The House of the Archeologist / LCA Architetti / luca compri architetti

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Varese, Italy
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  190
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2019
  • Photographs
    Photographs:Simone Bossi
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Senini
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© Simone Bossi

Text description provided by the architects. The building is a single-family residence designed specifically for an archaeologist. The volume is a simple parallelepiped with a rectangular base in which other blocks of cubic form, completely covered with stone, have been inserted and fixed.

The House of the Archeologist  / LCA Architetti / luca compri architetti - Interior Photography, Facade
© Simone Bossi

From a material point of view, the building is reminiscent of the brick textures from old walls and the large cut stones that often interrupted the frame as lintels or cornerstones.

The House of the Archeologist  / LCA Architetti / luca compri architetti - Interior Photography
© Simone Bossi

In this house, we replaced the bricks with reused fluted concrete block and the stone with marble slabs and travertine blocks. The building is on two levels above ground level: on the ground floor there is a large and bright living room with a kitchen, a dining room and a small bathroom; on the first floor there are the bedrooms, two master bathrooms and the client's private office.

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© Simone Bossi

All windows interact with the surrounding landscape characterized by vineyards and cultivated fields. The materials used are all recovered materials from decommissioned quarries or landfills of construction materials; the building has also been better insulated to reduce energy consumption to a minimum.

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Plans

From an architectural point of view: we wanted to design a contemporary building by reinterpreting the old; we wanted a simple, primitive mineral building capable of vibrating in the light differently in the morning, noon and evening; we wanted to recover materials that are no longer used to give them a new life and reduce the nuisance to the environment; we wanted a house full of light in its domestic interior.

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© Simone Bossi

More simply, we wanted to donate to our client a house that had in it its soul and its passions for history and archeology.

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© Simone Bossi

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Cite: "The House of the Archeologist / LCA Architetti / luca compri architetti" 25 Jun 2019. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/919619/the-house-of-the-archeologist-luca-compri-architetti-plus-lca-architetti> ISSN 0719-8884

© Simone Bossi

考古学家之家 / Lucacompri architetti + LCA architetti

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