GEZA shapes an alpine holiday home to the contours of italian mountains

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GEZA shapes an alpine holiday home to the contours of italian mountains

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located in tarvisio – a northeastern region of italy (h!ps://www.designboom.com/tag/architecture-in-italy/) – ‘Z

house’ has been designed by GEZA to form a close rela"onship with the surrounding mountainous landscape. as
opposed to crea!ng a flat site for the interven!on, the holiday home (h"ps://www.designboom.com/tag/residen!al-
architecture-interiors/) has been built to ‘slip’ into the contours of the land. characterized by light-filled interiors,
!mber-clad façades and steeply pitched gable roofs, the resul!ng architecture perfectly befits the alpine scenery.
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situated on a steep slope, the journey to the entrance of the house has been designed by GEZA
(h!ps://www.geza.it/) with special considera"on. as a key aspect of the project, the journey to the building is
celebrated. viewed from afar at first, the building stands boldly in the landscape, then, upon ge#ng closer, the mass publish your work
begins to fit with the contours of the land and the scale reduces, un!l only a small and solitary monopiano volume
can be seen, framed only by the landscape. (h!ps://www.designboo
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the program of the house is neatly divided into two volumes with regard to the differing func"ons. at entrance level,
a large living area fills a double-height space, with large elements of glazing framing the incredible views of the
outdoors. from this space, the master bedroom is located on an upper floor to overlook the living area, while the
other bedrooms, the sauna and wellness area are located on the lower floor.
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project info:

project name: ‘Z house’

client: private
loca"on: tarvisio, udine, italy
architect: GEZA – gri e zucchi archite# associa! (h"ps://www.geza.it/) (arch. stefano gri, arch. piero zucchi with arch.
stefania anzil)
team: arch. !na carle#, arch. elisa mansu#, arch. marjana dedaj
structural design: eng. alessandro d’agos!no – adastudio, tolmezzo, italy
mechanical plants design: HT engineering (h"p://htengineering.it/), udine, italy
electrical plants design: studio ba#sta
supervision of works: eng. alessandro d’agos!no – adastudio, tolmezzo, italy
contractor: impresa edile pellegrini & c (h"p://costruzionipellegrini.it/)
mechanical plants: astel srl (h"p://www.astelsrl.it/)
electrical plants: ele"ronica manzanese (h"ps://www.ele"rotecnicamanzanese.it/)
carpentry works: malisan franco & c s.n.c.
furnitures and boiseries: floreani snc
design phase: 2014
construc"on: 2016
area of interven"on: 933 m2
area: 195 m2
volume: 875 m3
photography: gianni antoniali

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