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A' Design Award in Architecture, Building and Structure Design Goes to Casa Della Quercia Single Family Villa by Andrea Brunazzi
Andrea Brunazzi recognized for architecture, building and structure design by the international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 28, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Casa Della Quercia Single Family Villa by Andrea Brunazzi, designed for Brunazzi, has been granted the A' Design Award in the Architecture, Building and Structure Design category. The recognition forms part of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
What the A' Design Award Means
The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.
More About Casa Della Quercia Single Family Villa
Casa Della Quercia is a single family villa built on a panoramic hillside site with a centuries-old oak tree. The single above-ground floor covers 105 square meters and holds two bedrooms, a kitchen, a large living room and two bathrooms. The swimming pool sits in a sheltered rear patio with a microclimate suitable for mid-season, so the front lawn stays open. A central shaft brings light and air to the basement rooms. Walls are 53 centimeters thick with 16 centimeters of insulation, and a heat pump serves underfloor heating and cooling. The flat roof simplifies maintenance.
About Andrea Brunazzi
Who I am? A curious person, nature lover, passionate about old cars and outdoor sports. Colors, lights, sensations bring out new solutions, inspirations for different graphics, a new shape, an idea not yet tested. I would travel all the time to "refresh myself" from distant countries, other cultures... Nature inspires me, art fascinates me, Italy is my country!
Award Record
This recognition makes Andrea Brunazzi a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Architecture, Building and Structure Design Award
The A' Architecture Design Award is an international architectural design competition recognizing good architectural designs by best architects worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to architectural design studios, building contractors, structural engineering firms and architecture and design consultants from all countries. Typical entries include skyscrapers, museums, residential buildings, commercial complexes, educational institutions and religious structures. The awarded architectural projects are published at https://designers.org/design-category/architecture
About A' Design Award & Competition
Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is to advance society through good design, by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, uploading a work and receiving a preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/139540
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/139540
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!139540
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/330341
Media Contact
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Casa Della Quercia Single Family Villa
- Function
- Single Family Villa
- Category
- Architecture, Building and Structure Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture
- Colors
- Lavender, Dim Gray, Dark Slate Gray, White Smoke and Light Slate Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Brunazzi
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Andrea Brunazzi
- Country
- Italy
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #139540
Credits
- Image Credits
- Photographer Ada Brunazzi Optional; Photographer Ada Brunazzi
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Land well exposed and panoramic with a centuries-old oak. The swimming pool is located at the rear of the building in a large patio, in a protected position with a microclimate suitable for mid-season rather than being located, as generally happens, in the garden in front of the villa, where it would have occupied a large part of the lawn. A central shaft gives light and air to the rooms in the basement. Built according to the most recent anti-seismic regulations and for energy containment.
- Inspiration
- The Italian rationalist houses of the thirties were the inspiration behind the design. The simple volume has been designed to avoid thermal dispersions. The flat roof allows for easy maintenance. The careful study of the interiors has allowed the creation of 2 bedrooms, kitchen, large living room, 2 bathrooms in just 105 m2. Large windows for a feeling of continuity between inside and out. On one side the panorama and on the other a vast sheltered space.
- Research
- The Oak House wants to be a project that integrates well into the environment, in fact the choice to develop the house only on an above-ground floor with a flat roof is due both to the ease of maintenance and to having less impact on the environment; the atrium is a bright and cool summer patio in the basement. The environment created in this space is unique and absolutely private. To reduce summer radiation, the large windows have a custom designed sliding dark wood system. There is also a sunscreen on the southwestern facade. The house, like the nest, communicates with the outside without being invasive but protective.
- Challenge
- The project had a difficult bureaucratic process due to the choice, unusual in Italy, of the flat roof because the architecture with the flat roof is seen as strange, due to the continuous proliferation of houses with "non-habitable" attics that have lowered the quality real estate aesthetics. And for multiple bureacratic difficulties.
- Realization and Technology
- Energy class 3A. Solid larch sunscreen. Walls 53 cm, 16 cm insulation. Masonry in blocks, poroton and counterwall. German hardware in stainless steel. Windows and doors in laminated emlock, 4 glasses argon barrier and reflective. Finishes: smooth plaster and decoration, wood-effect ceramic floors, laid as a deck, anti-slip and smooth finish. Heat pump with underfloor heating and cooling. White water recovery system and tank with automatic irrigation pump. Power take offs 220V and 380V to power electric cars. Fully automatic salt water and ph control Swimming pool.
- Operation and Interaction
- A house that opens to the outside and becomes one with the patio, the swimming pool and the garden that surrounds it. Interior and exterior are integrated and play on the sensations of man.
- Project Duration and Location
- Moncalieri (Torino), Italy. The implementation of the project began in 2016 in February and the end of the works was completed towards the end of 2017; the planting of the garden with the planting of shrubs, perennials, bulbs, fruit trees was completed in 2019 and still continues with the implementation of species.
- Specifications
- Total construction area: 105 m2 main floor: 1885x700 cm, h 270 cm. Pertaining plot of land: 1000 m2 233 cadastral square meters. 683 m2 garden 105 m2 balconi e terrazzi.
- Keywords
- Villa, house, relaxation, pleasant environment, old oak, hill, protection, freedom in nature
