Underground Courtyard / Stefano Larotonda
Underground Courtyard / Stefano Larotonda
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Text description provided by the architects. The project is developed from an articulated request from the clients: a new entrance, greater interaction with open spaces, and the renovation of the basement.
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The project synthesizes all the requests in a single gesture: digging a hole to define everything. A new spatiality in the basement and the creation of an outdoor space thought as an open-air room, where tree foliage and landscape metaphorically become its roof.
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The patio allows the lighting of the underground hall surrounded by wooden partitions that define flexible spatial configurations.
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![Underground Courtyard / Stefano Larotonda - Exterior Photography](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/64f8/9ad4/7109/e31b/fbd2/2ca5/medium_jpg/underground-courtyard-stefano-larotonda_9.jpg?1694014204)
Two materials are used: concrete and wood. The reinforced concrete of the exterior walls has been
formworked with vertical wooden staves and then sandblasted. The single-material interior partitions are made of three-layer solid fir panels stained with green tone paints. Grey and green evoke the tones of the surrounding mountain landscape.
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