Surrounded by the colourful greenery of vineyards, gardens and woodlands, this atelier by Stocker Lee Architetti in a peripheral area of Rancate, Switzerland is part retreat and part sanctuary, a strikingly simply form with a well thought out materiality.
The rust-red, rectangular volume (in the ground plan 6,60 x 17,60 meters) is covered on the longitudinal side with tiles, while the transversal facades are provided with long drawn bricks. The ground and the sky are cut out by a continuous glazed ring and a linear laceration of the ceiling, which look at East and North like two telescopes.
An outdoor staircase embedded in the floor and retaining walls made of exposed concrete delimit the property. The retaining walls serve as a reservoir of the soil, hosting a lush meadow landscape. The construction above grade is prefabricated timber (spruce). A total of 29 wood beams give the studio house both rhythm and stability.
Inside, the clear division by material and design choice is continued. The rooms of the basement, the parapet on the ground floor – which is folded into a work surface - and the service core are all formed from dark gray glazed in-situ concrete. The surface furnishing elements are built using warm wooden and attached to steel frame or concrete structure.
The room layout is functional: on the ground floor a two-storey common room and a meeting room, in the basement model building, technology and archive rooms and on the first floor a further meeting room and a working space. The studio is furnished with custom-made metal tables and shelves combined with solid wood.
Material Used:
Petersen Tegl Tiles: Cover 170 / C48
Petersen Tegl Bricks: Kloumba / K48
Artemide Light: Tolomeo Wall / Art.-Nr.: 1060273
Luceplan Light: Fortebraccio / D33N.100
