Designed by Damilano Studio Architects, the house extends horizontally with a row of premises that end up with the kitchen, real field glasses pointed to the village. The above mentioned volume dominates the access to the garage and controls the entrance to the property.
In opposite directions, this house develops northwards with the body of the rooms more intimate and intimist and southward with the swimming pool, a wide sheet of water, reflections and light. The living floor is a spotless space, corrupt by the materiality of a fossil stone wall and by blobs of colour of some furniture.
The first floor is reserved to landlords and hosts a wide room, the wardrobe box and the bathroom. The roofs are wide terraces, alternatives hanging by relaxation of the garden. In the night come out the depth of volumes and leaks highlighted by luminous cuts and clear/dark contrasts.
SUSTAINABLE FEATURES
Structure in brick-cement
Installation of floor heating with accumulating and condensing boiler model ATAG (27000 Kg/cal)
Exterior wall: double course (interior course poroton 20 cm, air space 10 cm which is placed an board insulation made with 4 + 4 cm wool glass density 40 kg/m3, exterior course brick thickness 12 cm);
Production hot water with solar thermal vacuum tube “termomax”
Low emissivity glass (k <2) glass 4+4mm, air space 15 mm, glass 4+4 mm
Dehumidifying Plaster
BUILDING MATERIALS
Exterior floor: Indian grey stone;
Interior floor in the living room”white”: Taxsos
Wall pannelling in the living room: Forest Brown
Interior and exterior wood floor: teak
MAIN FURNITURE
CONVERSATION AREA
Sofa Corbeille from Francesco Binfaré (Edra)
Armchairs Getsuen from Masanori Umeda (Edra)
chair More(e) leather from Philipp Starck (Driade)
Pouf: Koishi da Naoto Fukasawa (Driade)
LIVING ROOM
Ceiling lamp by Ingo Maurer mod. Zettel
Chairs B&B lazy ’05 by Patricia Urquiola
KITCHEN
Kitchen Arclinea mod. Convivium
Chairs kitchen: DriadeStore le Meridiana by Christopher Pillet
Lamp mod. Campari by Ingo Maurer
Electrical: gaggenau.
BATHROOM (FIRST FLOOR)
Bath Tosco Quattro mod. Concerto
Washbasin: Tosco Quattro mod. Concerto
Taps and fitting Tosco Quattro
Shower Flaminia mod. Tatami
Heating by Tubes
Lamp by Ingo Maurer mod. Schiltz Up
Windows doors by Rimadesio.
External lighting by Deltalight
Sculpture vase by Serralunga
Light on the roof mod. “Havana” by Foscarini
+ Project credits / data
Project: B – HOUSE
Type: Residential house
Surface area: 2000 sqm
Surface building: 355 sqm
Year of Completion: 2008
Location: Cuneo, Piemonte, Italy
Team project: Damilano studio Architects | http://www.damilanostudio.com/
Architect: Duilio Damilano
Collaborator: Arch. Claudia Allinio
Photographer: Andrea Martiradonna