A bond of friendship among four women — the owner and the three architects — seals the design of this house, which presents itself to the street with a large lace-like façade.
Casa Renda explores a subtle transition between inside and outside, treating exterior and interior spaces with a plastic integration of their boundaries: whether through visual permeability, by means of perforated elements and frames, and through the continuity of materials across all environments, or through the choice of a single-story scheme organized around a central garden. The program is arranged around the large social living space, with an integrated veranda and kitchen. Service areas, bedrooms, and bathrooms are positioned in order to ensure privacy. From the central garden, the roof is accessed, using an equivalent of the built area below for leisure on the upper level, open to sunlight and air.
Concrete is the predominant material: used in the exposed structure cast in place, in the hydraulic tile flooring, in the countertops, and in the prefabricated panels that compose the lace of the façade—this defining element of the project, which presents a subtle and delicate pattern, materializing strength and permanence.
