Rocco Borromini architect

R O C C O B O R R O M I N I ARCHIT E CT

Graduated at Politecnico di Milano in 2005 Professional Architect since 2006 Member of Ordine degli architetti della provincia di Sondrio N. 367 Sondrio ITALY – Via Parravicini 19 +39 347 9000520 info@roccoborrominiarchitetto.it www.roccoborrominiarchitetto.it

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Architectural practice was born in 2006, from before then and still today I cultivate a great passion for beauty, probably I inherited it from my mother. Beauty, as Benedetto Croce says, “is not a physical fact, has nothing to do with useful, pleasure, pain, ethic, it is not the object of conceptual knowledge”, unites all or at least all those who have the fortune to let be touched, “is therefore what produces a state of mind free from any practical or logical interest, an impression expressed in a pure image, an object of intuition… which gives consistency and unity the feeling.” feeling is of a child and of an elder, of a Westerner and of an Oriental, it is respect for history, it is the desire to explore, it is to try to understand, it is the care in details, it is the scent of wood, it is in things small and large, it is in the memories and obviously must be in what John Ruskin calls “the place of peace …”, your own home.

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CALDESINI 2018

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The project stems from the need to create a home for a young couple on the Rhaetian side of the Valtellina Alps. The site on which the house stands is constituted by the roof slab of a basement garage that faces south with access to the garages and which extends west to a garden. The lot enjoys an excellent panoramic position from all fronts. The first formal theme was connect the new building to the pre-existing building, to meet this need we thought to create a structure that partly covered it and at the same time served as a supporting structure for the roof, on the south side some pillars on two levels support a succession of trusses. The warping is completely made of solid oak wood, this choice has increased the size of beams and pillars but gives the whole an exceptional materiality. The east and north fronts have been clad in splitted local stone as well as the pre-existing part of the southern front. The space between the south-west pillars ensures a penetration of light and shade in the winter months for most of the living area. The use of the roof trusses allowed the tympanum, supporting itself, could be completely emptied giving space to large windows that frame beautiful views of the surrounding mountains.

Entering from the garden the dining and living area has a double height and extends above the mezzanine, below this there is a kitchen, a bedroom and a bathroom. The few internal divisions allow you to have different viewing angles on the large panoramic windows. The interior theme is a very clean and bright space characterized by the alternation of solid wood and white walls. The compositional theme is formally inspired by a typical architecture of the Alpine arc as well as the reuse of traditional materials.

SV HOUSE 2016

The project concerns the construction of a house on the remains of a old rustic.The lot, on the coast of Orobic Alps, enjoys a very beautiful view that you can enjoy from the large windows of the west front. The stained glass windows, partly fixed and partly that open, contribute to the dialogue between the interior and the valley. The structure is very simple, two stone walls connected by a reinforced concrete slab while the second floor, roof and facade are made of wood.The two baffles were been made of local stone natural split, cleverly prepared.The facade of brushed larch wood is composed of a structure and slats remembering some architecture of the alpine zone. Only 22 square meters on three floors are home to the ground floor kitchen area and fireplace, first floor bedroom and bathroom, and the upper master bedroom.

Overall space is limited but this condition and the choice of materials, helped to create that feeling of “hearth� with evocative power and was one of the cardinal principles of many rural architecture as well as much of the academic architecture. A very light scale with transparent landings unites the three levels occupying the east side and let perceive the large interior height. For the floor of the ground floor and the small part of external paving we have decided to use luserna stone natural split to emphasize the continuity between inside and outside. The set of choices, formal and material, have been dictated by the desire to reinterpret the tradition whereby the client and the designer have a great respect.

AP HOUSE 2016

The basic idea was to create a rational structure and functional using materials and environments that take inspiration from local tradition. The land on which the project is developed is located on the Orobic Valtellina Alps. The land was originally characterized by a gentle slope where we proceeded to create a plan recessed south and raised downstream. The L-shaped building closes the court facing south. The decision to cash in the ground, in part is due to the need to protect the house from the winds from the west, in part to the desire to give it a certain intimacy and mostly the will to integrate the building with the surrounding landscape. Hence the choice to pay great attention to the creation of local stone walls, worked by a craftsman, with closed joints by small flakes of stone. The large windows connect the living area and the master bedroom to the courtyard with the pool. The paving in Lucerna stone natural split continues from the outside. The plan of the house is very simple, the two sides of the L are the living area, with kitchen and dining, and sleeping area which includes three bedrooms and two bathrooms. At the top of L there is a tower closed on four sides but open to the sky, internally completely covered fir planks old. The premises are located on a plot of 1300 square meters, it has an area of 150 sq m and a basement of 100 square meters.

MT HOUSE 2014

This project concerns the extension of an existing detached house. The plot is nestled in the mountains of Valtellina, on the weastern side of the bed of a small stream surrounded to the north and west by the typical terraced vineyards. The plot also enjoys a view of the valley and the Orobian Alps. The intervention of the extension consists of two parts. The first, used as a bedroom and bathroom, is spread over 645sq ft on two levels located behind the existing house.We chose to use a termocotto ash-wood for the walls and a light marble lightly brushed for the floor and the shower. The second part, with a surface of 2,150 sq ft, is used as a kitchen, pantry, bathroom, dining and living area with a swimming pool. This area is characterized by flat volumes, fully clad in natural stone, and almost entirely covered with vegetation and open to the valley through two large windows.The design idea arises from the need to relate to the pre-existence of the site and from the choice to dematerializes as much volume as possible, causing them to become an integrating part of the context.

As a result of a major excavation trough the rock we proceeded to restore the original section terrace making them part of the terraces. For the kitchen and the bathroom floor and for the lining of the pool, we chose to use an absolute black granite, sandblasted and brushed. For the flooring in the living area and for the area besides the pool was used a termocotto ash-wood. This last choice let have a strong connection between interior and exterior.Also in this context, it was decided to pay particular attention to alignment between interior and exterior through windows completely builded in, with sections of very thin profiles despite important light.

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MB HOUSE 2018

The building object of intervention is located in Livigno, in the heart of the Alps, at 1800 m asl, in an exceptional panoramic position. The house consists of three levels. In the basement there is a first dining-relaxation area and a wellness area, on the first floor there is a kitchen, dining room and living room that revolve around a double-sided fireplace while on the first floor the sleeping area. In the lower level the two adjoining areas are characterized respectively by an antique black stained fir as boiserie and by golden granite slabs as covering for the relaxation area, in the first very dark and welcoming area stand out punctual luminous elements to emphasize some geometries or furniture, while in the second a grazing light washes the stone walls. In the two upper levels the same wood is left natural and is not treated, while the floor is in sanded and rectified stone slabs, laid without joints to seek continuity. The material and formal choices follow the principle of use and reinterpretation of the materials and environments typical of the place. Great attention has been given to the study of light, the processing of materials and the details in their installation.

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Inside a prefabricated industrial structure, the offices enjoy an unusual panoramic position towards the river Adda and the cultivated valley. The glass and aluminum curtain wall provides a wide view and exceptional natural lighting. The project is spread over two levels, the ground floor is used for offices secretarial while the first floor is used the executive offices.

The two floors communicate via a staircase in reinforced concrete exposed face and are characterized by a different use of materials and lighting.

About the stair, materiality that characterizes it, makes a sculptural element, and simultaneously divider between the two levels. The ground floor is a propagine workshop-warehouse, maintains an industrial connotation. We have chosen to leave exposed the electrical and hydraulic plant, hanging it to the metal structure that supports the upper floor, not to plaster the wall brick partition and to continue with the workshop floor.

On the first floor the oak termocotto and in general the choice of materials and furnishings give the space a home flavor. To further emphasize this diversity of perception between the two levels has played a key role how to use the illuminazione artificial. Ground floor you chose to create a play of light and shadows that ensured sufficient light to workstations but in complex did perceive the environment slightly dark and relaxing. Upstairs, on the contrary, the choice of radiated light evenly, makes the room very bright, in this sense, a great contribution is made by the whiteness of the large meeting table covered with corian, with span of nine meters and thirty seats.

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The project originates from the desire to integrate the new volume into a large handicraft structure that houses a tire centre and car wash, hence the choice of using the container, a metal box designed for freight transport.

The casing consists of three containers of different sizes. Simple geometry and functionality-related aesthetics have also been used inside where a few simple furniture partly in bilaminate and partly in the same wood as the floor were placed.