Bloody Tears

É un po’ come stare nell’acqua, urli e nessuno ti sente.

Marimba House

This house by ISON Architects is for a residence and a studio of the percussion musician. Four plots are arrayed facing one another alongside two streets and in two houses on each plot parents and grandmother of the musician are already reside. Two plots are still empty and on two empty plots, houses would be planned.

The structure and interior of the house is mainly wooden, since the sound was the most important factor while considering the proper structure. Two elements are creating a relationship between the performance place and the courtyard, one is a long and low –height is 2.2m- opening toward the courtyard, and the other one is a sufficient –depth is 1.8m- awning continues along the front facade. In addition we set a wooden folding door –it serves for a visual depth- on the inner side of the long and low opening for controlling the sound reflection of glass. We set a skylight at the meeting point of the pitched roof and the upper mass for the effective penetration of the natural light to deep space. And also, the cube formed mass and pitched roof were separated.