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OfHouses guest curated by Studiospazio: ”This house hosts the atelier of Mantegna on the ground floor and his apartment on the upper floor. It can be understood as a solitary building with a central courtyard, as well as a townhouse embedded in the urban fabric. Because of the coexistence of these two contrasting characters the intangible inner world avoids the isolation from the city.” (Photo: © G. Newman, Studio Calzolari, Alessandro Avi, Giuseppe Gradella.)

Studiospazio / Workshop garage in a garden / 2016 / via Divisare / Image © Stefano Graziani

OfHouses guest curated by Studiospazio: ”The building faces a narrow street, where it is difficult to perceive the facade in its entirety. The magnificent stairs on the back-wall of the courtyard served as a representation of the bourgeoisie life of the baroque period and appear as the main facade of the building. The courtyard is perceived as an extension of the street and becomes the most public space of the house.” (Photo: © Anthony Blunt, Tim Benton, Csaba Tarsoly, Sue Barr, Pietro Pirozzi, Giovanni Viggiano. Source: Courtauld Institute of Art; AA Files, No. 69 (2014), pp 107-17.)

OfHouses guest curated by Studiospazio: ”This house was built for an illustrator and his wife, who wished not to have any view towards the poor appearance of Tokyo, but only towards the sky. Despite the absence of openings, the void space between the house and the ground links the building with the natural topography – the bigger scale of the urban environment. The exposing character of the house reveals the otherwise invisible existence of the individual and the nature within the city.” (Photo: © wakiiii, guen-k.)

OfHouses guest curated by Studiospazio: ”The loggia on the ground floor is perceived as the main space of the house. It was hosting commercial activities at the time and gives a public character to the building towards the piazza. However, contrary to the impression from outside, the main space lies hidden in the upper floor. By treating the façade as three-stories high, when in reality the building has two, Palladio maximizes both the public and private character of this building.” (Photo: © Marcok, Jonathan Makepeace, Fototecnica Vicenza, A.Rossi.)

OfHouses guest curated by Studiospazio: ”The loggia on the second floor is perceived as a canopy due to its thin proportions, openness and cantilever roof. Even if this place is unreachable from the street, it is possible to sense an expansion of the public environment until the upper floors of this house.” (Photo: © Philip van der Heckhuizen, Damjan Gale.)