{"id":805,"date":"2021-07-27T16:40:13","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T14:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dar-architettura.com\/progetti\/urban-house-with-big-window\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T14:29:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T12:29:35","slug":"urban-house-with-big-window","status":"publish","type":"progetti","link":"https:\/\/www.dar-architettura.com\/en\/works\/urban-house-with-big-window\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban House with big window"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This house in Cambridge MA is a few blocks northwest of the MIT campus.<br \/>\nThe lot is nestled in the dense early 19th century urban texture of the area. A small garden surrounds the house, and the west side gives access to a building in the lot behind.<br \/>\nThe current appearance of the house is the result of a radical renovation that lasted from 2010 to 2013.<br \/>\nThe volume of the preexisting building has been maintained except for an addition to the western side of the roof.<\/p>\n<div class='yrm-content yrm-content-1 yrm-content-hide  ' id='yrm-xBnPC' data-id='1' data-show-status='false' data-after-action='' style=\"visibility: hidden;height: 0;\">\n\t\t\t<div id='yrm-inner-content-yrm-xBnPC' class='yrm-inner-content-wrapper yrm-cntent-1'>The project seeks to reconcile two oppositions in a dense urban environment: privacy on the one side, \u201ceyes on the street\u201d on the other side. A big corner window is in fact the \u201ceye\u201d of the house and two aluminum sliding shutters function as the eyelids.<br \/>\nInside, the main entrance opens on a double height area in front of the big window. This area functions as a light-collector as well as it gives a glimpse on the distribution of the upstairs bedrooms. The two sliding shutters allow regulating view, light, privacy.<br \/>\nOutside, a plastic envelope reflects or absorbs the skylight, creating different visual effects depending upon time, weather and standpoint. The mahogany stairs, deck and windows\u2019 railings are warm to sight and touch and stand in opposition to the rigor of the fa\u00e7ade.<br \/>\nAs to energy saving, the project deals with a common problem: improving the insulation of a detached house with a balloon-frame-like structure and thin external walls. The problem has been solved by fixing new insulating panels to the walls and by protecting this new layer with an external envelope that is made of translucent plastic panels. The space in-between the insulating panels and the external envelope allows air to flow in summer. The new envelope is light, though its structure is oversized to strengthen the existing structure. To lower the summer demand for AC the metal panels of the roofs are light grey, with a thick.<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class='yrm-btn-wrapper yrm-inline-wrapper yrm-btn-wrapper-1  yrm-more-button-wrapper '><span title='' data-less-title='' data-more-title=''  class='yrm-toggle-expand  yrm-toggle-expand-1' data-rel='yrm-xBnPC' data-more='SEE ALL' data-less='SEE LESS' style='border: none; width: 100%;'><span class=\"yrm-button-text-1 yrm-button-text-span\">SEE ALL<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><strong>Cambridge MA, 2011-2013<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Private client<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Manfredo di Robilant, Alessandro Armando<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Record architect: Samir Srouji<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Structures: Sami Kassis<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Photographs: Paolo Rosselli<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"eds-animate edsanimate-sis-hidden \" data-eds-entry-animation=\"fadeIn\" data-eds-entry-delay=\"0\" data-eds-entry-duration=\"0.3\" data-eds-entry-timing=\"ease-in\" 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