alberto rosso tre case mediterranee

1. Via Belfiore, 36
10125 Torino - Italy
Tel +39 011 6502346
fax +39 011 19714269
torino@studioata.com
Giovedì 23 ottobre 2014, Auditorium “Il Parco” – BCC Carate Brianza.
Arch. Alberto Rosso ph.d.
INVOLUCRO AD ALTO
ISOLAMENTO TERMICO
E ACUSTICO: DIAGNOSI,
VERIFICHE E SOLUZIONI
PROGETTUALI A CONFRONTO
TRE CASE MEDITERRANEE
“Tre livelli”, Alassio (Sv),
“Casa tra gli alberi”, Torino,
“Casa tra gli ulivi”, Montegrazie (Im)

2. Studioata
founded in 1998 is
an office composed
by 10 young
architects.
Studioata
Orizzontal
organization
structure (vs
pramidal with
the leder on top)
represents the will
of its members to
widen their own
educational and
cultural process.

3. “Tre livelli” Alassio, Savona

4. Aleppine courtyard house
Syria: a research experience

5. Koppen: a system
that identifies
climate zones.
The Koppen
system defines
the climate of the
Mediterranean as
CS.
The climate of the
Mediterranean is a
sub tropical climate:
dry summer;
mild winters;
very highsunlight;
concentration of
precipitation in cold
weather;
summer almost dry;
medium strong wind
regime.
Aleppine courtyard house

6. Ancient origins:
it derives from the
Hellenistic home
court before, Roman
one later and
Byzantine one too.
The variations are
determined by three
aspects:
- the influence of
different cultures
(Islamic culture),
- construction
techniques,
materials, etc:
original architectural
construction
practices
- specific space
needs (climate,
habits, etc.)
Aleppine courtyard house

7. The courtyard
system in the urban
fabric of Aleppo.
Courtyard houses
consist of one or two
floors level around
an inner yard.
The residential
distric is clustered
around major alleys
which lead to
court yard houses
through a system of
secondary streets
and blind alleys.
Aleppine courtyard house

8. The Aleppine
courtyard house
generates a compact
and introverted
urban fabric.
This enclosed
urban fabric is
made of concentric
progressive fences
and silent roads and
walkways.
You access the
courts through the
“cul de sac” which
is the last element
in the scale of public
approaches to the
residence.
Effect of the
progressive original
domus divisions and
obstruction.
Aleppine courtyard house

9. Skif:
a maze entrance at
the end of the cul de
sac.
The Skif avoids
introspection,
indiscreet eyes (for
example, if you leave
the door open to
increase the flow of
air during warmer
periods).
Aleppine courtyard house

10. The rooms
surrounding the
courts face on it,
while the walls are
essentially without
openings.
A extremely
silent and severe
cityscape.
This typology allows
you to protect
domestic spaces
from chaotic city
noise and dust.
Aleppine courtyard house

11. Two floors + Quabu
(a semi basement
under the two
graound floors).
Quabu is used
in summer as a fresh
space ,
In winter as a cold
space to store food.
Facades are
generally made of
stone.
The stone walls are
a good defense from
the summer heat.
It consist of two
or three rows of
widows that give
light and air to the
interior.
Aleppine courtyard house

12. The Iwan ,
positioned north, is
an opened empty
covered space.
The Iwan is almost
always lifted some
steps from the
ground to capture
better air flow that
pass through the
courtyard.
Aleppine courtyard house

13. In the courtyard
there were trees and
water features.
The fountains are
able to produce
large benefits in a
warm dry climate:
fountains are able to
lower temperatures
as a result of
evaporation,
humidifying dry air
at the same time.
The Al masharabia
are architectural
elements used
to decrease the
summer irradiation:
sunscreens filter out
the sun’s rays and
increase privacy.
Aleppine courtyard house

14. A difference in
height is located
inside housing at the
inlet.
It identifies a kind of
trap to prevent the
cold air entering the
house in winter.
(Living rooms,
realized ​​raised, to an
higher level, remain
warmer).
This will also prevent
the winter rains to
invade the house.
Aleppine courtyard house

15. Almalkaf captures
main winds and
deflects them inside
the house.
It could be fitted
with supports acts
to fix tissues able
to filter the air from
dust.
The fabrics, when
wet, are able to
humidify invading
house air flows.
Aleppine courtyard house

16. “La casa tra gli alberi” Torino

17. The house among
the Trees wins the
prize Architetture
Rivelate 2013, that
comes from the
OAT (Ordine degli
Architetti PPC della
Provincia di Torino).
The house among
the trees wins the
second prize at the
RI.U.SO International
Competition,
promoted by the
CNA, Legambiente
and ANCE.
“La casa tra gli alberi”, Torino

18. The House among
the Trees is situated
in the district of San
Salvario: center of
the major migration
flows that shaped
the city in the
second post-war
period.
Now marked by
an extraordinary
process of
gentryfication which
profoundly changed
not only the social
and generational
composition but also
the builfscape.
“La casa tra gli alberi”, Torino

19. The project is aimed
at restructuring
a low building
formerly used as
a workshop and
converting it to
residential use.
“La casa tra gli alberi”, Torino

20. Before the change
of use, the building
was a workplace
used for handicrafts
production.
The low building and
its courtyard before
restructuring.
“La casa tra gli alberi”, Torino

21. The scope for this
intervention is to
restructure the low
building and its
courtyard.
The building looks
like an independent
building inserted in
the urban fabric.
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“La casa tra gli alberi”, Torino

22. Demolition
of the elements
inconsistent with the
original building.
Construction
of a new wing in the
north side.
“La casa tra gli alberi”, Torino

23. The voids:
Define two empty
spaces: the
courtyard and the
patio,
around which
the living space is
configured.
“La casa tra gli alberi”, Torino

24. The light:
The new skylights
inserted in the roof
ensure maximum
light yield even in
adverse seasonal
conditions and offer
a pleasant view of
the sky.
“La casa tra gli alberi”, Torino

25. The green system:
The flat roof of the
building and the
new wing has been
transformed into a
roof garden,
a terrace,
and many trees in
the courtyard,
to emphasize the
outdoor space.
“La casa tra gli alberi”, Torino

26. “La casa tra gli alberi”, Torino

27. Ground Floor plan:
1 – Courtyard
2 – Living Room
3 – Kitchen/Dining
Room
4 – Patio
5 – Room
6 – Bathroom
7 – Laundry
8 – Shower
9 – Walk-in closet
10 – Tank
11 – Storage room
12 – Office
13 – Staircase to the
roof garden
“La casa tra gli alberi”, Torino
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Shared Courtyard

28. A new party wall
separates the
private yard of the
apartment from the
common courtyard.
“La casa tra gli alberi”, Torino

29. The blind wall,
the entrance door
and the sliding
driveway door,
completely plastered
make up a barrier
against noise and
against prying eyes.
“La casa tra gli alberi”, Torino

30. The presence of
trees and small
green areas has
transformed the
courtyard into an
unexpected and
urban garden that
offers a lovely view
from all the rooms
of the house.
“La casa tra gli alberi”, Torino

31. In winter, the
naked trees reveal
the façade of the
building, whose
appearance suggests
a workshop.
The light, no longer
shaded by the thick
summer foliage, is
allowed to freely
enter into all living
spaces.
“La casa tra gli alberi”, Torino

32. The vegetal
elements
in the courtyard
seem to want to
regain their space
by “splitting” the
floor constructed
in Liege bluestone
staves.
“La casa tra gli alberi”, Torino

33. The living area
overlooks the inner
patio. Large sliding
windows help create
continuity between
interior and exterior,
integrating the
living space with the
vegetal elements.
The long cement
support surface
connects the two
zones.
A cement support
surface, provided
with iron-coated
pull-out drawers,
runs along the
whole length of the
living room up to
the outdoor patio
becoming a bench to
sit on in summer.
“La casa tra gli alberi”, Torino

34. In summer, thanks
to large full-height
sliding windows, the
patio becomes an
integral part of the
kitchen.
Coplanarity of walls
and floors and the
use of the same
materials for both,
create an ambiguous
boundary between
interior and exterior,
where the outside
becomes the inside
and vice versa.
“La casa tra gli alberi”, Torino

35. The dining area
is surrounded
by sliding French
windows.
Its provide a
spectacular framing
for the trees of the
patio and courtyard.
“La casa tra gli alberi”, Torino

36. The partition wall
holding the fireplace
is the only opaque
element separating
the living area from
the patio.
“La casa tra gli alberi”, Torino

37. Section:
1 – Patio
2 – Living room
3 – Corridor in the
sleeping area
4 – Shower
5 – Guest room/
Office
6 – Terrace
7 – Roof garden
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“La casa tra gli alberi”, Torino

38. The small office at
the first floor enjoys
an outstanding view
over the sofà area
and the patio.
“La casa tra gli alberi”, Torino

39. “La casa tra gli alberi”, Torino

40. Trought the book-
case.
A long blind corridor
emphasized by
“invidisible” doors
separates the rooms
of the sleeping area
from the bathrooms
and closets.
At the far end, the
space is definitely
concluded by the
zenith lighting
coming from the
overhead skylights
of the terrace.
“La casa tra gli alberi”, Torino

41. Section:
1 – Dining room/
Kitchen
2 – Courtyard
3 – Tank
4 – Terrace
5 – Roof garden
“La casa tra gli alberi”, Torino
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42. A cement tank
integrated with
the floor enjoys a
privileged view over
the tree courtyard.
A large sliding
window turns the
tank into a small
swimming pool
immersed in green.
“La casa tra gli alberi”, Torino

43. In winter, the
architecture of the
site is revealed by
the naked trees:
the Liege bluestone
covering the
courtyard and the
north façade, the
grey plaster of the
main façades and
the black aluminum
of the fixtures.
“La casa tra gli alberi”, Torino

44. Liege bluestone
personalized in
different shapes are
used for cladding
the entire surface of
the courtyard and
the north façade
hiding the access to
the technical rooms.
“La casa tra gli alberi”, Torino

45. From the courtyard
to the terrace, up to
the roof garden:
the city
context unveils
progressively.
“La casa tra gli alberi”, Torino

46. Looking down from
the terrace:
the contrast
between the tree-
lined courtyard with
the city context
really sticks out.
“La casa tra gli alberi”, Torino

47. The project
establishes an
ambivalent dialogue
with a difficult
context:
it closes itself
off from it by
constructing a high
wall of neutral
colours (defining
the typical artificial/
natural space of the
main patio);
it offers itself to it
through a luxuriant
roof garden
where views open
unexpectedly over
the surrounding
urban landscape.
“La casa tra gli alberi”, Torino

48. Urban acupuncture

49. Working on
an existing
construction;
Generating new
opportunities.
Acupuncture
Recovery
Reuse
Sustainability
Innovation
Urban acupuncture

50. Injections of green
areas can generate
reactions leading to
an improvement of
the entire organism,
the city.
The house among
the trees has been
an example, a
testing ground on a
micro scale of the
city we dream
about.
Urban acupuncture

51. Urban acupuncture

52. Urban acupuncture

53. The rennovation
of the courtyards,
repeted, replicated
in the urban fabric.
Urban acupuncture

54. If you repeat and
replicate the form
of the courtyards in
the different districts
of the city, you get a
green surface whose
extension is greater
than the Valentino
Park.
Urban acupuncture

55. “Casa tra gli ulivi” Montegrazie, Imperia

56. Luogo: Cian di Beccu -
Montegrazie - Imperia
Tipologia: ristrutturazione
di un fabbricato agricolo
Committenza: privata
Cronologia: 2013 - 2014
Superficie lotto: mq 2500
Superficiecostruita:mq50
“Casa tra gli ulivi”, Montegrazie, Imperia

57. “Casa tra gli ulivi”, Montegrazie, Imperia

58. Da ovest, si accede
alla proprietà
passeggiando sulle
fasce terrazzate,
attraverso le chiome
centenarie degli ulivi
la piccola abitazione
si intravede appena,
i materiali e i colori
utilizzati sono quelli
del territorio ligure.
“Casa tra gli ulivi”, Montegrazie, Imperia

59. L’architettura, a volte,
è solo un mezzo
per contemplare un
paesaggio. L’edificio
è concepito come
sorta di mirador per
cercare le migliori
viste sul territorio.
Demolitions and
constructions.
IL PIANO TERRA
Per guardare a est e a
ovest le fasce, i prati e
gli ulivi
Voids and light.
IL PIANO PRIMO
Per guardare a nord le
colline terrazzate e a
sud il mare
The green system.
LA COPERTURA
Per guardare a 360°
l’entroterra, la costa e
la Corsica.
The green system.
“Casa tra gli ulivi”, Montegrazie, Imperia

60. L’edificio si sviluppa
verso l’alto con due
piani fuori terra per
ridurre al minimo
(5mx5m) il suo
ingombro sul lotto
terrazzato. A sud
l’ampia finestra
a tutta altezza,
si appoggia sulla
muratura rivestita
in pietra locale del
piano terra, quasi
a voler superare le
chiome degli ulivi
e cercare l’ideale
affaccio verso il
mare.
“Casa tra gli ulivi”, Montegrazie, Imperia

61. Gli spazi abitativi
cercano una
interazione fisica
e visiva con il
territorio.
Gli accessi e i vani
finestrati della zona
giorno, a piano
primo, e della
zona notte a piano
terra, si orientano
rispettivamente
in direzione
perpendicolare e
parallela alle fasce
adattandosi alla
morfologia del
territorio, evitando
movimenti terra e
salvaguardando gli
ulivi esistenti.
Un piccolo invaso
per la raccolta
dell’acqua diventa,
d’estate, una
piccola vasca per
rinfrescarsi.
“Casa tra gli ulivi”, Montegrazie, Imperia

62. Sezione:
1 - Zona giorno
2 - Loggia coperta
3 - Zona notte
4 - Cabina armadi
5 - Giardino
“Casa tra gli ulivi”, Montegrazie, Imperia
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3
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4

63. Le ampie superfici
finestrate vogliono
smaterializzare
il costruito,
garantendo,
dall’interno, la
massima visibilità
del paesaggio.
Anche da fuori
l’edificio non
impedisce la vista
verso il mare.
“Casa tra gli ulivi”, Montegrazie, Imperia

64. Pianta piano primo:
1 - Soggiorno
2 - Pranzo
3 - Cucina
4 - Camino
5 - Botola per
il collegamento
d’emergenza con la
zona notte
6 - Loggia coperta
7 - Giardino
“Casa tra gli ulivi”, Montegrazie, Imperia
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65. A piano primo si
sviluppa la zona
giorno. Entrando
sullo sfondo il
paesaggio di
sostituisce ad una
delle pareti della
stanza. La muratura
prosegue oltre il filo
della vetrata quasi a
voler prolungare lo
spazio abitativo oltre
il limite dell’edificio,
verso il mare.
“Casa tra gli ulivi”, Montegrazie, Imperia

66. A piano primo le
pannellature apribili
in legno laccato si
mimetizzano con la
tinta della muratura
e nascondono gli
spazi di servizio
all’abitazione. La
cucina all’occorrenza
si apre svelando i
suoi accessori, da
chiusa completa la
parete della stanza.
L’unico elemento a
vista è il vetro della
stufa incassata.
Nulla interferisce con
la vista mozzafiato,
solo il fuoco e il
mare.
“Casa tra gli ulivi”, Montegrazie, Imperia

67. “Casa tra gli ulivi”, Montegrazie, Imperia

68. Pianta piano terra:
1 - Camera
2 - Cabina armadi
3 - Bagno
4 - Scaletta a pioli
per collegamento
“d’emergenza” con la
zona giorno
5 - Loggia coperta
6 - Giardino
“Casa tra gli ulivi”, Montegrazie, Imperia
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2
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4
6
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3

69. I serramenti a
tutta altezza
sono scorrevoli,
d’estate l’esterno
coperto diventa
parte dell’interno e
viceversa.
“Casa tra gli ulivi”, Montegrazie, Imperia

70. “Casa tra gli ulivi”, Montegrazie, Imperia

71. Ogni facciata è
trattata come se
fosse la principale.
La piccola abitazione
è accessibile da
nord , est ed ovest
attraverso le ampie
porte finestre a tutta
altezza.
“Casa tra gli ulivi”, Montegrazie, Imperia

72. “Casa tra gli ulivi”, Montegrazie, Imperia

73. Arch.
Alberto Rosso ph.d. Grazie per l’attenzione.