House in the poplar

The design idea stems from the desire to enhance the existing context, taking the typology of buildings typical of the agricultural area, reinterpreting its peculiarities and re-proposing them through a contemporary reinterpretation.
The intervention lot, lapped by a water course, thanks to its generous extension allows the house to be developed on a single floor with a two-pitch roof.
In order to reduce the visual impact of the new building, the project envisages a ‘T’ plan layout, allowing the best orientation of the rooms, where each of the three elements is characterised by a different functional use.
The entire dwelling is characterised by a profound relationship of continuity between the interior and exterior, guaranteed by the continuous visual glimpses one can enjoy as one walks through the various rooms.
High visual permeability and generous natural lighting characterise all the interior spaces: the large glass openings in the living area contribute to further dilating the space, which is constantly changing throughout the day. Building in the Veneto countryside also means relating to the building techniques used in traditional rural

constructions, through the choice of materials and the reference to forms and suggestions.
The roof of the main body of the house is made of wooden beams recovered from the demolition of the floors of ancient Venetian villas, reused in a contemporary construction system.
The building recalls the atmosphere of these places and the colours of the surrounding fields.
The materials and surfaces that make up the project are the result of a careful analysis of the site:
the external exposed concrete walls are characterised by a rough surface obtained by means of a special formwork, which has imprinted, like a fossil, the texture of the typical reed thicket that grows spontaneously along the canals of the Veneto countryside.
Some typical agricultural elements become sun protection devices, such as the spontaneous vegetation used to screen the portico, or the wooden rafters along the perimeter.
Thus building methods belonging to tradition are brought up to date through the use of contemporary techniques.