Dualistic Space

Volumes and surfaces merge to create interesting spatial configurations.

Project Details

• Project Name: Dualistic Space
• Project Type: Residential
• Principal Designer: Antonino Cardillo
• Design Team: Antonino Cardillo, Pietro Maltese
• Year of commencement of project: March 2003
• Year of completion of project: September 2003
• Location of site: Erice, Trapani Province, Italy
• Site Area: 470 m²
• Built-up Area: 150 m²
• Cost of Construction: € 350,000

Computer generated exterior view of the residence.

The Building

The design for a single family residence, created within an already existing building, focuses on the juxtaposition of diverse spatial entities to create its unique architectural vocabulary. These are created through the merging of primary volumes and fluid objects with curvilinear structures.

Computer generated interior view of the residence.

From the street the house appears as a tower seated on sloping, grassy lawn. A wall at the lower end of the site contrasts with the tower whilst sharing its base. A coordinated succession of shapes and supple lines rises from it, articulating a prismatic, triple- height structure. The external glass walls allow the Sun and the sky to continuously re-interpret the architectural discourse, varying its perception and plasticity.

Dualistic Space -- Layout Plan [opens in a pop-up window - 97kb image]

Credits

• Text: Courtesy of the architect
• Computer Rendered Images: Courtesy of the architect
• Compiled and edited by Varun Ajani