House in Ticino – Switzerland



Located in one of sunniest place of southern Switzerland, this house rises on the site where once old rural constructions were.


Photos: Enrico Cano

It is characterized by small monolithic volumes standing on the natural slope of the land and it is surrounded by nature. The new construction reminds the pre-existences by four volumes that follow the edges of a 14 meter-square ground and by displaying a carved roof. The landscape seems to “flow” through these volumes that become a protected living space; a continuation of the green environment modeled as if to be part of the building. The construction is enhanced by an entrance “cave” surrounded by the green and following the slope in an organic and fluent sequence of spaces, related to each other and stretched outside. This typology aims at offering an alternative to the “box-shaped” construction on the hills more and more urbanized and spoiled from their peculiarities by an aggressive attitude of building without respect to the environment. The whole construction has been realized according to the principles of sustainability and with bio-ecological materials.




Photos: Enrico Cano

HOUSE in TICINO – Switzerland
Realization: 2004-07
Architects: DAVIDE MACULLO - Lugano - Switzerland

Collaborators: LAURA PEROLINI - Como - Italy
MARGHERITA PUSTERLA - Varese – Italy
MICHELE ALBERIO - Como - Italy
Engineer: ANDREOTTI & PARTNERS - Locarno - Switzerland
Physical engineer: FRANCO SEMINI - Lugano - Switzerland
Project manager: ENNIO MAGETTI - Minusio - Switzerland
Photographer: ENRICO CANO - Como - Italy

Ticino house information from Davide Macullo 23 Oct 2007

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