The project area is located in the Campidoglio district, on Via Corio, within an environmental zone. The intervention involves the demolition of an existing building and the following construction of a small residential block.

The new building consisting of apartments with private courtyards on the ground floor and large balconies on the first floor, integrates into the distinctive context of a working-class neighborhood that emerged in the mid-nineteenth century, where the urban landscape is mostly characterized by low-rise houses of 3-4 stories above ground.

The design intention is to position the building in an intermediate space between tradition and innovation. The project envisions a small-scale building, in line with the historic character of the neighborhood, developed over two above-ground floors plus an attic level. It recalls some early twentieth-century features, such as a plaster cornice and the traditional form of dormer windows, while at the same time offering a fresher image that meets contemporary needs with the inclusion of external sliding metal shutters and a protruding staircase block clad in metal sheeting. 

Project team

Architectural project: Derossi Associati (arch. Davide and Paolo Derossi)

2021 – 2022

Project