CASA DE NITTIS

Typology
Residential

Place
Cisternino-Italy

Year
2011

The internal courtyard house, typical of the Mediterranean area, historically takes on a model called “Masseria” in Apulia. It combines housing function with agricultural activity and is the source of inspiration for the project, which reinterprets its formal and cultural contents. The building is developed on three levels following the orography of the land on which it is located. The blind front elevation, is composed of a double façade that is open at the top and allows grazing zenithal light to pass through, which vibrates the interior stone wall. The articulation of the facade creates a porch, devoid of vertical load-bearing elements, which acts as a filter between the exterior and interior space.
As the entrance appears as the building approaches, a gap in the facade introduces into the double-height living room that opens onto the interior garden overlooked by the rooms.
The envelope consists of very thick masonry that not only characterizes it from a formal point of view by giving it a “Mediterranean” character but also guarantees it a high thermal inertia.