HHCR – Househut Corticella Rubiera by NATOFFICE
13/03/2019.
[Corticella - Modena] Italy
metalocus, RODRIGO GARCÍA
metalocus, RODRIGO GARCÍA
The Italian architect Christian Gasparini of the NATOFFICE studio is commissioned to design a house located in the vicinity of the bank of the Tresinario torrent. The project reinterprets the historical space of the Po Valley called porta morta in contemporary terms.
HHCR – Househut Corticella Rubiera by NATOFFICE. Photograph by Filippo Poli.
HHCR – Househut Corticella Rubiera by NATOFFICE. Photograph by Filippo Poli.
HHCR – Househut Corticella Rubiera by NATOFFICE. Photograph by Filippo Poli.
HHCR – Househut Corticella Rubiera by NATOFFICE. Photograph by Filippo Poli.
HHCR – Househut Corticella Rubiera by NATOFFICE. Photograph by Filippo Poli.
HHCR – Househut Corticella Rubiera by NATOFFICE. Photograph by Filippo Poli.
HHCR – Househut Corticella Rubiera by NATOFFICE. Photograph by Filippo Poli.
HHCR – Househut Corticella Rubiera by NATOFFICE. Photograph by Filippo Poli.
HHCR – Househut Corticella Rubiera by NATOFFICE. Photograph by Filippo Poli.
HHCR – Househut Corticella Rubiera by NATOFFICE. Photograph by Filippo Poli.
HHCR – Househut Corticella Rubiera by NATOFFICE. Photograph by Filippo Poli.
HHCR – Househut Corticella Rubiera by NATOFFICE. Photograph by Filippo Poli.
HHCR – Househut Corticella Rubiera by NATOFFICE. Photograph by Filippo Poli.
HHCR – Househut Corticella Rubiera by NATOFFICE. Photograph by Filippo Poli.
HHCR – Househut Corticella Rubiera by NATOFFICE. Photograph by Filippo Poli.
HHCR – Househut Corticella Rubiera by NATOFFICE. Photograph by Filippo Poli.
HHCR – Househut Corticella Rubiera by NATOFFICE. Photograph by Filippo Poli.
HHCR – Househut Corticella Rubiera by NATOFFICE. Photograph by Filippo Poli.
HHCR – Househut Corticella Rubiera by NATOFFICE. Photograph by Filippo Poli.
HHCR – Househut Corticella Rubiera by NATOFFICE. Photograph by Filippo Poli.
HHCR – Househut Corticella Rubiera by NATOFFICE. Photograph by Filippo Poli.
Ground Floor Plan. HHCR – Househut Corticella Rubiera by NATOFFICE.
First Floor Plan. HHCR – Househut Corticella Rubiera by NATOFFICE.
Section A. HHCR – Househut Corticella Rubiera by NATOFFICE.
Section B. HHCR – Househut Corticella Rubiera by NATOFFICE.
Section C. HHCR – Househut Corticella Rubiera by NATOFFICE.
Section D. HHCR – Househut Corticella Rubiera by NATOFFICE.
Northeast Elevation. HHCR – Househut Corticella Rubiera by NATOFFICE.
Northwest Elevation. HHCR – Househut Corticella Rubiera by NATOFFICE.
Southeast Elevation. HHCR – Househut Corticella Rubiera by NATOFFICE.
Southwest Elevation. HHCR – Househut Corticella Rubiera by NATOFFICE.
The volume designed by NATOFFICE has as a keypoint two lateral wings related by a transparent double height that passes through the space in the floor connecting different spaces. On the ground floor there is an open space and a double height living space is created as a nucleus. The portico acts as a solar diaphragm and the rooms on the first floor extend the house towards the bank, merging it with the plot.
Description of project by NATOFFICE
The country house is anchored to the horizon line, where the bank of the Tresinaro torrent stands as background and scene of the environmental field. The project reinterprets the Po Valley historical space named porta morta in contemporary terms, defining a hollow space that becomes the fulcrum of architecture.
The volume is moved and deformed by two side wings that help to ground the house in the plot, without extending excessively the inhabited surface. These are the keypoints of the composition for the interior and exterior spaces.
The wings are related by a transparent double height passing through space on the ground which links and connects the spaces of the bedrooms / studio on the first floor through an hanging balcony. The open space on the ground floor places the kitchen in the south-west corner in continuity with the staircase and the TV room in the north-east corner, leaving the double height living space as the core.
The porch as a solar diaphragm and jasmine canopy configures the open-air extension of the living room, while the first floor rooms extend the house towards the bank and merges it with the lot. On the opposite side the private entrance to the house is linked to the services (garage and dependance) through another hanging jasmine canopy.
More information
Architect
Natoffice.- Christian Gasparini.
Project team
Martina Chiari, Matteo Lombardini, Sara Piccinini.
Collaborators
Structures.- Luigi Salvo. Heating and energy system.- Termotecnic associati. Landscape design.- Barbara Ponti.
Contractor
Ig costruzioni srl
Measures
350 m² (Building surface) + 2550 m² (Area surface). Volume.- 1190 m³
Dates
February 2016 - July 2016. August 2016 - August 2018
Photography
Christian Gasparini. Natoffice
Christian Gasparini is the founder of the Italian architecture studio Natoffice. Christian Gasparini graduated in architecture at the Politecnico of Milan, where he teaches and works as researcher of urban and architectural planning since 1998 and as contract professor since 2007, dedicating his activity to the architectural and urban transformation plans of sea ports and railway stations, cultural centers such as media libraries and libraries, university and temporary residences in Italy and Europe.
Expert in bioclimatic planning with a merit mentioning in 1999 by the University of Bologna, he worked in the year 2000 in Chile, being selected for the international workshop ‘Valparaiso del chile: ideas y proyectos por el casco historico’, that followed the election of Valparaiso to the status of humanity heritage by Unesco.
Many are the participations in international meetings and conferences: In 2010 he is invited designer at the international workshop Palermo: Neighborhoods suburbs and contemporary city (Scientific Research Miur-Prin 2007). Borgo Ulivia neighborhood masterplan is published in the book edited by the Department of History and Project of the Palermo University.
In 2011 he is lecturer at the Second World Congress of the Light, in Venice Biennale, with a contribution entitled "Light as a diaphragm between material and immaterial" together with: Karla Menten, Barbara Balestrieri, Maurice Asso, David Chipperfield, Caruso- Ghafour, Rodolfo Dordoni, Claudio La Viola, Gabriele Lelli, Manfred Draxl, Winy Mass, Vittorio Longheu, Felipe Lozano, Simona Pieri, Barozzi-Veiga, Kengo Kuma.
In 2014 he is invited lecturer at the international conference New Urban Languages: Re-thinking Urban Ideology in Post-ideological Times in Escuela Tecnica Superior de Arquitectura Madrid.
In 2018 he published "Smart Cities vs Smart Territories", a sort of debate with Elisabetta Bello, Maria Teresa Gabardi and Nunziante Mastrolia on the idea of "Smart cities: two different positions, two way of thinking. from l'aquila earthquake territories to italian heritage landscape, to world infinite richness and multiplicity (Licosia edizioni)".
In 2019 published "Il progetto come connessione - architettura città paesaggio". The book is a research on the architectural fundamentals, in which the figure of the link/connection is the plan principle of architecture, city and landscape. (Maggioli Editore).
In 2018 he founded a new architecture and landscape book series named Terzo Luogo and published by Licosia.
Expert in bioclimatic planning with a merit mentioning in 1999 by the University of Bologna, he worked in the year 2000 in Chile, being selected for the international workshop ‘Valparaiso del chile: ideas y proyectos por el casco historico’, that followed the election of Valparaiso to the status of humanity heritage by Unesco.
Many are the participations in international meetings and conferences: In 2010 he is invited designer at the international workshop Palermo: Neighborhoods suburbs and contemporary city (Scientific Research Miur-Prin 2007). Borgo Ulivia neighborhood masterplan is published in the book edited by the Department of History and Project of the Palermo University.
In 2011 he is lecturer at the Second World Congress of the Light, in Venice Biennale, with a contribution entitled "Light as a diaphragm between material and immaterial" together with: Karla Menten, Barbara Balestrieri, Maurice Asso, David Chipperfield, Caruso- Ghafour, Rodolfo Dordoni, Claudio La Viola, Gabriele Lelli, Manfred Draxl, Winy Mass, Vittorio Longheu, Felipe Lozano, Simona Pieri, Barozzi-Veiga, Kengo Kuma.
In 2014 he is invited lecturer at the international conference New Urban Languages: Re-thinking Urban Ideology in Post-ideological Times in Escuela Tecnica Superior de Arquitectura Madrid.
In 2018 he published "Smart Cities vs Smart Territories", a sort of debate with Elisabetta Bello, Maria Teresa Gabardi and Nunziante Mastrolia on the idea of "Smart cities: two different positions, two way of thinking. from l'aquila earthquake territories to italian heritage landscape, to world infinite richness and multiplicity (Licosia edizioni)".
In 2019 published "Il progetto come connessione - architettura città paesaggio". The book is a research on the architectural fundamentals, in which the figure of the link/connection is the plan principle of architecture, city and landscape. (Maggioli Editore).
In 2018 he founded a new architecture and landscape book series named Terzo Luogo and published by Licosia.
