Damilanostudio Architects and B-House

Practise Damilanostudio Architects is named after its founder Duilio Damilano who moved from the Polytechnic of Turin to Milan, in order to attend a workshop by Daniel Libeskind, where he has developed the concept of architectural research directed towards the concreteness of space.

Architect Duilio Damilano has always been fond of architecture since childhood. The passion for volumes comes from his family of sculptors. His father and brother have, in fact, passed on to him an interest for the plastic and material aspect of every sculpture & architecture and he has been attracted by architecture. Architect designs path begin from the study of the light, its affects and properties which moulds the shapes. According to Duilio Damilano, "It is an instinctive vocation – a feeling that starts from deep inside and only at a later time is conveyed inside the channels of rationality. Certainly is something that's always been part of my approach to architecture and which goes into my entire project. I mean the kind of lighting that goes beyond the physical aspect of the luminous element to become an integral part of the architectural design. A project can't peter out with the daylight."

B-House
Location	Cuneo, Piemonte, Italy
Project type	Residential house
Status of the project	Completed
Team project	Diamilanostudio Architects
Architect	Duilio Damilano + Claudia Allinio
Structural Design of the project	Arch. Massimo Aimar
Photographer	Andrea Martiradonna
Surface area	1080 sqm
Surface building	355 sqm
Yea of Completion	2008

After graduating he began his professional career as an Associate and in 1990 he opened the Damilano Studio. Over the years his work has developed, through collaborations with artists and designers, into new architectural paths. Major areas of interest of Damilano Studio are the design of residential buildings, offices and commercial and receptive structures, both in Italy and abroad. Currently, he is working in collaboration with the architects Claudia Allinio, Alberto Pascale, Corrado Tesio and Jessica Pignatta.

Located in Cuneo, Italy, Damilano builds this Italian white house on the hillside to enjoy the landscape of the Piedmont. An open front characterizes B-HOUSE, a refuge without secret where inhabitants are offered views of the landscape from the mountains. The house extends horizontally with a row of premises that end up with the kitchen, real field glasses pointed to the village. In opposite directions, this house develops northwards with the body of the rooms more intimate and intimist and southward with the swimming pool, a wide sheet of water, reflections and light.

The living floor is a spotless space, corrupt by the materiality of a fossil stone wall and by blobs of color of some furniture. The first floor is reserved to landlords and hosts a wide room, the wardrobe box and the bathroom. The roofs are wide terraces, alternatives hanging by relaxation of the garden. In the night come out the depth of volumes and leaks highlighted by luminous cuts and clear/dark contrasts.

Sustainable Features

Structure in brick-cement
Installation of floor heating with accumulating and condensing boiler model ATAG (27000 Kg/cal)
Exterior wall: double course (interior course portion 20 cm, air space 10 cm which is placed on board insulation made with 4 + 4 cm wool glass density 40 kg/m³, exterior course brick thickness 12 cm);
Production of hot water with solar thermal vacuum tube "termomax"
Low emissivity glass [k<2] glass 4+4mm, air space 15 mm, glass 4+4 mm
Dehumidifying Plaster