Designing a house on a cliff is one of the most challenging designs for architects. The villa form is inspired by origami. Folded white surfaces smoothly bend together to characterize this unique villa. An artificial waterfall has been added to create a fascinating atmosphere in the outdoor terraces around the infinity pool.
Project name
Diving Cliff House
Architecture firm
LYX arkitekter
Location
Calabria Cliffs, Italy
Tools used
Autodesk Revit, Autodesk 3ds Max, Quixel Bridge, Enscape, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Aftereffects
Typology
Residential › House
This gut renovation modernizes the interiors of two apartments in a dilapidated historic Palazzo in Brescia, Italy, while restoring the original grandeur of the spaces. The units on adjacent floors share the same perimeter footprint; however, the different ceiling heights engender discrete architectural responses
Project name
Piano Nobile Loft & Round Wall Studio
Architecture firm
Alepreda Architecture, www.alepreda.com
Photography
Ottavio Tomasini, www.ottaviotomasini.it
Principal architect
Alessandro Preda
Built area
60 m² each apartment, 72 ² each apartment (Gross Floor Area), 58 m² each apartment (Usable Floor Area)
Environmental & MEP engineering
Structural engineer
Studio Tecnico Zampedrini, www.zampedrini.it
Material
Oak, white oak,gypsum wall board and metal studs, white laminate, existing stone and brick,
Construction
Green Cantieri, www.greencantieri.it
Typology
Residential › Apartment
Boundaries between past and future, between dream and reality, between inside and outside: noa* network of architecture makes the invisible lines visible, which become part of the full picture and, above all, instead of a separation, a connection between two worlds.
Architecture firm
noa* network of architecture
Location
Soprabolzano, South Tyrol, Italy
Photography
Alex Filz, Andrea Dal Negro (drone images)
Interior design
noa* network of architecture
Material
Wood, Stone, Glass, Steel
Typology
Hospitality › Hotel, Wellness
From the shell of an old barn comes "Casa Bona". The renovation project emphasises the contrast between the aesthetic lines of the existing building and the new construction elements included in the project.
Architecture firm
ZDA | Zupelli Design Architettura
Location
Gàmbara, Brescia, Italy
Photography
Matteo Sturla
Principal architect
Ezio Zupelli
Design team
Ezio Zupelli, Carlo Zupelli, Francesca Dellabona
Collaborators
Matteo Sturla, Ottavia Zuccotti, Marco Bettera
Interior design
ZDA | Zupelli Design Architettura
Civil engineer
Mauro Taglietti
Structural engineer
Mauro Taglietti
Environmental & MEP
Mauro Taglietti
Lighting
ZDA | Zupelli Design Architettura
Supervision
Mauro Taglietti
Tools used
Reflex Canon 5d
Material
Steel, Concrete, Glass, Wood, Brick
Typology
Residential › House, Renovation
The Sinuous House by ANTIREALITY takes its name from the curvy and circular shape of the building. This conceptual two-story house is designed as a weekend retreat for city workers, located within the natural coastal landscapes.
Project name
Sinuous House
Architecture firm
ANTIREALITY
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, V-ray, Adobe Photoshop
Visualization
ANTIREALITY
Typology
Residential › House
MASK Architects has designed the world's first steel 3D printed structure of modular houses for Nivola Museum’s visitors,Tourists and Artists in Orani, city of Sardinia.Öznur Pınar Çer and Danilo Petta have Inspired from the work of "Costantino Nivola", they have designed “Exosteel Mother Nature” modular houses which they have taken inspiration fro...
Project name
Exosteel Mother Nature Modular Prefabricated Living Museum Houses
Architecture firm
MASK Architects
Location
Orani, Sardinia, Italy
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshoper, Autodesk 3ds Max, CATIA Design, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Öznur Pınar Çer and Danilo Petta
Collaborators
Sarje Nagda (Press Report)
Visualization
MASK Architects
Built area
127 m² (3.Floor)
The monumental spaces of a 17th century monastery are brought back to life in Arco, Alto Garda, where noa* network of architecture has transformed them into a unique hotel, while conserving the charm of the original architecture and its atmosphere of peace and meditation. In the garden, the spa is inspired by certain typical rural constructions, wh...
Architecture firm
noa* network of architecture
Location
Arco, Trentino, Italy
Photography
Alex Filz, Andrea Dal Negro (drone images)
Built area
520 m² (wellness)
Site area
3.780 m² (monastero)
Material
Wood, Glass, Stone
Client
Stephanie Happacher & Manuel Mutschlechner
Typology
Hospitality › Hotel, Wellness
Striatus is an arched, unreinforced masonry footbridge composed of 3D-printed concrete blocks assembled without mortar. Exhibited at the Giardini della Marinaressa during the Venice Architecture Biennale until November 2021, the 16x12-metre footbridge is the first of its kind, combining traditional techniques of master builders with advanced comput...
Architecture firm
Zaha Hadid Architects Computation and Design Group (ZHACODE), Block Research Group (BRG) at ETH Zurich, incremental3D, Holcim
Location
Giardino della Marinaressa, Venice, Italy
Length
3D-printing path lengths (per block) = 602 m - 1754 m
Design team
ZHACODE: Jianfei Chu, Vishu Bhooshan, Henry David Louth, Shajay Bhooshan, Patrik Schumacher. ● ETH BRG: Tom Van Mele, Alessandro Dell’Endice, Philippe Block
Structural engineer
ETH BRG: Tom Van Mele, Alessandro Dell’Endice, Sam Bouten, Philippe Block
Construction
Bürgin Creations: Theo Bürgin, Semir Mächler, Calvin Graf, ETH BRG: Alessandro Dell’Endice, Tom Van Mele
Photography
Studio Naaro, Tom Van Mele, Alessandro Dell'endice, in3d
