Blue House / studio gamp!Save this picture! Lorenzo ZandriHousesMontefiascone, ItalyArchitects: studio gamp!AreaArea of this architecture projectArea:333 ftYearCompletion year of this architecture project Year: 2021 PhotographsPhotographs:Lorenzo ZandriManufacturersBrands with products used in this architecture project Manufacturers: Fiandre, Artemide, IPF, Irsap, Mutina, Pecchioli Firenze, PorotonMore SpecsLess SpecsSave this picture!Save this picture!Text description provided by the architects. The architectural firm gamp! has finished planning two Villas in Montefiascone. Two houses, one for the clients themselves, and one for their friends to use during weekends and holidays. Three houses - two above ground and a third underground - which were designed on the renovation of two tuff buildings dedicated to the deposit of agricultural machinery and from which the sediment was inspired, stand in the Tuscia land-scape, a gentle countryside, dotted with tall oaks. The architects explain that "the idea was to imagine simple, almost archetypical, houses, which would blend harmoniously with the almost intact landscape of the Tuscia without altering its balance, retracing an established image, without giving up on the characteristics of a modern project."Save this picture!Though spatially fluid, the architecture is rigorous in its functional organization and is able to open the interior space to the exterior space thanks to the accurate positioning of the windows, as well as the predisposition of spaces toward outdoor life. The first two houses present a pitched roof, the third has a garden roof; in all three the existence of a chimney is made evident by its dimensions. "These are apparently traditional houses, though we have played with their geometries through slight deformations and through the way they rest upon the ground; particularly in the light blue house the planimetric deformation, which is visible in the living room, makes the space ever-changing and lacking symmetry".Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!Wanting the houses to fit harmoniously into the landscape brought the architects to choose traditional materials, terracotta, trowelled plaster, travertine, and stone for the exterior; stoneware, ceramic, and wood for the interior, guaranteeing durability and easy maintenance, "and especially giving the architecture the capacity to absorb the passing of time, a characteristic we like to think belongs to good architecture".Save this picture!The use of traditional material corresponds to a not so usual positioning of them: the recycled terracotta tiles completely cover the smallest house, from the walls to the ceiling, in the light blue house the wainscoting climbs up the walls; on the inside, stoneware and ceramic come up the walls and fireplaces to draw translucent diaphragms and volumes. The surrounding landscape is dotted with simple metal gazeboes, which define a sort of hypothetical building, "a counter alter to the commodity of the internal living space".Save this picture!Project gallerySee allShow lessAbout this officestudio gamp!OfficeMaterialsConcreteBrickMaterials and TagsPublished on December 26, 2024Cite: "Blue House / studio gamp!" 26 Dec 2024. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/982003/blue-house-studio-gamp&gt ISSN 0719-8884Save!ArchDaily?You've started following your first account!Did you know?You'll now receive updates based on what you follow! Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors, offices and users.Go to my stream