Razionalismo Comasco Concept – Casa del Masso Modern Lake House by Studio di Architettura Marco Castelletti
Located in Como, Italy, this construction designed by Marco Castelletti with main concept is to bring a modernist house, proportioned and segmented with precision with architecture of the thirties driven like razionalismo comasco. The project’s main idea gave the name to the building: casa del masso. The house, set on a steep slope above the street, can be clearly seen across the lake.
The building stands by the side of the client’s old house designed by engineer Luciano Trolli in 1955, and it takes advantage of a little tract of flat land, as does the original residence. The house is linked to the street by a long flight of steps which wind along the slope and down to the house, which is organised over two floors.
On the first floor the living room crosses the house and is directly connected with the slope behind. Here the presence of a erratic boulder, in italian language “masso” (here is where the name of the house comes), protrudes into the dwelling as the characterising element of the space, so that it seems that the house is anchored to the slope at this point.
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