"RESIDANCE O" by Andrea Tognon architecture
architecture , feature
Andrea Tognon architecture completed "RESIDANCE O" in Teolo, Italy, in 2008/10.
The following is a text by the architect.
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RESIDANCE O
TEOLO, 2008/10
The building we were call to refurbish was built in the 70's as imitation of vernacular architecture of the Veneto countryside area. Was looking pretty fake. The floor plan was a square were a corner was missing (so was an L shape). The roof was a concrete slab juting out in a very inelegant and bad proportionated way. So we decide to add the corner that was missing to complete the square floor plane. Because the total redefinition of the insulation parameter we reshape the profile of the building cutting the old roof edge and redesign the junction between roof and perimetrical walls. The entire interior layout was redesign, all the walls and roof insulated, the eating system switched to solar energy ...
