There is nothing more complex than achieving simplicity!

This was the objective to be pursued by designing a "volume" to rest on a terrace and to be attached to a small apartment which lacked an indoor living area. The large terrace represents the outdoor living area that allows you to enjoy the beautiful days, in a predominantly sunny and breezy city for most months of the year. The need to circumscribe a minimum part of it within a "closed space" arose from the express request of the owner (who does not live permanently in this city) so as to be able to enjoy a protected space even in the winter months or during the excessively ventilated.

For a modest-sized apartment, with openings mainly facing north, it seemed appropriate to create a large living area facing south/west, while still thinking about the appropriate strategies for internal comfort. The position of the tall building from the early twentieth century, located to the south, served to protect the new space from the impact of the sun's rays. The large wall that can be opened entirely on the west side was imagined as a "mouth" that would let the landscape and the wind of Trapani enter the interior of the house.

La realizzazione della grande apertura e la collocazione di un lucernaio Velux apribile sul tetto del nuovo spazio living (contrapposti alle finestre dell’appartamento) sono risultati funzionali ad innescare la ventilazione naturale in grado di compensare il lieve surriscaldamento prodotto dalle superfici vetrate.

The creation of the large opening and the placement of a Velux skylight that can be opened on the roof of the new living space (opposed to the windows of the apartment) were functional in triggering natural ventilation capable of compensating for the slight overheating produced by the glass surfaces. The project also had to deal with a neighbor of great charm and beauty, from which it was impossible to "steal the show": the "Landscape in front of the terrace", consisting of the nearby dome of a baroque church and the dotted marine horizon from the Colombaia Castle and the Egadi islands. By designing this space between the landscape constraints of the historic center and the great sensitivity of the owner, the "Teca D'aria" was born, a volume with a glass skin that brings the wind of Trapani and the landscape inside the house and which it kaleidoscopically reflects the surrounding landscape on its outer skin.

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wall glass: Vitral glass

mason works: Impresa Battiata

iron works: Vito Novara

Electrical: Alfa Impianti snc

Plumbing: Alberto Adragna

Plasterboard: Vincenzo Ciotta