South Tyrol House, North Italian Family Home by feld72, New Kaltern Residence
Family Home in South Tyrol
New Caldaro Residential Architecture: North Italian Property – design by feld72 Architects
21 Dec 2017
Family Home, South Tyrol
Design: feld72, architects
Locaton: Kaltern an der Weinstraße (Caldaro) South Tyrol, northern Italy
Four buildings form the house D in South Tyrol
Photos: David Schreyer
House D, Kaltern (IT)
South Tyrol House
The house as a village
Four tower-like volumes, which to the outside appear relatively homogenous whilst distinctly displaying their varying functional characters to the inside, are arranged around a central piazza. For instance, the so-called water tower houses the wet rooms, another tower accommodates the staircase and, in two further towers, a number of bedrooms as well as the living spaces are located.
Bridge-like galleries create connecting paths between the individual buildings, in which room heights vary depending on the different functions, in this way allowing for exciting spatial situations. As is the case in a village, actual life in house D also happens in and around the buildings. One meets in the central piazza where the living spaces of the ground floor fluidly join together. Voids allow for horizontal and vertical visual relationships right across the buildings, whereby the rooms’ intimacy is designed to increase vertically.
Via glazed openings in the buildings, one is able to enjoy an almost 360° round view and daylight from all directions from the central living space. Inside and outside melt together, particularly where the pistachio tone of the facades, inspired by their natural surroundings, continues into the inside. Where exterior walls transform into interior ones, they at times develop into furnishings and other building features which complete the contour of the towers.
The house as a village
In close proximity to the parental house and right next to the sister’s home, the younger brother also wanted to fulfill the dream of building his own four walls. In the end, however, a whole lot more than just four walls developed.
feld72 had already realised designs for the two sisters, thereby having earned the full trust of the client and his family. Through their courage, it was possible to realise a most unusual concept that, despite the small size of the plot, met the task with an idea as unconventional as it was effective.
Four in one
Four tower-like volumes, which to the outside appear relatively homogenous whilst distinctly displaying their varying functional characters to the inside, are arranged around a central piazza. For instance, the so-called water tower houses the wet rooms, another tower accommodates the staircase and, in two further towers, a number of bedrooms as well as the living spaces are located.
Bridge-like galleries create connecting paths between the individual buildings, in which room heights vary depending on the different functions, in this way allowing for exciting spatial situations.
Between inside and outside
As is the case in a village, actual life in house D also happens in and around the buildings. One meets in the central piazza where the living spaces of the ground floor fluidly join together.
Voids allow for horizontal and vertical visual relationships right across the buildings, whereby the rooms’ intimacy is designed to increase vertically.
Via glassed fugues in the buildings, one is able to enjoy an almost 360° round view and daylight from all directions from the central living space.
Inside and outside melt together, particularly where the pistachio tone of the facades, inspired by their natural surroundings, continues into the inside. Where exterior walls transform into interior ones, they at times develop into furnishings and other building features which complete the contour of the towers.
South Tyrol Home – Building Information
Location: Kaltern, IT
Client: Private
Completion: 2017
GFA: 185 m²
Structural engineering: Obrist & Partner
Building services: Ruedl Hans
Electrics: Elektro AG
Structural physics: Energytech
Collaborators: Soner Ertim, Marino Fei, Gerhard Mair
ClimateHouse Class: A
Photographs: David Schreyer
Family Home in South Tyrol images / information from feld72 Architects ZT GmbH
Location: Kaltern, South Tyrol, Italy, southern Europe
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