Lake poetry: a bathing place created on a limited budget responds to and intensifies the natural beauty of its magnificent site.Segrino is one of the small pieces of water at the southern end of Lake Como Lake Como (Lago di Como in Italian, also known as Lario; Lach de Comm in Insubric; Latin: Larius Lacus) is a lake of glacial origin in Lombardy, Italy. . Replenished by springs, its remarkably pure calm contents reflect the sky and almost untouched forested slopes (the surrounding area is a nature reserve). So any new building must be undertaken with great care. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Marco Castelletti's new bathing establishment on the banks of the little lake is intended to harmonize with its beautiful site and to make as little impact on it as possible. Castelletti has partly dug the L-shaped building into the heavily wooded bank behind, causing two ramps to be made down to the entrance from the cycle track that runs round the lake. Through random slots in the steel gate (which is at the knuckle knuckle /knuck·le/ (nuk´'l) the dorsal aspect of any phalangeal joint, or any similarly bent structure. knuck·le n. 1. of the L), you get a vista of grass, water and woods, framed by a timber colonnade colonnade (kŏlənād`), a row of columns usually supporting a roof. Colonnades were popular with the Greeks and Romans, who employed them in the stoa and the portico; they have continued to be used throughout the Middle Ages, the along the north-south limb of the L. This terminates in the common room and bar which looks out over the surrounding lawns to wild nature. At right-angles to this range is a similarly colonnaded col·on·nade n. Architecture 1. A series of columns placed at regular intervals. 2. A structure composed of columns placed at regular intervals. one that contains changing rooms
Bath originating in the Middle East, combining exposure to warm air, steam immersion, massage, and a cold bath or shower. The Turkish bath (hammam) reflects the fusion of the massage and cosmetic aspects of the Eastern bath tradition and the plumbing and heating and a nursery. The entrance and junction of the two wings is celebrated by a tiny tower made by putting the administration over the ticket office. The little building is locked into the lawn by two elegant decks that lead bathers to the water, but apart from the well-trimmed lawn, there is very little attempt to manipulate the landscape. And that's just about it. Construction was prefabricated pre·fab·ri·cate tr.v. pre·fab·ri·cat·ed, pre·fab·ri·cat·ing, pre·fab·ri·cates 1. To manufacture (a building or section of a building, for example) in advance, especially in standard sections that can be easily shipped and and modular (the planning grid is 5m X 5m). All is in timber, apart from the prefabricated metal fence against the ramps on the south side of the site. The jury was deeply impressed by the simplicity and elegance of the scheme which, with quite slender resources, addresses its magnificent site and prospect gently, and with respect. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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