Concept and function
With just a two stories high stone shed the task of the archtects Baserga and Moyyetti was to exploit and get the most out of the existing house making a brand new addition for modern living on top of the old masonry at street level. Faster, better and cheaper is a mantra of often heard in daily business life - architecture included. That is probably why so many good ideas turn out to be hollow and cheap looking in the end. In this case the mantra of the conceptual task for the architects seems to be taller, more daylight and most exploitation of limited ground surface. Luckily restorations projects spend much more time analysing and researching before starting the building phase, which is often a lack of new building projects.
The original shed is to recognized today by the vivibly left nature stone walls. In factthis is a continuing story told in stone. A temporal development, of the origin to the present, of the old and the up to date reality.