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a low budget house with rooms for a couple with two children
slope
concept
can be regarded as a compendium of compositional
elements characteristic of Botta
results in a clear partnering of clear form and primary
geometry, like a prism, in which the house takes after
an echo of the devotion to solid elements of Le
Corbusier
presents a series of grand substractions vertically,
which create spaces of various heights and form an
openwork space in the main volume
varying heights also present the intersection of another,
smaller prismatic shape that creates the entry to the
house
this smaller metallic space, in contrast to the larger
volume, appears almost translucent
in relation to the envrionment, is intented to achieve
its form in a vertical manner, so as not to lose
importance when compared with the lofty mountains
as its backdrop
general layout
balance by geometry
square geometry
unit to whole
formal articulation
built as a four storey tower
square base 9.5 meters aside
13.6 meters high
accessible by a red metal bridge
additive
functional sequence
concrete exterior wall
molded like brick (textured)
spatial planning
spaces are organized around a
central core that is the square
sp iral staircase. the latter
distributes level lower through
vertical circulation
hierarchy of form
circulation
metal bridge
primary view
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terrace
public space
private space
geometry &
composition
classic cube to express
reverence for nature &
tradition
3 lower cube support
an outdoor terrace
with the indoor spaces
beneath
hierarchy of space
primary
secondary
tertiary
west & north facade has the small openingwest facade face the slope
north facade face winter cold
west elevation
east elevation
west elevation
his facades are not simply a question of decorating the exterior surface of a building. they express a relationship of the interior of the house with the surroundings, the
movement of the sun, or the direction to an existing historical construction; they have a geometry that corresponds to the abstraction of the surrounding landscape.
1.6
str uctur e
proportion
circulation
third floor
(entry, studio, balcony)
circulation
load bearing walls
ground floor
(kitchen, living, dining)
second floor
(master bed, bathroom, balcony)
first floor
(children's bed, study, bathroom)