Located in Brunico, Italian South-Tirol, the Project consists of the extension of the music school, located in the historical villa Casa Ragen. The difficulty of the project laid on configuring an extension that allowed preserving the character of Brunico’s historical centre and also highlighting the majestic presence of Casa Ragen.
Martina, together with her family, chose the lake, the countryside. Here, among the rows of hazels, they manage the family farming activity. The old farmhouse is renewed, expands, becomes a home, becomes a refuge. Simple and compact, it accepts the needs of a modern life in close contact with nature.
Perceptions inside the home can be changed according to the perspective in which the user is immersed; making it an extension of the feelings and the mood.
The house ensures maximum functional comfort with a double movement, one that can open spaces and the atmosphere towards the external landscape and the other can connect internal perceptions home environment, to become a tool to create and make evident relations.
This house has two souls as it has two levels: the ground floor is bright and open to the outside, enclosing all the typical functions like the living room, kitchen, bedrooms and bathrooms; the underground floor is an intimate place, enclosed and dark, like a “bunker” where, in a large relax area, you can chill out on the sofa composition, watch a movie on the big screen, read a book in the wooden alcove or swim in the pool.
The VoipVoice project is part of a research which aims to reactivate industrial areas that saw in 2008 an hole in the construction process due to the building industry crisis.
This project arises from the client’s need to combine a two-room and a three-room flat into one apartment that would better accommodate the family’s new needs. The project strategy entails a clear division between the living and the sleeping areas and includes, within the distributive scheme, a little study area that would host the administrative headquarters of the family business.
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Renovation of a ’30s apartment for a young couple.
The project is an interpretation in a more fresh and contemporary key of the ’30s mood , which shines through in some obvious traces recovered from the apartment.
The living area is large and combines the kitchen, dining room and living room, a game of light and colors creates a very cool and friendly atmosphere.
The bathrooms (his and hers) are the two faces of a retro-style classic for her, for him more industrial.
The former San Maurizio monastery dates back to 1619 and it has been the memory of local knowledge and traditions for four hundred years, a place of culture of food, wine and wellness, for body and soul. The preservation and the divulgation of this heritage are intrinsic and essential finalities.
The house is located in a scenically privileged position, high on a hillside in a residential settlement in which a small church also is a part.
The dominant view and an excellent south-west exposure are a tangible presence in every space of the house.
We have been working on a project maintaining the originally thought out architectural concept including two levels in order to adapt the design to the steep slope of the ground. The lower level presents a longitudinal and hypogean development integrated in the hillside as a natural stone terrace. Here you will find bedrooms, studio and fitness zone.