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B-House

This is a project by Damilano Studio Architects and it is located at Cuneo, Piemonte, Italy. Project's program: Single family house. There are twenty six images for B-House.

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Project details

Project name: B-House
Location: Cuneo, Piemonte, Italy
Program: Single family house
Area: Surface Area: 2000 m2 • Building Area: 355 m2
Year: Completion: 2008
More details: Materials: (Exterior floor) Indian grey stone; (Interior floor in the living room "white") Taxsos(Wall pannelling in the living room) Forest Brown; (Interior and exterior wood floor) Teak
Project by: Damilano Studio Architects
Team: Principal Designers: Architect: Duilio Damilano, Claudia Allinio
Others: Structural Design: Massimo Aimar

Project images

Designer's statement

The house extends horizontally with a row of premises that end up with the kitchen, real field glasses pointed to the village. The above mentioned volume dominates the access to the garage and controls the entrance to the property. In opposite directions, this house develops northwards with the body of the rooms more intimate and intimist and southward with the swimming pool, a wide sheet of water, reflections and light. The living floor is a spotless space, corrupt by the materiality of a fossil stone wall and by blobs of colour of some furniture. The first floor is reserved to landlords and hosts a wide room, the wardrobe box and the bathroom. The roofs are wide terraces, alternatives hanging by relaxation of the garden. In the night come out the depth of volumes and leaks highlighted by luminous cuts and clear/dark contrasts.

Sustainable features:

Structure in brick-cement
Installation of floor heating with accumulating and condensing boiler model ATAG (27000 Kg/cal)
Exterior wall: double course (interior course poroton 20 cm, air space 10 cm which is placed an board insulation made with 4+4 cm wool glass density 40 kg/m3, exterior course brick thickness 12 cm)
Production hot water with solar thermal vacuum tube “termomax”
Low emissivity glass 4+4mm, air space 15 mm, glass 4+4 mm
Dehumidifying plaster