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Project • By LRA Linea Retta Architettura • Private Houses
Consolazione house
Living In the heart of the historic village of Castiglion Fiorentino, Consolazione House takes shape through the transformation of an apartment steeped in layers of domestic history—the classic “grandmother’s house”—into a contemporary space designed for the life of a young couple.
The design operates through subtraction and continuity: the spaces open up, natural light becomes a design element, while existing features interact with new geometries and clean lines. The long corridor, punctuated by arches and wooden and glass doors from the 1950s and 1960s, guides the eye toward the valley. Here, the new barrel-vaulted false ceiling—a discreet conduit for indirect light—amplifies the perspective and... More
Project • By Pamela Ferri • Apartments
Artale House
ARTALE HOUSE
The design for this Rome apartment derives from the Zumoide, a sort of independent mathematical object whose collapsible/re-buildable structure has the tendency to expand in the same way as a space multiplier – every fold of space is contained in a deep, thick surface that can be drawn out or pushed in, so that the plan, sections and elevations are always accessible and only need extracting from the amount of space Pamela happens to be working with at any particular moment. By being able to extract the space needed for a new building from any piece of the world, Pamela Ferri generate a perceptual state free of any perspective conditioning that creates energy which, she says, is like ”that of a mountain, whose secti... More