Sustainability Report

Adaptive reuse was central to the project from the outset. The ground floor deliberately avoids fixed partitions, creating an open volume that can accommodate choreography rehearsals, music sessions, yoga or dance classes, and collective gatherings without requiring further transformation — it operates more like adaptable civic infrastructure than a conventional home. The mezzanine concentrates all fixed private functions, leaving the floor below entirely free and programmable. From a thermal and structural perspective, the existing architectural volume is entirely reused: insulation was added to the roof without altering spatial quality, no new structure was introduced beyond the mezzanine platform, and the original fabric — brick walls, timber roof structure, — was retained and upgraded to ensure the volume remains viable for any future use.

Several elements were specifically chosen for their reversibility and potential re-entry into circular economy flows. The Pirelli rubber flooring on the mezzanine can be lifted and reused without damage to the substrate. The red bent-steel tube system — handrail, balustrade, wardrobe rail and pole — is a single continuous element fixed with standard connections that could be dismantled and repurposed as structural or furniture components. The perforated steel stair treads are modular and removable. The mezzanine platform itself is a steel structure that could be dismantled and relocated. The glass-brick wall, though fixed, is composed of individual standard units that could be salvaged and reused in future construction. Even the custom dining table was conceived around a salvaged industrial steel cone base, demonstrating that the project’s approach to circularity began at the design stage — not as compliance but as creative strategy.