Author ErranteArchitetture (Sarah Becchio, Paolo Borghino)
Location Paesana, Cuneo, Italy
Year 2013
Client private
Surface 18 sqm
Photography Paolo Borghino
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Despite its small dimensions, the Wood and the Dog cabin includes a series of functions which determine its formal solutions.
It’s a shed, where the firewood required by the client’s house heating system is stored. The air passing through the planks of the building’s shell ensures that the collected wood dries.
It’s a shelter, a refuge, a place that provides interaction between the private but open courtyard and the outside public space. A center of gravity around which the life of the clients and the inhabitants of the small hamlet takes place.
It’s a working space and a service zone for the outdoor area. The reinforced concrete wall that defines part of the east elevation folds inwards to create a surface where a large sink has been positioned.
It’s a spatial delimitation device, an edge that defines zones and mediates uses. The wall of the previous cabin, with its uneven and stratified texture has been maintained and consolidated in order to sustain the new construction.
Reinforced concrete is used for base and wall; wood for almost everything else. A poor quality iron frame defines the door. In the end, it’s only a wall; a box with a niche, a door and its window, two pivots, a step and a handle. Almost nothing else.
Author ErranteArchitetture (Sarah Becchio, Paolo Borghino)
Location Paesana, Cuneo, Italy
Year 2013
Client private
Surface 18 sqm
Photography Paolo Borghino