Architecture pierced

View on the court.

The house has no traditional openings but slits, the only elements allowing light into the interior, although an adequate natural lighting is ensured by a large central patio over which a staircase unfolds and that, like a promenade architecturale, leads to the different levels, inducing ever changing feelings.

The rest of the house is based on the principle of void: floors and partitions, except for the technical volumes, are transparent so that the space and the parts' different movements, as well as the sounds, can be totally perceived.

Interior.

Inside the building, just like outside, the material element becomes an exceptional event, the variation of a generally abstract scene. This means that the only elements appearing on every level are the panels forming a flat or inclined floor, a wall, etc. As it becomes perceptible from the outside, the material element turns into something else: the horizontal floor becomes a canopy sheltering the entry; the inner wall acts as an outer panel enclosing part of the open space, so that it becomes intimate and sheltered; the inner ceiling becomes a balcony, etc.... The entry and balcony doors are conceived as elements designed and carved into the wall so that they can be extended when necessary and then folded back into the enclosure.

Credits

• Text: Annarita Emili
• Photographs: Photomontage Annarita Emili

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