House Cellina von Mannstein / Peter Pichler Architects

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Peter Pichler Architects, a young team based in Bolzano, , have worked with well known names such as Zaha Hadid and OMA, and now, their studio’s first building will be realized in a few months. The client, the German photographer Cellina von Mannstein, will now reside in the northern part of Italy, surrounded by the Alps. With the intention to keep the two dominate trees on the site and to capture one of the them within the volume of the building, a “green atrium” was created between the built volumes that cuts the building in two parts.

More images and more about the residence after the break.

Clad in black aluminum panels to resemble an old and edgy camera, the residence is comprised of a main housing element and, of course, a photo studio.  The housing areas are distributed on two levels which are slightly shifted to create a canopied entrance on the northern part of the first level and a balcony on the south side of the second level.  An open floor plan on the first level bleeds into a south oriented terrace with pool.  The entire floor is framed by a platform and is lifted from the ground to provide better views.

The tree in the atrium is visible and accessible by large sliding glass windows.

The photo studio, which rests on the west side, is characterised by a great glass facade that filters light.  The facade can alternatively be transformed into a vast projection wall (provided by an integrated projection surface) to be used as a “drive-in-theatre” for presentations.

 
 
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gk says:

looks a little lik UN Studio Villa NM…

 
# March 8, 2010 at 21:36
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Tray says:

Rich kids playground.
With a career like that You don´t make that mooney, let alone taste.

 
# March 9, 2010 at 03:36
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    Openminded Arch says:

    ?
    and a few more ???

    All meaning lost in translation Tray.

    Quite nice house all in all.
    A tilted wall does not make tasteless egocentric overly expensive architecture if that was your point.

     
    # March 9, 2010 at 05:56
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christopher says:

no matter how realistic, nothing comes out the way it looks on screen. i’d rather see a corner detail of the “black aluminum panels” mocked-up in a fabrication shop.

build it.

 
# March 9, 2010 at 11:33
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Lil Jimmy says:

Total UN ripoff ^^^
agree….

plus, will that tree survive?

 
# March 9, 2010 at 17:50
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jason says:

Luv the geometry!
@jimmy: un house has complete other geometry and is curved…
its prob. just because its black. think about it in white…but black is nicer;-)

 
# March 10, 2010 at 03:21
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whsnfl says:

this is like the simplified version of villa nm….
just without the twists and curves.

 
# March 10, 2010 at 05:13
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Franman says:

Ever heard of Ben van Berkel! like the geometry though…

 
# March 11, 2010 at 09:03
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greg says:

watup with the girl on the stairs , wak

 
# March 11, 2010 at 09:59
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Onadaneva says:

Moebius House?

 
# March 11, 2010 at 12:19
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8:17 PM Mar 8th

ArchDaily: House Cellina von Mannstein / Peter Pichler Architects http://bit.ly/95x05U

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12:28 AM Mar 9th

Very much like this project, but can't really put my finger on why. http://bit.ly/a1JTAt

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1:59 AM Mar 9th

House Cellina von Mannstein / Peter Pichler Architects | ArchDaily http://shar.es/mHEP1

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5:57 AM Mar 9th

architecture: House Cellina von Mannstein, Italy / Peter Pichler Architects (9imgs) http://bit.ly/ac2jFV (archdaily)

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