INTERIOR

Light and space

For Duilio Damilano architecture has always been a driving passion. “When is was a boy – he tells us – I spent a great deal of time looking at buildings and later, after graduating from high school, I couldn’t help but enrol in architecture school”. He studied in Turin, escaping when possible to follow Daniel Libeskind who, not yet famous, produced drawings with a formidable communicative impact.
Damilano’s projects are now characterized by a highly dynamic conception, and their attention to geometries organized to create sequences of spatial events. Also of importance is the play of light introduced by glazed surfaces located on various levels, coupled with an ever-present relationship with the surrounding natural context.
Today, at a time of crisis, his works are almost exclusively designed based on principles of environmental sustainability, and zero-energy impact.The house is the result of two fundamental requirements: avoiding the stereotypes of neighbouring residential constructions, and the creation of a technologically evolved dwelling. To respond to the first request the house was separated from the surrounding context by planted barriers, creating a new space to be observed through large glazed surfaces. The living room, which resembles a large glass cube, opens onto the pool, a calm surface of water animated by a lampwaterfall.
The dialogue between spaces is continuous: the bathroom opens onto the bedroom, the kitchen onto the living room, the latter rising up towards the mezzanine level to create spatial and visual continuity.
The lightness of the construction is contrasted by the weight and texture of the stone pier at the entrance, reinforced by the wooden canopy.
Wood slats and sliding panels screen the most private spaces.A blade of steel and glass breaks away from the building to create a covered exterior space.
The flat roof is designed as a hanging garden accessible from the bedrooms.
The house is fully automated by a technologically advanced domotic system that allows for the control of all functions even from a remote location.

Claudia Alessandro