House in Comano, Ticino - Switzerland
Photos : Pino Musi
Comano, set at 5 km north from Lugano (Ticino), is a little village at
the foot of a hill. The plot is set as a kind of boundary between the
hill and the new urbanized area on a flatter surface.
Photos : Enrico Cano
The construction stands on the lower part of a steep slope; it organically
integrates with the landscape thanks to the verticality of two volumes
built according to a strict regulation and bearing in mind the building
height in order to preserve the view on the historical village on top
of the hill. The arrangement of the storeys links every room, visually
and physically, with the garden thus enhancing the feeling to be constantly
at ground level. The huge entrance porch, that serves also as covered
car-park, is carved into the hill as a cave; leaving the upper volume
as if “floating” in the green landscape. The void generated
between the main volumes, hosts the stairs that link the shifted levels
at different heights and give the feeling of walking on the natural slope
as if nature were part of the built spaces.
Photos : Pino Musi
HOUSE in COMANO – Ticino – Switzerland
Buyer: Family TOZZINI - PAGLIA
Realization: 2005-07
Architects: DAVIDE MACULLO - Lugano - Switzerland
MARCO STROZZI - Lugano - Switzerland
Photos : Pino Musi
Collaborators: LAURA PEROLINI - Como - Italy
MARGHERITA PUSTERLA - Varese – Italy
MICHELE ALBERIO - Como - Italy
Engineer: IDEAL INGEGNO SA - Vezia - Switzerland
Physical engineer: FRANCO SEMINI - Lugano - Switzerland
Project manager: ENNIO MAGETTI - Minusio - Switzerland
Photographer: ENRICO CANO - Como - Italy; PINO MUSI - Milano - Italy
Photos : Enrico Cano
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