16 Villas
Rome
Design Phase: 2024>2025
Construction Phase: ongoing
Clients: House Calcaterra srl
Surface (indoor): 2100sm
Surface (outdoor): 2000sm
Structural Design: Ing. Lorenzo Migliorini
MEP Systems Design: Ing. Marco Barchesi
The project involves the development of a new residential settlement consisting of 16 housing units, organized into four four-family buildings, located in the southern quadrant of Rome.
The intervention is set within a consolidated urban context, characterized by low-density buildings with limited heights (up to a maximum of two stories). This existing condition was a decisive factor in guiding the project’s volumetric and compositional choices. The new structures respect the surrounding heights and reinterpret local typological features, avoiding invasive solutions in favor of a balanced relationship with the urban fabric and the landscape.
Sustainability and Performance
The project is based on the principles of sustainable passive architecture, designed as a Nearly Zero Energy Building (nZEB). Design choices prioritize building orientation, solar radiation control, high-performance building envelopes, and the integration of technological solutions aimed at reducing energy consumption and environmental impact.
Architectural Language and Materials
The intervention proposes a contemporary architecture characterized by compact volumes and linear surfaces. These are articulated through subtle setbacks and overhanging sections that create a dynamic interplay of light and shadow. This language dialogues with local construction traditions through the use of natural materials—specifically stone—used in both exterior and interior spaces as an element of material and identity continuity.
Relationship with the Landscape
The project establishes a constant dialogue with the landscape, not only by respecting views and visual relationships with the surroundings but, above all, by creating an integrated system of spaces. The interior living areas, common outdoor spaces, private gardens, and the surrounding landscape are conceived as interconnected parts of a single organism.
The primary objective is to create a residential settlement in close harmony with the existing context, where the ground plane plays a central role. The open spaces, both public and private, are designed as a large, continuous garden without rigid boundaries, fostering visual permeability and imagining the entire site as one uninterrupted green space.