place: Pordenone
client: Private
assignment: direct
architects: arch. Ado Furlan, arch. Vittorio Pierini
collaborators: arch. Christian De Col
services supplied: project, construction management
project: 1997
construction: 1998/1999
note: mq 1250
photography: Massimo Poldelmengo
The building is formed by 3-story independent blocks linked by a balcony giving access to fifteen apartments of different shapes and types. The interstitial space is one floor lower and forms a light well that runs through the building lengthwise and “lies” the complex to the ground. The elements of type and distribution, the materials and shapes, allow for a clear formal reading of the design. The blocks appear as solid volumes with regular openings lending them architectural unity. The distribution system allows for horizontal and vertical movement within the building and creates ever-changing views. The blocks are flooded with light and air. To the northeast, the main volume fronts onto the city; to the south and west, smaller volumes are connected with the single-family houses. The living quarters of the apartments also front onto the open parts of the lot, while the distribution spaces look onto the light well. The bow-windows and projecting window frames stand out as exceptional elements and are intended to serve special functions: the former enlarge the space of the one-room apartment , the latter include the wood panels conceived as sunscreens for the terraces.
