Casa Terra e Vidru was developed by the studio Structure for People in collaboration with designer Fabrizio Carboni and architect Enrico Manca. The undertaking emerged from the consumer’s need to create a private residence whereas allocating a part of the area for short-term leases. Positioned within the city space of Cagliari, the home nonetheless attracts deep inspiration from the Sardinian panorama and its materiality.
One of many preliminary challenges was working with a inflexible and fragmented pre-existing format. This constraint impressed the usage of particular glass blocks to reconstruct inside partitions, permitting pure mild to move throughout the whole home and creating visible permeability with out compromising privateness. This easy but poetic answer remodeled the spatial expertise, reconnecting rooms whereas enhancing the general brightness and notion of area.
The unique partitions have been preserved and handled with breathable lime-based plaster, naturally pigmented to replicate the crimson earth discovered within the close by hills of Capoterra, comparable to Poggio dei Pini. This not solely grounds the undertaking in its territorial identification but in addition embraces sustainable and wholesome development strategies.
All furnishings have been custom-designed in ash wooden to answer the consumer’s purposeful wants, including heat and balancing the fabric contrasts inside the home. The terracotta-colored plaster envelops the partitions and ceilings, evoking the primordial ambiance of a cave, an archetype of dwelling: strong, protecting, and timeless. This dense materials presence is counterbalanced by lightness, transparency, and fluidity, expressing a extra open and up to date spatiality.
Casa Terra e Vidru is a constructed manifesto of the studio’s philosophy: structure as a dialogue between humanity and nature, custom and innovation. Although nestled within the metropolis, it speaks the language of Sardinia and transforms it into mild, texture, and expertise.
Supply: Inside Zine
