House F In Italy

House F In Italy
© Marco Zanta

HOUSE F 

Biasi Bonomini Vairo Architetti

ARCHITECTS
Biasi Bonomini Vairo Architetti

PHOTOGRAPHS
Marco Zanta

YEAR
2012

LOCATION
Trieste, Italy

CATEGORY
Houses

Text description provided by architect.

The operation of transforming a villa on the coast of Trieste stands as a moment marking a break in the equilibrium between violently rugged landscape and its control through rationalization and terraced gardens, retaining walls and residential volumes.

House F In Italy
© Marco Zanta
House F In Italy
© Marco Zanta

In this sense, the renovation of a split-level house dating back to early 70s, by the partial demolition of existing building structure and the reorganization of the distributive spaces, looks for a new dynamism and a new relationship with the landscape, natural and man-made.

The structure of the floors, arranged on three different levels, plays a new role with the introduction of a high void volume crossing vertically the whole building so as to trigger new spatial relationships and reorganize functions.

House F In Italy
© Marco Zanta
House F In Italy
© Marco Zanta

The new access to housing introduces at the base of the void volume.

On the ground floor the void organizes living rooms, kitchen and dining spaces as a continuity of white space mediated by sliding glass walls that gradually ends in the sea terrace.

House F In Italy
© Marco Zanta
House F In Italy
© Marco Zanta

Upright vacuum is structured as a spiral distributing four bedrooms and associated facilities along a staircase.

The light diffused from the skylight and the reflections of the floor made of white cement and crushed Carrara makes the core filled with a soft and warm light that is opposed to the light that defines lines and sharp shadows of the volumes and profiles of the rooms overlooking the sea.

House F In Italy
© Marco Zanta


House F In Italy
© Marco Zanta
House F In Italy
© Marco Zanta
House F In Italy
© Marco Zanta
House F In Italy
© Marco Zanta
House F In Italy
© Marco Zanta
House F In Italy
© Marco Zanta


House F In Italy
© Marco Zanta
House F In Italy
© Marco Zanta
House F In Italy
© Marco Zanta
House F In Italy
© Marco Zanta
House F In Italy
© Marco Zanta
House F In Italy
© Marco Zanta


House F In Italy
© Marco Zanta
House F In Italy
© Marco Zanta