For environmental reasons Archisbang opted not to tear down the mundane 60s apartment building, but strip it all the way to its skeleton and reshape it as a modern monolith placed on an Italian hillside.
The building skin is upgraded with an external insulation system covered by lightweight cement boards roughly plastered with natural lime mortar. The architects accentuated the openings in a play of voids that puncture the monolithic volume.
The building houses three independently accessible apartments. Circulation is done by elevator and interior stairwell. An external metal staircase makes the apartments and rooftop independently accessible.
The ground floor includes a garage and rock cellar. The first floor is split into two apartments with a shared living space. Rotating wooden panels allow for a possible reconfiguration later on. The main apartment is placed on the top floor.
Interiors are materialized with exposed concrete walls and polished concrete floors alternated with small parquet surfaces. The split apartments’ walls are roughly plastered echoing the exterior.
The rigorous atmosphere created by straight lines is softened with wooden doors and windows, and custom made furnishings.
