Architect: Studio di Architettura Marco Castelletti
Project location: Como Italy
Interior design: Studio di Architettura Marco Castelletti
Landscape design: Studio di Architettura Marco Castelletti
Structural design: Ingeneer. Vittorio Montanini
HVAC design: Ingeneer. Vittorio Montanini
Lighting design: Zumtobel
Site Area: 3000 sq/mt
Built up area: 200 sq/mt
Budget: 750.000,00 euro

A near vertical site in Como, with stunning views, let Marco Castelletti nod to local Italian architecture of the thirties, whilst bringing his clients a modernist house, proportioned and segmented with precision. The project’s main idea gave the name to the building: casa del masso.” Marco Castelletti. The house, set on a steep slope above the street, can be clearly seen across the lake. The building stands by the side of the client’s old house designed by engineer Luciano Trolli in 1955, and it takes advantage of a little tract of flat land, as does the original residence. The house is linked to the street by a long flight of steps which wind along the slope and down to the house, which is organised over two floors. Read the rest of this entry »

Expected to be completed in 2013, Herzog & de Meuron’s new redevelopment project in Porta Volta, Milan will include the headquarters for the Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli. The Feltrinelli Group considers the site as an ideal environment for the foundation’s multiple activities and the overall masterplan for Porta Volta will consist of the Fondazione, two new office buildings, and a generous green area. “This undertaking by the Feltrinelli Group has an important urban dimension in that it strengthens and reinforces the city.”

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