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Main image: Palazzo Eos Uno, Ascona. © Matteo Aroldi (left) © Aldo Cacchioli Architetto (above) Below: Residenza Onda Viva, Ronco s/Ascona. © Aldo Cacchioli Architetto
Aldo Cacchioli uses natural stone claddings as characteristic elements in architecture and design How to clad a building is a topic heavily discussed among architects. No matter if situated in France or Italy, in Switzerland or Germany – the question always stays the same: How can cladding of a building to be used as the final element in architecture and design? Aldo Cacchioli and his team concentrate on solving this puzzle by using natural stones. TEXT: JESSICA HOLZHAUSEN | PHOTOS: ALDO CACCHIOLI
Using natural stones in building houses fulfils people’s deepest desire to use components and materials that have a long history in architecture and housing constructions. Deriving from this is the connotation that stone buildings have a certain – and more – value. But apart from that, stones have a reaction to light no other building material has to offer, adding a beautiful and often light reflecting surface. But no matter how beautiful stones may look, when it comes to contemporary con-
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struction techniques their use is limited. Economic and energy aspects discount the possibility of using solid stone for the construction of walls or – to put it a bit more clearly – to build a house entirely out of natural stone. Stones will be used only with a minimum thickness and stone cladding here will prove its value: “While
cladding uses far less raw material it also creates a homogeneous volume almost similar to a single monolithic element,”explains Aldo Cacchioli.