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FG House, the family house where the wood is the protagonist

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Located on a private slighty sunken ground in Borgo Valsugana municipality, FG House is the project designed by Burnazzi Feltrin Architetti for a young family looking for “an oasis” to socialize.

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From this area one can enjoy a beautiful view of the surrounding mountains and the prefabricated energy efficient wood house is characterized by a rational layout of the interiors, large windows, which allow to benefit from daylight especially in winter on the east, south and west sides, and loggias working as shelter from the summer heat.

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On the gable roof solar panels are mounted with the same roof’s angle so they can’t be seen from below, while the wood cladding made of larch planks or slats combines with the frames of the low-e windows, which are made of larch wood too.

© Burnazzi Feltrin Architetti

This house is a living space where four families can meet, have dinners and play outside, so the aim has been to design a volume which gave a sense of hospitality and from which you could see the surrounding mountains: this goal has been reached thanks to a covered porch at the entrance, not only welcoming the guest but also working as a shelter; moreover the porch, together with the paved roof, helps to reduce the visual impact of the main front.

© Burnazzi Feltrin Architetti

Looking at the composition of the ground floor one can notice its rectangular shape including not only interior spaces as living area, office, bathroom, garage, but also covered exterior spaces as the entrance porch and open exterior spaces as the small garden on the north side; on the other hand, the first floor houses the bedrooms.

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The unity of the building is expressed by the wood cladding, which ties all the elements together and allows to avoid the use of eaves and to hide aluminium gutters and drainpipes, for an elegant result, integrated with the landscape.