MA APARTMENT, CANTÙ – ITALY, 2020

THE APARTMENT IS LOCATED WITHIN A LATE 1950S RESIDENTIAL BUILDING IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE TOWN OF CANTÙ.

DESIGNED BY ARCHITECT MOSCATELLI, THE BUILDING DUE TO ITS SIZE AND LOCATION HAS A CLEAR AND RECOGNIZABLE URBAN PRESENCE: ITS VOLUME COMPLETES A SYSTEM OF PLOTS THAT EXTENDS FROM THE COUNTRYSIDE, WHILE ITS FAÇADE, IN DIALOGUE WITH THE NARROW FAÇADE OF THE OPPOSITE BUILDING – A SMALL “FLATIRON BUILDING”-, DEFINES THE SPACE OF LARGO ADUA. FROM THE UPPER FLOORS, THE BUILDING OFFERS A VIEW TOWARDS THE TOWN CENTRE AND ITS IMPOSING BELL TOWERS.

THE RENOVATION PROJECT FOR THE SIXTH-FLOOR APARTMENT SEEKS TO RESPOND TO THIS CLEAR URBAN CONDITION THROUGH A NEW SPATIALITY. TWO NEW CURVED WALLS BREAK THE ORIGINAL ORTHOGONAL LAYOUT AND, WORKING SPATIALLY WITH THE BUILDING’S LOAD-BEARING STRUCTURE, DEFINE A NEW SPACE MORE ARTICULATED AND PRECISELY ORIENTED TOWARDS THE CITY.

Collaborators: Ela Zdebel, Filippo Brambilla
Photos: © Marco Cappelletti