© Marco Del Monte . Pubblicata il 14 Giugno 2009.

Glass, Corian and steel in an harmonic synthesis, define and characterize the entire building. So as a tower growing thinner to sky, the building starts as cube and then it becomes smaller, and then again it develops into a cut pyramid. The external surface is composed by an alternation of terraces, windows and integrated photovoltaic panels. The building works with climate and uses passive techniques and low energy system to pursue comfort for the occupants. It is a mixed-use building, a flexible structure easily adaptable to other uses. The building grows up through the perimeter of the project area and develops its structure inside with a big central cut. Here, the facades are no longer anything but light skins of windows. The entire building seems to float on the big horizontal sliding windows on the ground floor. The interiors follow a versatility concept, their structure can be useful for any kind of need. The garden on the ground and on the roof are useful to create a comfortably microclimate and allow to harvest rainwater. It is important to reduce the usage of non-renewable energy sources, through reuse, recycle, regeneration, that is why I conceived a system of integrated photovoltaic panels on the facades which can provide electricity for the building’s life, and I planned the reuse of greywater and stormwater to flush toilets, for watering lawns and gardens. The building is conceived to consume a minimum amount of energy and optimize the meteorological data of the climate to achieve comfort, it is ideally self sufficient and, it harmonizes and integrates with the adjacent built environment.

© Marco Del Monte . Pubblicata il 14 Giugno 2009.

© Marco Del Monte . Pubblicata il 14 Giugno 2009.

© Marco Del Monte . Pubblicata il 14 Giugno 2009.

© Marco Del Monte . Pubblicata il 14 Giugno 2009.

© Marco Del Monte . Pubblicata il 14 Giugno 2009.

© Marco Del Monte . Pubblicata il 14 Giugno 2009.

© Marco Del Monte . Pubblicata il 14 Giugno 2009.