Glazed Walls: Transparent Elements that Create Open Spaces

L-shaped Villa on Northern Italian Coast

Briefed with creating a house for a young family, the architects opted for materials that would be easy to maintain and clean.

A glazed wall on one side of the of the house allows access to a swimming pool and garden area. A second rectangular block runs parallel to the courtyard and houses the bedrooms and bathrooms.

Tiles from a Dutch manufacturer were used throughout the exterior and interior of the property.
Wood was eliminated from the start as the clients felt it created maintenance and humidity issues.
This limitation became a great advantage in the end as they chose to use Mosa's ceramic tile collection, named Quartz.

The house has an L-shaped plan, however, it can be read as a rectangular block as one side utilises a large canopy with glazing beyond, giving the impression of transience to help create this openness the architects wanted to achieve.

All these materials, colours, lighting and landscape are to create continuity and depth across the whole project.

Glazed walls, Windows and Doors without frontiers that create open spaces
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