ast008 casa sulla morella

project: architect:

Casa sulla Morella / Andrea Oliva

ASthought #8

ASthought #8

book editor:

Erika Mazza

project: architect:

Casa sulla Morella / Andrea Oliva

Content

Work facts

Project description

Commission

Draft proposals

Final proposal

Construction drawings

Building site

Photo gallery exteriors

Photo gallery interiors

Photo gallery surroundings

Pluggings

Systems

Selected essay

Appendix

office presentation

book editor presentation

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Work facts

7Casa sulla Morella - Andrea Oliva

south facade © Kai Uwe Schulte Bunert 2010

Project: Casa sulla Morella

Address: Strada Gazzo, 18/A, Castelnovo Sotto (RE)

Area: 16120,50 m²

Volume: 2706,60 m³

Type: Housing

Planned: 2005 – 2006

Built: 2007-2009

Client: Private

Architect: Andrea Oliva

Responsible partner: -

Collaborator: Luca Paroli

Structural engineer: David Zilioli

Awards: International Prize for Sustainable Architecture 2010

References: http://www.cittaarchitettura.it

Project description: Casa sulla Morella-Andrea Oliva

History of Commission:

Main architectural ideas:

http://asthought.polimi-cooperation.org/andrea-oliva-casa-sulla-morella-castelnovo-sotto-re-

italy-2009/

Thanks to an amnesty it was possible to demolish some disused agricultural buildings and rebuild

the same volume increased of 20% in another part of the lot. Initially there was a contractor who

wanted to build a house to sell. Following the evolution of the project led the architect to identify

himself more and more with the house. So, the architect decided to keep the house for himself

and build the contractor’s house in another lot.

In this project, there are three important issues: the recognition of a historical matrix(linear house,

Roman land division, the terramare, the dead door) and then the aware insertion of the house into

the landscape and a functional program, made of compromises, rigor and rationality.


Project description To the borders of the country of Castelnovo Sotto, between the stream Morella and a roman road, in a landscape context character-

ized from channels, ditches, rows, shrubby stains, gardens, villas and agricultural houses it places the “House on the Morella”. Inserted

between rural landscape and observer to 60 mt from the road, suspended by the ground to protection of the tall stratum of superficial

water and to memory of the installations “terramare”, the residence is composed of two staggered elements to northeast: the porch

or climatic mitigator and the housing space or insulating body. With an orientation of 18° toward west the house exploits to the

best the natural contributions that, because of the geometry of the porch, of the ample surfaces south glass door and of the flowing

obscuring, they anticipate the opening to the “winter sun” and the protection from the “afternoon summer sun.” The study about the

solar axonometries has allowed, therefore, to opportunely appraise the incidence of the sun on the wrap and get into proportion the

fixed screenings of the vertical settings and the horizontal shutters and the mobile screenings of the flowing panels. The combination

of some characters of the agricultural houses they are proposed through a reason euclidea, that in the key form-function, distills ele-

ments as the “porta morta” (passing space in the residence with scope of ventilation), the “sporto di gronda” ( coverage’s extension

for protection of the vertical masonries) and the “portico” (integrated coverage or juxtaposed for the protection of open and external

spaces of the building). The residence has a structure in bearing walls (smaller presence of thermal bridges), constituted by bricks

with pores, of 38 cm, coupled to a layer of coat insulator on the external side of 10 cm, the attics are made of tiles and concrete with

riddles in reinforced concrete, coibentate and separated while the coverage had a layer of 22 cm of isolation, that is coupled to a

coverage mantle in corrugate iron, draining, connected to a system that pick up the rain water. The windows are in plywood with low

emissive glass and gas argon. The plant design is integrated with domotic and allows a reduction of the consumptions through the

control of the temperature of the single rooms, the predisposition for an efficient job of the great electrical appliances, the automatic

turning off of the lights in empty places, the checked generation of warm water for sanitaries and the regulation of the use times for

each single instruments. The heat system is constituted by radiant panels feeded by a low condensation boiler while the sanitary

warm water is integrated from panels solar, places on the coverage, where an integrated photovoltaic system for 6 Kw is in progress

of realization. The residence is endowed with a mechanized system for the recycle of the air, that bring the scheduled consumption

for the heating to 5,19 kWh / mq per year.

10 11ASthought Casa sulla Morella - Andrea Oliva

view from the “porta morta” to the countryside © Kai Uwe Schulte Bunert 2010

Commission


part of the demolished volumes for the remission © Andrea Oliva 2005


drawings for the remission © studio tecnico Mattioli 1990 part of the demolished volumes for the remission © Andrea Oliva 2005

drawings for the remission © studio tecnico Mattioli 1990


rows of poplar on the site © Andrea Oliva 2005 part of the demolished volumes for the remission © Andrea Oliva 2005

draft proposals model © Andrea Oliva 2005


Draft proposals


draft proposals model: the plant has a C form like a court, it makes a sort of patio in the inside © Erika Mazza 2012 west facade © Erika Mazza 2012

east facade © Erika Mazza 2012


north facade © Erika Mazza 2012south facade © Erika Mazza 2012


south facade © Andrea Oliva 2005 draft proposals model © Andrea Oliva 2005


draft proposals model © Andrea Oliva 2005 draft proposals model © Andrea Oliva 2005


Final proposal

final proposals model: the “porta morta” in Emilias rural houses was a space between the residential part of the house and the working

part. Air could pass through the “porta morta” so smells couldn’t reach the residential part of the house and also big machinery could

pass throught this “door”. The architect think this rural houses element in a new way © Andrea Oliva 2006


south facade © Andrea Oliva 2006


final proposals model: south facade. In the final proposal the house is lifted from the ground as the settlements “terramaricoli” originating in Emilia. That’s allows to protect the deep aquifer under the house © Andrea Oliva 2006

final proposals model: north facade. In the draft proposal the house was closed and didn’t allow the landscape to comes in the house; in the final proposal the house becomes open against the landscape and becames its frame to emphasize its line and its structure © Andrea Oliva 2006


final proposals model: this external corridor lifted from the ground allows to walk around the house, but it do not stop the grass which

can get in touch with the house as in the rural emilian houses © Andrea Oliva 2006 final proposals model: south facade © Erika Mazza 2012

final proposals model: north facade © Erika Mazza 2012


final proposals 3D model: south facade © Andrea Oliva 2006

final proposals model: north facade © Erika Mazza 2012


skatch of the different element of the house © Andrea Oliva 2006 bioclimatic aspect © Andrea Oliva 2006


Construction drawings

state of the project: demolition, new construction © Andrea Oliva 2006


current status: general plan, ground floor plan, first floor plan, sections AA and BB © Andrea Oliva 2006


ground floor plan © Andrea Oliva 2006

first floor plan © Andrea Oliva 2006 final section © Andrea Oliva 2006


state of the project: demolition, new construction © Andrea Oliva 2006


state of the project: site plan, ground floor plan, first, sections, elevations © Andrea Oliva 2006


plant of the foundation © Andrea Oliva 2006

foundation: section BB © Andrea Oliva 2006

foundation: section DD © Andrea Oliva 2006

foundation: section GG © Andrea Oliva 2006


plant of the ground floor formwork © Andrea Oliva 2006

ground floor formwork: part B © Andrea Oliva 2006 ground floor formwork: part G © Andrea Oliva 2006

ground floor formwork: part C © Andrea Oliva 2006


plant of the first floor formwork © Andrea Oliva 2006

first floor formwork: part C © Andrea Oliva 2006 first floor formwork: part H © Andrea Oliva 2006

first floor formwork: part E © Andrea Oliva 2006


plant of the roof slab formwork © Andrea Oliva 2006

roof slab formwork: part A © Andrea Oliva 2006

internal stairs plant © Andrea Oliva 2006


internal stairs section © Andrea Oliva 2006


Building site

the “porta molta” during the construction © Kai Uwe Schulte Bunert 2008


reinforced concrete wall of the foundation © Andrea Oliva 2006

beginning of the works © Andrea Oliva 2006 digs for the foundation © Andrea Oliva 2006

formworks for the foundation © Andrea Oliva 2006

reinforced concrete wall of the foundation with the grid of tubes for ventilation © Erika Mazza 2012

reinforced concrete wall of the foundation with tubes for ventilation © Andrea Oliva 2006


building the ground floor © Andrea Oliva 2006

reinforcement of the ground floor © Andrea Oliva 2006

building the ground floor © Andrea Oliva 2006

formwork of the ground floor © Andrea Oliva 2006

formwork of the ground floor © Andrea Oliva 2006

the ground floor © Andrea Oliva 2006


foundation walls in reinforced concrete © Andrea Oliva 2006

foundation walls in reinforced concrete © Andrea Oliva 2006

walls on the ground floor in red brick © Andrea Oliva 2006

view from the inside the south walls on the ground floor in red

brick © Andrea Oliva 2006

walls on the ground floor in red brick © Andrea Oliva 2006

south walls on the ground floor in red brick © Andrea Oliva 2006

north walls on the ground floor in red brick © Andrea Oliva 2006


south walls on the ground floor in red brick © Andrea Oliva 2006


red brick © Andrea Oliva 2006


building the first floor © Andrea Oliva 2007 reinforcement of the first floor © Andrea Oliva 2007

reinforcement of the first floor © Andrea Oliva 2007 the first floor with the stairs hole © cittaarchitettura 2007 the stairs during the construction © Andrea Oliva 2007

the first floor © Andrea Oliva 2007


walls on the first floor in red brick with thw windows hole © Andrea Oliva 2007

view from the interior © Andrea Oliva 2007

south facade with scaffolding during the construction © Andrea

Oliva 2007

north facade with scaffolding © Andrea Oliva 2007

south facade with scaffolding © Andrea Oliva 2007 beginning of the work on the first floor © Andrea Oliva 2007

walls on the first floor in red brick © Andrea Oliva 2007


building the first floor © Andrea Oliva 2007

building the first floor © Andrea Oliva 2007

scaffolding © Andrea Oliva 2007 reinforcement of the roof © Andrea Oliva 2007

scaffolding to build the first floor © Andrea Oliva 2007 building the first floor © Andrea Oliva 2007


reinfocement of the floor © Andrea Oliva 2007

the box during the construction © Andrea Oliva 2007 building the roof © Andrea Oliva 2007


the north facade with the cars ramp during the construction © Kai Uwe Schulte Bunert 2008


the west facade during the construction © Kai Uwe Schulte Bunert 2008 the entrance during the construction © Kai Uwe Schulte Bunert 2008

the south facade during the construction © Kai Uwe Schulte Bunert 2008


building site © Kai Uwe Schulte Bunert 2008 the “porta morta” during the construction © Kai Uwe Schulte Bunert 2008


view from the balcony on the first floor of the slot in the roof above the living room during the construction © Kai Uwe Schulte Bunert

2008

the living rooms window during the construction © Kai Uwe Schulte Bunert 2008


the double volume of the living room and the offices balcony at the first floor during the construction © Kai Uwe Schulte Bunert 2008 the second floor corridor during the construction © Kai Uwe Schulte Bunert 2008


Photo gallery exteriors

the house often is chosen by artist to exhibit their sculptures © Kai Uwe Schulte Bunert 2010


the south facade © Erika Mazza 2012

the north facade © Erika Mazza 2012


openings change from the north facade to the south facade, while the north facade has small slot which create a draw like a mondri-

ans painting, the south facade can be open or close © Erika Mazza 2012


the entrance © Erika Mazza 2012 the entrance © Kai Uwe Schulte Bunert 2010


the external stairs © Erika Mazza 2012


the white box in which is contained the housing volume, almost disappears in the fog, letting see just the dark volume © Kai Uwe

Schulte Bunert 2010

the north frontage with the cars ramp © Erika Mazza 2012

the architect geometrizes the landskape with rowls of poplar to remind the roman centuriation, which still be an important element of

the emilian landskape © Erika Mazza 2012

view out of the corten gate: the distance from the street is 60 m. Thats a important detail becaus emphasize that the house is not in

relation with the street but with the lanscape.


the south frontage: the form of the house make a relation between the privat and the pubblic. The south facade can be open or close with sliding panels that allows more or less praivacy depending on the function you develop during the day © Kai Uwe Schulte Bunert 2010


livingroom © Erika Mazza 2012

view from the offices balcony at the first floor of the living room © Erika Mazza 2012

the double volume of the living room and the offices balcony at

the first floor © Kai Uwe Schulte Bunert 2010 the living room © Erika Mazza 2012

view of the kitchen from the living room © Kai Uwe Schulte

Bunert 2010

livingroom © Erika Mazza 2012


furniture © Erika Mazza 2012 washbasin © Erika Mazza 2012

kitchen © Erika Mazza 2012 kitchen chair © Erika Mazza 2012

table design by Andrea Oliva with the same proportions of the

house © Erika Mazza 2012 cabinet in rosewood design by AndreaOliva © Erika Mazza 2012

kitchenette © Erika Mazza 2012


toilet at the ground floor © Erika Mazza 2012 toilet on the ground floor : detail of the washbasin designed by Andrea Oliva © Erika Mazza 2012

toilet on the ground floor : detail of the washbasin designed by

Andrea Oliva © Erika Mazza 2012

toilet on the ground floor : detail of the tap designed by Andrea

Oliva © Erika Mazza 2012

toilet on the ground floor : detail of the tap designed by Andrea

Oliva © Erika Mazza 2012


toilet on the ground floor: the towels holder designed by Andrea

Oliva called “altalena” (swing) © Erika Mazza 2012

toilet on the ground floor : detail of the towels holder designed by

Andrea Oliva called “altalena” (swing) © Erika Mazza 2012

toilet on the ground floor : detail of the bidet tap and the wall decoration made with gold leaf and Murano glass © Erika Mazza 2012


toilet on the ground floor : detail of the wall decoration made with gold leaf and Murano glass by a local craftsman © Erika Mazza 2012 bathroom on the ground floor : detail of the wall decoration made with venturina (a precious metal) and Murano glass by a local crafts-

man © Erika Mazza 2012


bathroom on the first floor © Kai Uwe Schulte Bunert 2010

bathroom on the first floor : detail of the floor in smoked oak which becames in platinum and Murano glass next to the shower © Erika

Mazza 2012

bathroom on the first floor : detail of the towels hanger designed by Andre Oliva © Erika Mazza 2012

bathroom on the first floor : detail of the washbasin designed by Andre Oliva with the same proportions of the house © Erika Mazza

2012


the corridor on the ground floor with a wall cabinet cover with

rosewood wich contain also a ventilation system, and the living

room in the background © Erika Mazza 2012

the office window and the corridor on the first floor in the back-

ground © Erika Mazza 2012

the first floor corridor with a smoked oak floor © Erika Mazza

2012

detail of the window of the first floor corridor. The window is low

because the first floor is the “sleeping area” and the light from

the window needs just to illuminate the floor where walking ©

Erika Mazza 2012

view from the ground floor of the stairs with a smoked oak cover

illuminated by led inside the wall © Erika Mazza 2012 view from the first floor of the stairs © Erika Mazza 2012

detail of the windowed slot of the roof above the stairs © Erika

Mazza 2012

detail of the handrail designed by Andrea Oliva © Erika Mazza

2012


the sliding EPS100 4 cm panel used as shielding resting on the

fixed one © Erika Mazza 2012

the view from inside of the sliding panels and the window © Erika

Mazza 2012

the view from inside through the sliding panels, which leave a slot

between each other © Erika Mazza 2012

the fixed EPS100 8 cm panel (on the right) and the sliding one of

4 cm (on the left) used as shielding © Erika Mazza 2012 the sliding window track (below) and the shielding panels track (above) on the marble floor © Erika Mazza 2012

the sliding EPS100 4 cm panel used as shielding and its track on the floor © Erika Mazza 2012


detail of the exterior insulation finishing system (EIFS) © Erika Mazza 2012 detail of the EIFS connection with a window © Erika Mazza 2012


accumulation of water heated with solar panels in the basement © Erika Mazza 2012

eletric system in the basement © Erika Mazza 2012

eletric system in the basement © Erika Mazza 2012


external view of the ventilated foundations grid © Erika Mazza 2012

internal view of the ventilated foundations grid © Erika Mazza 2012

ventilation system © Erika Mazza 2012

ventilation system in a rosewood cabin on the ground floor © Erika Mazza 2012


led on the stairs wall © Erika Mazza 2012

internal ligts on the ceiling © Erika Mazza 2012

external ligts on the floor © Erika Mazza 2012

external ligts in corten designed by Andrea Oliva © Erika Mazza

2012

external ligts on the floor © Erika Mazza 2012external ligts in corten designed by Andrea Oliva © Erika Mazza

2012


AA.VV., Minimalista e sostenibile casa sulla Morella a Castelnovo Sotto (RE), in azero_03, EdicomEdizioni, Monfalcone (GO), aprile

2012, p. 16 © edicomedizioni 2012



Appendix


Office presentation

Andrea Oliva © Kai Uwe Schulte Bunert 2010

Andrea Oliva graduated in Architecture at the Polytechnic of Milan in 1998. Since 2001 he works in

research and is an adjunct professor at the Faculty of Architecture and Engineering of the University of

Parma. In 2000 he founded the “cittaarchitettura” conducting the business of design at different scales

by seeking new spatial solutions in the context of the contemporary landscape through a particular at-

tention to the issues of energy sustainability. The experimental dimension is accompanied by a full pro-

fessional competence that takes advantage of expert advice (structures, equipment, roads, economy,

landscape, artwork, lighting) to respond to complex and design programs. He has designed and built

public buildings, residential, commercial and industrial and hotel complexes, as well as public spaces,

urban planning and landscape projects, urban and historical redevelopment projects, and has partici-

pated in numerous national and international competitions and won several awards and is active in the

assembly and the interior design. The works and projects have been exhibited and published in Italian

and international journals.

“Writing about music is like dancing about architecture” Frank Zappa

Erika Mazza was born in Parma November 9, 1991. She attended the Art Institute “Paolo Toschi”, high

school in Parma, with specialization in architecture and design. In 2008-2009 lived in Denmark coming

into contact with the Scandinavian architecture and design and learning about a different culture than

Italian. She graduated in 2010 and enrolled at the Polytechnic in Milan.

162 ASthought

Book editor presentation

Work facts

Project: Casa sulla Morella

Address: Strada Gazzo, 18/A, Castelnovo Sotto (RE)

Area: 16120,50 m²

Volume: 2706,60 m³

Type: Housing

Planned: 2005 – 2006

Built: 2007-2009

Client: Private

Architect: Andrea Oliva

Responsible partner: -

Collaborator: Luca Paroli

Structural engineer: David Zilioli

Awards: International Prize for Sustainable Architecture 2010

References: http://www.cittaarchitettura.it

Project description: Casa sulla Morella-Andrea Oliva

History of Commission:

Main architectural ideas:

http://asthought.polimi-cooperation.org/andrea-oliva-casa-sulla-morella-castelnovo-sotto-re-

italy-2009/

Thanks to an amnesty it was possible to demolish some disused agricultural buildings and rebuild

the same volume increased of 20% in another part of the lot. Initially there was a contractor who

wanted to build a house to sell. Following the evolution of the project led the architect to identify

himself more and more with the house. So, the architect decided to keep the house for himself

and build the contractor’s house in another lot.

In this project, there are three important issues: the recognition of a historical matrix(linear house,

Roman land division, the terramare, the dead door) and then the aware insertion of the house into

the landscape and a functional program, made of compromises, rigor and rationality.

ast008 casa sulla morella

Documents

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stream morella

contractors house

comasthought1 http

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historical matrixlinear

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