Casa Maria
Private ResidentialClient:Scape Architects
Completed: 2008
Project Description:
Built in the mid 18th century as a billiard room for the adjacent manor house, the 175m2 building was converted into a family residence in the late 1950’s.
Built in the mid 18th century as a billiard room for the adjacent manor house, the 175m2 building was converted into a family residence in the late 1950’s.
The architects vision for the space was a modern family house with a central feature acrylic piece that links the 3 floors and transmitts light from top to bottom. The lighting is concealed and discreet throughout much of the house with flush illuminated panels set within walls and furniture, delivering light when required but slipping into the fabric of the building when not in use.
This approach was then countered with more dominant lighting features to the main living space and soft colour washes onto the central acrylic fins. The design of the lighting control system allowed the lighting within the house to define each space or link all 3 levels.
