Wood: a key resource for south tyrol
In this northern Italian region, wood is a vital resource that brings together tradition, the economy and environmental protection. The short and sustainable supply chain is worth €1.3 billion and involves thousands of local companies.
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The ground floor has a concrete floor seamlessly continuous on the outside while the other floors have varying heights and formats. Without losing living space, the floor slab is displaced vertically to create contact between the floors and allow light to spread deeply down the diagonal through the house. In the living room there is a built-in bookshelf in plywood with the house’s workplace. Plywood is one of two materials that define the whole house.
House for a drummer, Kärna, Sweden
Program: single family house
Architect: Bornstein Lyckefors arkitekter
Design team: Andreas Lyckefors (lead architect), Per Bornstein, Johan Olsson, Caroline Jokiniemi, Viktor Stansvik, Monica Warwick, Emil Lundin, Edvard Nyman
Area: 163 sqm
Completion: 2016
Technology meets aesthetics, with Cordivari
With their rhythmically textured external surfaces, the Run and Seven Lines fan coils become natural elements in the landscape of contemporary interiors.