Davide Macullo Architects is an international architecture and design studio based in Lugano, Southern Switzerland.
Studio di architettura in Ticino, Svizzera.
The opportunity to build 16 apartments in the Alps allowed us to develop the idea of a typology that fitted with the nature of this particular – yet common context – in the region: sloping land, amazing nature, free view from the top of the mountain to the bottom of the valley.
The leading idea was to let the building play in harmony with the land in order to express the potential of the site. The roof follows the slope giving to each apartment a direct contact with the ground.
The cross-shaped floors avoid intrusiveness and give the perception and the scale of the ancient chalets typical of this rural milieu.