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Private home Distinctive coating

Private home Distinctive coating
By Editorial Staff -

B+B Associati successfully tackled this project in the heart of Treviso where an old house, situated on a rather irregular corner lot in a context lacking uniformity, needed to be pulled down and rebuilt. The approach was to maintain the original size, but then add and subtract parts to produce a compact, sculpted volume in which color and surface design are central to defining the shape. The light colored lower section houses a garage and various utilities areas, as well as effectively acting as a base for the actual house, which rises two floors for the living area and bedrooms, respectively. This upper section resembles a closed, secure box when viewed from the street, aside from windows that follow the internal path of the stairs and a top-floor bow-window on the side. The envelope consists of a ventilated façade made using Lapitec® sintered stone slabs that were chosen for their combination of aesthetics and performance. This cladding was mounted by Antonello Finiture on an aluminum frame using a concealed fastening system, ventilation profiles and a finishing that creates a discreet cornice at the top of the building. The chosen large slabs were the 12 mm thick Grigio Piombo version with a Vesuvio finish, but in differing sizes to create a pattern of changing, vertically-placed rectangles that seem to squeeze together and then spread out. Only a few elements break the continuity of the elevations: the glass parapet of the bow-window; the projecting roof - also glass - above the rear balcony; and a small “shutter” that can be opened, revealing a small window. The choice of Lapitec® for ventilated façades brings numerous benefits as the material is resistant to UV rays, wind, frost and high temperatures, plus the use of Bio Care technology in the manufacturing process makes the slabs self-cleaning.

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