Rationalism
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about rationalism
Project • By Studio Moscatelli • Heritages
Requalification of Piazza Libertà and of the historical center
The project for the requalification of Piazza Libertà and of the historical center is the result of a competition followed by a participatory process launched by the City of Lissone in 2019.
Marco Introini
The intervention aims to three main goals: the development of attractivity for all the categories of users (from the children to the eldest), the increase of comfort (for a livable square in all the seasons of the year and in all the hours of the day) and the enhancement of memory, constituted by the existing heritage (Casa del Fascio by Giuseppe Terragni and Antonio Carminati, Villa Magatti and Villa Mussi), disappeared (as the circular fountain, moved in Piazza IV novembre in 2006, and the Church of Saint Peter, demol... More
Project • By Benedetto Camerana (Camerana & Partners) • Apartments
Torre Littoria Apartments
Benedetto Camerana (Camerana & Partners) has just completed the restyling of several apartments for Reale Immobili in Turin's Torre Littoria, one of the urban symbols of the subalpine capital: 10 new apartments, simplex and duplex, which confirm its original luxury residential vocation. Built in 1934 on a project by the architect Armando Melis and the engineer Giovanni Bernocco to house prestigious offices and residences for the Reale Mutua Assicurazioni but also the headquarters, never installed, of the National Fascist Party, the tower is the strongest sign of the urban renewal carried out by the reconstruction program of via Roma. Rationalist icon imbued with references to German expressionism, with 19 floors and 87 meters high, it i... More
Project • By Arch. Ruslan Lukashchuk • Private Houses
"Grazhda" House
Location: Kyiv, UkraineArea: 255 m2Year: 2018Principles and decisions made in the project.1. Priority of the site (the main value of suburban accommodation is site). The house is designed with a rational approach to the site. Buildings are concentrated in the northern parts with minimal shading and maximum space in front of the house. The site is elongated in plan, so the house has an elongated shape too.2. Subordination to the four cardinal direction. The permanent residence rooms are oriented towards the southern side.3. The house is divided into functional zones. Technical sphere (garage, technical premises, auxiliary premises), transit zone of general purpose use (kitchen, dining room, living room), private area (bedroom).4. A lot of st... More
Project • By LINE STUDIO • Apartments
House №2
House №2
One of our first projects was the country residential house for a creative young couple (he is a writer, she is a photographer), whose desire was to embody
a simple, but at the same time, the original idea within a limited budget. We faced a target to design the house where they could spend their weekends, and have far-away-from-city, inspiration-gaining, enjoying-the-nature breaks. They bought
a small-sized plot of land of an irregular shape that perfectly suited our target:
the outskirts of the forest, rather a convenient location in relation to transport routes, not far from the city.
The Customers have shared our views on architecture and trusted us in full, what happens not that frequently. It was decided to repulse from... More