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Architects: Bongiana Architetture
- Area: 455 m²
- Year: 2019
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Photographs:Andrea Anoni
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Manufacturers: Arteferro, Marta Quinto, Wanda Buosi
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Lead Architects: Pietro Bongiana, Silvia Codato
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Text description provided by the architects. A brother, a sister. It's a house with no qualities, especially it is a house but not really at all.
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It's a restoration project of an old house situated around Padua, in the Italian countryside. It's a space for human relations, for living together at the weekends, for parties, for the bbq, or vegetable gardens, for memories and family celebrations.
!["A Brother, a Sister" House Renovation / Bongiana Architetture - Interior Photography, Windows, Beam, Chair](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5fdc/f53b/63c0/1798/5900/064f/medium_jpg/Via_Fornaci-2.jpg?1608316182)
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The project set up the two familiar unities, around the exterior side, a traditional space called “Aia”, that was well-known as a collective space for farmer's works and family playground at the same time. The two unities, both strongly featured in a brutalism approach, share this space, keeping, at the same time, the privacy they need.
!["A Brother, a Sister" House Renovation / Bongiana Architetture - Interior Photography, Table, Chair, Beam](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5fdc/f57c/63c0/1783/2e00/069c/medium_jpg/Via_Fornaci-4.jpg?1608316247)
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The dwelling is emptied, keeping the naked structure, for having two double-height environments. We design some frugal object, just like some iron lamps and a concrete kitchen, to try to keep alive the sobriety and the simplicity of the existing building, even if with new freedom.
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