Immersed in the woods, Buen Retiro is the restoration and expansion of an ancient stone ruin designed by the architect Dario Castellino from Cuneo. In complete harmony with the surrounding nature, it overlooks the Stura valley in Roccasparvera, in the province of Cuneo, where the mountain gently slopes towards the river.
Architecture firm
Dario Castellino Architetto
Principal architect
Dario Castellino
Collaborators
Francesca Dalmasso
Interior design
Dario Castellino
Structural engineer
Eretika, Borgo San Dalmazzo (CN), Ivano Menso
Environmental & MEP
Studio Tecno, Cuneo (CN), ing. Emanuele Dutto e arch. Alice Lusso
Lighting
Alen Impianti Elettrici, Giordano Alen, Boves (CN)
Construction
Edilbieffe, Borgo San Dalmazzo (CN)
Material
Wood and CalceLegnoCanapa®
Typology
Residential › House
The aim of the project is to expand an apartment inside a small building built in the middle of the last century, in an outer district of Cuneo. Before the intervention the apartment was connected to a large garden through an uncovered and free terrace on three sides, which was closed by a new volume to create an extra room which will be used by th...
Architecture firm
Studio 3Mark
Location
Cuneo CN - 12100 Italy
Photography
Oscar Bernelli
Principal architect
Manuela Rosso, Michele Cassino
Interior design
Studio 3Mark
Material
Concrete, steel, wood
Typology
Residential › House › Extension
