Alps Villa – Brescia, Italy
Title
Alps Villa – Brescia, Italy
Designed by
Camillo Botticini Architetto
Image Credit
© Eugenie Pons
Project Description
The architect Camillo Botticini in his project “Alps Villa” located in the hilly north of Brescia (IT) in a hilly context, had hypothesized the construction of a modern design residence that could combine wood in the main facade with metal cladding materials to play with an innovative and original contrast.
The architect defines as follows: “The house is located in a clearing among the trees, 700 meters above sea level, near the “Passo del Cavallo”, where a place is located close to but at the same time far from the urban agglomeration just below. The relationship with the soil and the landscape are the materials that build the project: with the soil it operates a principle of rooting towards the north slope, where the house seems to bite the mountain, while it “emancipates” to the south, with a overhang that projects it towards the valley, and a large splayed window that mediates between the interior of the living room and the outside landscape”
The only possible choice for the facade was obviously to opt for a bead of molecular wood coating of Accoya. that could ensure a long durability in combination with a dimensional stability that according to the angles and geometries of the did not create problems in time. The need for stability and durability were put in relation to the climate as extremely rigid winter nights alternated with days of full solar radiation with strong changes of humidity and heat.
