Located in Lombardy, Italy, the house by 35a studio di architettura is immersed in a harmonious hilly landscape plenty of villages and castles, and in a flourishing nature made of woods and large cultivated areas. This small holiday home for a young couple was built on a 3,000 sqm piece of land with a slight slope. The house is located exactly on the grounds of an old pre-existing brick barn, demolished to leave room for the new building.
House in Valverde
The main features of the house by 35a studio di architettura in Valverde, Italy, are open spaces, its materials and the 45-degree rotation of the traditional roof.
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- 28 August 2017
- Valverde
The main features of the house are open spaces, its materials and the 45-degree rotation of the traditional roof. The result is the creation of four identical, stereometric and trapezoidal sections. Materials are: reinforced concrete, used to eliminate any structural element and reduce the construction costs, which was placed using common yellow panels and leaved internally exposed; wood, used for a few elements – kitchen, bathroom door, furniture and window frames; helicoptered concrete with a quartz paste finishing for the floors.
House R, Valverde, Italy
Program: vacation house
Architect: 35a studio di architettura – Andrea Carmignola, Janko Mauri
Structural consultant: Polistudio – Emilio Panzeri, Alberto Zanotta
Quantity surveyor: Luciano Pintossi
Contractor: Immobiliare Cardanini
Area: 120 sqm
Completion: 2016