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The concept of the project is really clear: it’s a two-storey building (8 m high) with a simple rectangular plan and a wooden frame structure. The pitched roof with no eaves recalls the children archetypal house. The ground floor consists of three opaque boxes, alternated to glass surfaces: this system allows a cross relationship between the interior space and the garden.
This relationship completely changes on the first floor, where the space has a longitudinal direction. It opens on the short sides with a cantilevered volume (that hosts the meeting room) on the east side and a small loggia on the west side, facing a park.
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The facade on the ground floor is a white plaster wall. Otherwise the roof and the first floor are covered by a dark metal cladding which gives a contemporary character to the building.
In this building, certified Casa Clima Classe A, energy savings and comfort are guaranteed by many features: the wooden frame structure, the thermal insulation coating (made of wood fiber), the limited use of glues, the low energy consumption, the radiant floor, and the LED lighting.
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Working in the Nature, Varese, Italy
Tipology: office
Architects: LCA architetti
Completion: 2014