PRÊT – À – HABITER
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Prêt-à-Hàbiter 1
PRÊT – À – HABITER
Location: Montagnola, Lugano, SwitzerlandBuilding area: 260 sqmDate: 2012 – 2015
Villa Prêt-à-Hàbiter is located in Collina D’Oro, Montagnola. The aim of the project is to create a human scale architecture even though, following the promoter’s wishes, the needs and preferences of the final users are as yet unknown. The architectural element is designed as a symbol of universal beauty. The characteristics of the Ticino landscape are evoked in the project as symbols of beauty. Green areas, water and architecture in the project, as well as in the Ticino landscape, merge into a “unicum”. A body of water compensates for the absence of a lake v... More