Casa Contadina / a2bc

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Stazione Manarola Riomaggiore, Italy
  • Architects: a2bc
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  320
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2011
  • Photographs
    Photographs:Giovanna Silva
Casa Contadina / a2bc - Windows
© Giovanna Silva

Text description provided by the architects. The restoration and expansion of a farmhouse on the terraced hillside of Cinque Terre in Liguria focuses on the recovery and emphasis of original materials and construction techniques in a contemporary perspective.

Casa Contadina / a2bc - Windows, Beam
© Giovanna Silva

The main house has fully retained its structure and distributionwhile incorporating contemporary elements in substitution for the parts of the building that were not recoverable due to advanced stagesof deterioration. New concrete paving unifies the spaces of the house, white plaster for the interior highlights the stone on the original bearing walls, and the new black window frames create a balanced contrast with the interiors of the house and the framing of the landscape.

Casa Contadina / a2bc - Chair, Windows, Beam
© Giovanna Silva

The furniture, refined but simple, plays on the combination of recovered and modern pieces, using colors that recall those of the surrounding landscape.The restoration of the main house is complemented by the reconstruction of the adjacent barn, of which only the foundation remained. A simple volume of split stone, typical of Liguria, is hollow to allow for a generous full-height opening towards the sea, whose adjustable brisesoleil, the typical Genoese shutters, allow regulationof the light throughout the day.

Casa Contadina / a2bc - Bed, Bedroom
© Giovanna Silva

Inside, the smallest spaces, the ‘garden rooms’ (the surface is approximately equal to Le Corbusier’s Cabanon at Cap-Martin) has no more than a bed, wc, sink, and shower. The scheme is repeated on two floors.

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Cite: "Casa Contadina / a2bc" 25 Nov 2013. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/451214/casa-contadina-a2bc> ISSN 0719-8884

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