Casa B

Casa B is located in a quiet residential neighborhood in the city of Treviso.

The project, by B+B Associati, is the result of an in-depth study on the use of essential shapes and volumes and dynamism of lines.

The building is composed of two overlapping volumes, with an L-shaped plan. On the ground floor a base, with large windows facing the garden, closed on the street front, houses the living area; on the upper floor, where the openings are reduced, to ensure greater introspection, is located the sleeping area.

The external cladding of the ground floor is in stone, while the upper volume is in plaster. The structure is characterized by the use of the architectural element of the intrados, black in aluminum, contrasting with the white of the north facade, and by the use of splays on the south side.

In the living area, large sliding windows from the Xtravision collection in aluminum were chosen to allow the spaces to open up towards the outside. On the upper floor, the Compact windows in wood-aluminum flush with the wall - equipped with full glass parapet - overlook the roof of the portico, treated as a garden, generating the perception of greenery, without interruption towards the garden.

The openings are controlled with solar screening systems in order to allow solar radiation in winter and prevent it in summer, so as to maximize the energy efficiency of the building.

Photo by: Francesco Castagna