C+V house

Photograph by Alessandro Ciampi.

"Located in the midst of intertwined single-family houses on two levels and a hill, the site is tight, and green -- covered in natural or 'spontaneous' vegetation.

The idea was to construct a building with an 'inverse' guideline.

Instead of being oriented towards the city, looking outward from the hill; the house is completely turned towards the hill -- the hill that acts as a rising 'green sea' on which the house shows itself."

Photograph by Alessandro Ciampi.

"The planning of the house can be defined across three levels:

• The lowest level is underground. An inner patio acts as the central element around which the spaces are organized; creating an interaction between the buried spaces, roof-garden area, and the suspended volume of the upper level (the ground level).
• The ground floor is the part of the building that holds all levels together. Acting as the border between the uncovered-roof-garden and the covered-day-area, metal (vetrata wall) and glulam surfaces wrap around the spaces; connecting the ground level with the upper one.
• The first floor consists of various rooms and private spaces typical of a house (bath/sauna, study etc.)"

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