First Prize
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The project starts from a reworking of an architecture linked to the socio-cultural context sardinian. The proposed analyzes a typical Sardinian architecture “stazzo Gallurese” and and are re-interpreted by a series of elements that compose the building (form, materials, space, etc.):
The stazzo gallurese has a development with a rectangular floor plan, this element is retained in the proposal.
The building has no openings to the outside but two overlapping doors used for recirculation of air. The stazzo spatially is composed of a single room and all its extensions are along the longitudinal axis. These two features are combined in the project proposal. In most cases the roof of the house is characterized by a sloping roof with two pitched.
The Stazzo has walls with a thickness of 80 cm realized with local granite. This feature plays an important role in the proposed, this element is stored in a symbolic manner. The wall becomes a container of functions, thus leading to greater liberty in the central space of the house.
In the lower part of the main façade is a bench with a depth of 50 cm and in some cases extends along the entire façade of the building, was used for the break or as an aid to climb on the horse. In the proposal this element becomes the basement (granite) on which the building rests. This also guarantees a greater isolation by separating the building from the ground.
The building is composed of a main structure in wood, the interior walls were designed in MDF panel, the floor surface in recycled wood and the exterior panels is in local cork. All materials (wood, granite and cork) form part of the local tradition and they are still use today.
BIOGRAPHY
PAOLO RUSSO was Born in 1984 (Sassari), he attended his secondary school in Sassari and studied Architecture in Alghero and Seville between 2005 and 2012.
Degree in Urban and Environmental Planning and Architecture in the Faculty of Architecture in Alghero. In 2010 and 2011, he studied at Escuela Tecnica Superior de Arquitectura, in Seville. He studied with lots of renowned architects and landscape architects, such as Luigi Snozzi, Ignasi Perez Arnal, Jean Michael Landecy, Giovanni Maciocco, Federico Soriano, Jorge Lobos, Antonio Cruz, Antonio Ortiz, Kaas Kaan, Jose Morales Sanchez, GuillermoVazquez Consuegra, João Luís Carrilho da Graça, Joao Ferreira Nunes, Joao Gomes da Silva, Bart Brands and many others.
He’s currently attending a Master in Landscape Architecture in Milan, Barcelona and Lisbon.
He worked for Nieto y Sobejano Architects (2013/14 Madrid-Berlin), C+S Architects (2012 Treviso), Cino Zucchi Architects (2008 Milan) and others agency in Italy and Spain.
He participates at some competitions and workshop. He won the honorable mention for a seminary -Villard 11-, his final project, for degree in urban planning and environment, was selected for the Biennial of Landscape Architecture in Barcelona, year 2010 (student section) and his architecture final project was selected for some exhibitions.