place: Pordenone
client: Private
assignment: direct
architects: arch. Ado Furlan, arch. Vittorio Pierini
services supplied: project, construction management and interior design
project: 2001
construction: 2001/2002
note: listed building; 325 sq
photography: Massimo Poldelmengo
The design entails the reabilitation of a structure located in a row of buildings fronting onto the north side of a historical alley connecting corso Vittorio Emanuele and piazza della Motta. The program called for the construction of a car shelter at the ground floor as well as two apartments at the upper levels. The stairwell is part concrete, part iron and wood: the latter elements are detached from the walls of the adjoining buildings so that they avoid covering the significant architectural and decoration elements unearthed during the restoration works. A skylight in the roof provides plenty of light that enhances the architectural elements and transforms the staircase in a path that allows for the reading of the original façades of the adjoining buildings. A spiral staircase placed into a glass “box” connects the two levels of the second floor apartment. The stairwell is clad with copper, while the building is finished with plaster. The copper-clad volume abuts on the corner building and marks the beginning of the built fabric of the alley.
