Carpi, Province of Modena, Italy – December 2019

The design focus on the renovation of the existing ‘tripartition’ home. In carrying out with the sustainability, the 700Sq.m home maintains the existing floor slabs and the structural walls, thus striping out the home to its basic structure with major changes to the existing openings. Proposed home highlight the existing three part volumes and its unique existing features, such as the spiral staircase and ‘vertical forest’. Public spaces located in the south and the private spaces located in the north, separated by the ‘glass bridge’ makes the three part volumes.

Due to limited views and vistas, this home is design as an inward courtyard house and spaces in the home are linked through the main first floor courtyard. Co-living shared areas are connected through double and triple high cut-out spaces and glass ceiling between floors and private space are linked through ‘vertical forest’ terraces. Additionally, the ‘glass bridge’ consist of triple high void that links the whole home as one unit.

Due to existing orientation of the home, in order to obtain a good passive solar design, south volume terraces are staggered outwards at the centre courtyard to bring natural light and ventilation into the courtyard and exposed the southern sun into the northern volume.