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Ticino Architecture : Contemporary Swiss House
Contemporary Ticino Building – design by Davide Macullo
23 Oct 2007
House in Comano
Ticino – Switzerland
Comano, set at 5 km north from Lugano (Ticino), is a little village at the foot of a hill. The plot is set as a kind of boundary between the hill and the new urbanized area on a flatter surface.
The construction stands on the lower part of a steep slope; it organically integrates with the landscape thanks to the verticality of two volumes built according to a strict regulation and bearing in mind the building height in order to preserve the view on the historical village on top of the hill. The arrangement of the storeys links every room, visually and physically, with the garden thus enhancing the feeling to be constantly at ground level. The huge entrance porch, that serves also as covered car-park, is carved into the hill as a cave; leaving the upper volume as if “floating” in the green landscape. The void generated between the main volumes, hosts the stairs that link the shifted levels at different heights and give the feeling of walking on the natural slope as if nature were part of the built spaces.
Comano House – Building Information
HOUSE in COMANO – Ticino – Switzerland
Buyer: Family TOZZINI – PAGLIA
Realization: 2005-07
Architects: DAVIDE MACULLO – Lugano – Switzerland
MARCO STROZZI – Lugano – Switzerland
Collaborators: LAURA PEROLINI – Como – Italy
MARGHERITA PUSTERLA – Varese – Italy
MICHELE ALBERIO – Como – Italy
Engineer: IDEAL INGEGNO SA – Vezia – Switzerland
Physical engineer: FRANCO SEMINI – Lugano – Switzerland
Project manager: ENNIO MAGETTI – Minusio – Switzerland
Photographer: ENRICO CANO – Como – Italy; PINO MUSI – Milano – Italy
Ticino house information from Davide Macullo 23 Oct 2007
Location: Comano, Ticino, Switzerland
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