Between ancient bricks and contemporary wood. A house that is reborn

In the heart of suburban Veneto, a house from the Twenties comes back to life thanks to a reuse intervention that grafts a wooden structure onto a historic handmade brick core. A project that recomposes the unity of the building and redefines the domestic space with bright and contemporary solutions.

Reinterpreting the built environment through the section

The intervention designed by the Arbau studio originates from a curtain wall building from the 1920s, part of a complex built with handmade brick for the reconstruction of the San Marco bell tower. The enclosed position and regulatory constraints limited the possible transformations, directing the project towards work on the transversal section. By extending the main roof slope and raising the ridge, the designers created a double-height interior that becomes a spatial and poetic device. A choice capable of reimagining the volumes without altering the identity of the place, restoring continuity to the original layout.

A new volumetry between continuity and contrast

The expansion is mainly evident on the north side: a lower facade connects to a very steep slope, covered with a continuous metal cladding. This new volume, proportioned to the tight space around it, introduces a distinctly contemporary element, in dialogue - but also in contrast - with the main brick facade. The addition of the dormer and the glass turret improves the natural lighting of the new spaces and contributes to building an architectural language in which architectural projects become tools for reactivating and enhancing the built environment.

Articulated internal spaces between memory and innovation

In the internal levels, the house is organized around the historical core freed from subsequent layers. On the ground floor, exposed brick walls define fluid spaces, with a large bow-window and a northern glass wall that amplify the brightness of the living room. The new entrance interacts with the sculptural metal staircase and the wooden ceiling structure, while the first floor alternates between traditional rooms and more airy spaces, such as the double-height bedroom connected to the mezzanine. It is an interior that expresses the coexistence of different materials, related with coherence and lightness.

A wooden graft that regenerates the building

The design strategy is based on the use of X-lam wooden structural panels inserted as a graft inside the existing volume. After the selective emptying of the horizontal structures and the roof, the new lightweight framework has allowed to improve seismic, energy, and functional performances of the building, also benefiting from the 110% Superbonus. The dialogue between wood, steel, and exposed bricks builds a material narrative that combines past and present, returning a circular and contemporary house, where reuse becomes an architectural gesture and a choice of responsibility.

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