The House On The House
THE HOUSE ON THE HOUSE
Raimondo Guidacci
ARCHITECTS
Raimondo Guidacci
LOCATION
Trofarello, Italy
CATEGORY
Houses
AREA
30.0 sqm
PROJECT YEAR
2014
PHOTOGRAPHS
Beppe Giardino
COLLABORATORS
Giancarlo Ambu
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Raimondo Guidacci
CONTRACTORS
Ferro Antonio, Gualandris
Text description provided by architect.
This project involves the extension of a detached house at Trofarello, in a zone characterized by the presence of many detached houses within small lots.
At the old pitched roof was build a new volume intended to contain a bedroom and a small bathroom.
The new space, completely made out of fir wood and faced with titanium zinc, does not fill the entire surface of the building below, but just a small part, having to respect the minimum distances from neighbouring buildings and streets.
Therefore the structure of the new volume arises from these restrictions. It is a sort of container in rheinzink, leaning according to the slope of the old pitched roof: a house on the house.
An internal staircase links it to the building below. The double seaming rheinzink coating completely wrap it, along the walls too, that open onto the two side terraces. Two strip windows connect the new volume with the outer space.
