9 Feb 2016

on taking out instead of filling in












Most clients tend to ask for extra spaces when re-building. Unfortunately that often ends up with clutters of new "rooms" for various purposes. Few have the talent and the courage to take out "rooms" from a house. Here are two excellent examples of the simple grandeur of MA infill - that we, hopefully, will have on our programme for the cource's study tour.
Both houses retain, for different reasons, the original shape of the former building, while transforming it to something radically new, while at the same time remaining compationate for their contexts. For more info on the at Studio  Bardill and the Yellow House by Valerio Olgiati click on the links to know more about how "nothing"  often is more.

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