CASA ECS

Scicli, Italy
Prospetto sud
Photo © Filippo Poli
Vista aerea
Photo © Giancarlo Tinè
Concept + prospetto sud
Drawing © Giancarlo Tinè
Vista aerea
Photo © Giancarlo Tinè
Cavedio
Photo © Filippo Poli
Progetto paesaggistico
Foto aerea
Photo © Giancarlo Tinè
Esterno
Photo © Giancarlo Tinè
Sud elevatin
Photo © Filippo Poli
Plan
Section
Photo © Filippo Poli
Interni
Photo © Filippo Poli
Interni
Photo © Filippo Poli
Section
Photo © Filippo Poli
Section
Photo © Filippo Poli
Cavedi
Photo © Filippo Poli
Esterni
Photo © Filippo Poli
Veranda esterna e piscina
Photo © Filippo Poli
Architects
Giuseppe Gurrieri
Year
2017
Client
Privato
Team
Coordinatore del Progetto: Arch. Giulia Filetti, Collaboratori: Arch. Alessandro Bontà Arch. Fabrizio Camiilieri arch. Valentina Occhipinti
Strutture
Ing. Alessandro Infantino, Ing. Giancarlo Dimartino
Paesaggisti
BB Architettura del Paesaggio
Impianti
ENGINEERING PROJECT S.R.L
Impresa di Costruzioni
I.ME.CO di Tringali Antonino
Opere a verde
Officine Restauro Srl
Piscina
Med. Pool's

Casa ECS , with its special laboratory for artists, rises in Sicily on an area of a high environmentally-friendly allure within the city of Scicli. Thanks to the natural configuration of the territory it is possible to appreciate the gentle slope of the land towards the Mediterranean sea: a series of terraces, retained by dry stone walls, with olive and carob trees growing up on them, fades beyond the horizon.The project was realised following the principles of a low environmental impact intervention on the territory, clearly visible in the choice of adapting the building to the natural area and in the energy-saving study carried out.The central idea focuses on the construction of a retaining wall covered with the local stone which generates a natural step that allowed to plan the insertion of the building into the environment, creating a noticeable continuity with the country-side view and the traditional cultivated land.Furthermore, thanks to the roof garden on completion the building becomes an integral part of the area. Under the same perspective of maintaining the historical tradition of the territory, two courtyards appear in the northern part of the house as a removal of two land sections.The inner spaces of the house respect accurately the geometric pattern of the external face: the living room and the laboratory face the courtyards in the north side and the sea in the south side.

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