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EG APARTMENT, COMO – ITALY, 2013

THE PROJECT INVOLVES THE RENOVATION OF AN APARTMENT WITHIN AN EARLY 20TH-CENTURY RESIDENTIAL BUILDING.

THE EXISTING TYPOLOGY, TYPICAL OF BUILDINGS FROM THE PERIOD, IS DEFINED BY TWO MAIN SYSTEMS. THE FIRST CONSISTS OF THE LOAD-BEARING WALLS, WHICH DETERMINE THE FUNDAMENTAL CONDITIONS OF THE APARTMENT IN TERMS OF STRUCTURAL SPAN, ORIENTATION, AND RELATIONSHIP TO THE EXTERIOR. THE SECOND SYSTEM IS COMPOSED OF THE PARTITION WALLS, WHICH ORGANIZE THE SUBDIVISION OF THE SEVERAL ROOMS.

THE DESIGN STRATEGY FOCUSES ON REDEFINING THIS SECOND SYSTEM, GENERATING GEOMETRICALLY CLEARER AND MORE CONSISTENT SPACES WITH THE BUILDING’S LOAD-BEARING STRUCTURE.

THE ROOMS OF THE HOUSE BELONG TO A SYSTEM AND ARE SUBORDINATE TO IT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME THEY ARE CONCEIVED AS “FINISHED” SPACES, EACH WITH ITS OWN IDENTITY.

THE SQUARE LIVING ROOM REPRESENTS THE HEART OF THE HOME, FROM WHICH ALL THE OTHER ROOMS ARE ACCESSED.

THE KITCHEN AND DINING ROOM SPACES, TOGETHER WITH THE LIVING ROOM, DEFINE A POSSIBLE CIRCULAR ROUTE THROUGH TWO DIFFERENT OPENINGS IN THE LOAD-BEARING WALL, ACKNOWLEDGING THE SCALE OF THE BUILDING’S STRUCTURE.

FROM THE LIVING ROOM, ACCESS TO THE REMAING SPACES OF THE HOUSE UNFOLDS ALONG A SPATIAL SEQUENCE MARKED BY THE WINDOWS ALONG THE FAÇADE.

THE LIVING ROOM ALSO PROVIDES ACCESS TO THE OTHER SPACES OF THE HOUSE, FOLLOWING A SPATIAL SEQUENCE MARKED BY THE WINDOWS ALONG THE FAÇADE.