Plasma Studio's copper-clad apartment block has huge windows facing the Dolomites
Floor-to-ceiling windows allow guests to wake up to views of the Dolomites at this complex of copper-clad holiday apartments in northern Italy by Plasma Studio.
Architecture practice Plasma Studio designed the two-storey apartment block to provide six holiday homes accompanying an existing holiday residence. The two structures are joined by a single-storey volume, which hosts a communal area.
Called Villa Drei Birken, the new apartment block is nestled into a slope, which faces towards the Dolomites mountain range in South Tyrol.
Large expanses of glazing run along the southern wall to offer a panoramic view towards the mountains. On the western side, the window follows the slope of the hill.
"The facade opens through a V-shaped surface from the totally closed north facade to the south glazed facade, which is directed to the sun and the panoramic view of the Dolomites," said the architects.
The architects chose materials that would help blend the building with the hues of its natural surrounding environment, and that would weather well.
The building is almost entirely covered by dark, overlapping strips of oxidised copper panels of different lengths.
Balconies that wrap the building on the southern side are made of larch wood, treated with a solution of iron sulfate, providing a greyish colouring that also protects the wood.
"Copper and larch wood are exposed to a natural change of colour caused by the atmospheric influence of sun, rain and snow;...
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