CASA SORRENTINO

Typology
Residential

Place
Grottaglie-Italy

Year
2012

Casa Sorrentino was born as a continuum of an existing old building located on the site , characterized by the traditional construction system based on the use of local limestone. In consonant with this building system the house has been designed integrating the contemporary way of life with traditional materials and construction techniques . The house looks like a monolith of pure shapes , interrupted only by the presence of two slots in the elevations that represent the transitions from outer space to the inner . The passage from the an external and public to an internal and private dimension is signed by a vestibule as main access. The plan shows this peculiar element which cuts in two the house and also becomes a joint in between the old building (the past) and the new. The frame is entirely made ​​of stone;  according to the law for safety against the  earthquake , incorporates a system of ring beams at sight, made by reinforced white concrete. As for stone also these elements have been designed to respond to a static function and simultaneously play an aesthetic role that characterizes the architecture .