Residential building in Milan, via Tellini 11, Competition

It's our proposal for a competition helded by a private company, Warehouse&Bureau I S.r.l., in Milan, Via Tellini 11, Italy. It's about a residential dwelling of 7 floors and 3 underground parking levels, in a narrow place, free on three sides and adjacent to another lower building on the forth side. The competition was enetered with a spirit of true research for form&distribution on contemporary needs of small families, singles and pro-work temporary flat.

The most difficult things to challange on have been the (discontinued) double tilted external surfaces and spaces gradually smaller as the building grows in height. To add also the control of natural light merged with compositive overall needs.

The result is a contemporary building of 18 aptms with a sleek look, deliberately different from surrounding buildings. The forth side was left "blank" for commercial purposes, as a specific designed proposal shows. Full-height windows create small balconies or loggia, highlighted with a contrasting color. A folded wall from the envelope borders determines access to the building. Geothermal pump and solar panels integrate low energy requirements contributing the building to go green. External tilted walls are precasted, each piece is made by measure to fit inclination and rounding. We think to have achieved the expected results in terms of research on residential dwellings, even if we did not won the competition. We like our work and will surely be a starting base for future developments.