
The building was originally a farmhouse, built before 1938. It is now subjected to a design-based zoning constraint, with the obligation to keep all its architectural hallmarks unchanged: the simple roof cornice, tiny and without boxed eave; the narrow window frames, which allow the interior to receive as much natural lightning as possible; the spare red brick columns. There must not be any TV antenna, no decorum of any kind, no more than a few undecorated fireplaces and only subtle colors should be used for the plaster coating.
For Artigas Arquitectes, the location, the site and the program are the main bases of this singular house project. The area has outstanding views to the city of Barcelona, the site has a varied topography and the functional program is very extensive and diverse.
“House to be floating in the rural landscape” It is a house built along the main road in a rural city.
(This house also includes gallery and studio.) In order to protect the residents from the surrounding any kind of noise, House has been surrounded by a gradual circular wall. When enter the inside of the wall, there is a serene space. The first floor is composed by three concrete volumes. Garage and gallery (for embroidery artist), and study.
The form of the house is primarily generated in creating the concept of an “Enigma” in the mind of the person entering. Guided by intermediate open spaces, the entrance court, the pool, subsequently arriving at the main volume of the living room where the climax of the ‘hidden’ garden is fully experienced. The entrance court envisioned as a part of the street on which the 20perch site forms the end block, defined by the continued building lines of the adjoining plots, the random rubble vertical envelope and pergola horizontal plane, serve to contain, pause, experience the powerful shadows the sun paints, overwhelm, announcing arrival.
It is a small house for the young family.
It captures accurately the characteristics of the site, you have to plan that maximize the potential possessed by the site.
It is a corner lot to Seddo to the west and south, but the west is a facade that is closed to traffic volume is large, we have a plan that can take advantage of the south side of the park as a scenic backdrop.
They are simple sky-reflecting concrete and glass cubes framed, or rather camouflaged by vegetation.
Pascal Grasso conceived a spacious vacation home that reinvents outdoors living in perfect harmony with the environment – a contextual architecture designed as an adapted response to the surrounding geography, landscape, climate and light.
Villa with modern and volumetric design located in Almaty, Kazakhstan. This is a modern Villa with features seductive modern lines, with a beautiful lake view and a lounge area, this house is ideal for a young couple with two children. Clever design with two floor, ensures that the villa offers a variety of distinct areas, terrace with lounge area and dining area, garden and living room – that also connect to each other. The upper level is dedicated to the bedrooms while the main level accommodates the living rooms. By placement of large windows flooded of light and will look fresh each room. Villa create a perfect ambience for romantic evenings. Beautiful place with amazing view of mountains from one side and beautiful view to city.
This private house is shaped as simple volumes contrasting the dramatic topography and the leafy greenery of the surroundings. The development restrictions of the site and the beautiful, tall oak trees did not allow for any standardized solutions. Instead the limitations became the starting point for the initial sketches. The result is a white L-shaped wooden house framing a secluded courtyard. The geometry of the house makes the most of the surrounding views, maximizes the development rights and creates a terrace high among the branches of the oak-trees.
This project is a family house for five people. The site is long and narrow like the bed of an eel, and is 20 feet by 60 feet.
The location was initially difficult to maximize sunlight because of the surrounding houses that crowded the site. However, through a series of steps a resolution was achieved. First, three parking spaces were created at the owner’s request.
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