An Urban Cloister

An Urban Cloister

The project is born in the place of a former wax factory, becoming a residential area composed of 54 apartments that blend into the horizon with the hills of Bergamo. Two "L"-shaped buildings define, embracing each other, an open courtyard, in the center of which lies a private green area characterized by a phytodepuration pool, situated in continuity with the public space and positioned at a lower level and adjacent to the new equipped public park. The architecture is characterized by a domestic identity, where the materiality of the bricks and the large wooden loggias constitute the recognizable feature of a comfort-oriented idea, where the living spaces project onto the park through large windows that allow an extension of the living areas. The three brick floors are capped with a metal cladding arranged in a crown, where the apartments feature open loggias and large green terraces.