PAST
PRESS OPENING TECA HOUSE
14 JULY 2020
PROJECT TECA HOUSE WAS PRESENTED TO THE PRESS ON TUESDAY 14TH JULY 2020 IN THE PRESENCE OF THE OWNER ALBERTO SAVIO, ARCHITECT FEDERICO DELROSSO, BUILDER FRANCESCO PANUCCIO AND THE MAYOR OF BIELLA CLAUDIO CORRADINO. THE PRESENTATION WAS COORDINATED BY JOURNALIST GIORGIO TARTARO VIA LIVE STEAMING.
THE FLEXIBILITY OF THE PROJECT MAKES THIS SPACE IDEAL FOR MEETINGS OR HOSTING A BUSINESS COCKTAIL, BUT IT IS ALSO AN INTIMATE REFUGE FOR READING OR PRACTICING YOGA. IT CAN ALSO BECOME A GUESTHOUSE FOR OCCASIONAL GUESTS OF THE LANDLORD AND HIS WIFE WHO LIVE IN A VILLA LOCATED AT THE FOOT OF THE HILL.
TECA HOUSE, AN ICONIC CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE, IS A VISUAL AND CULTURAL LANDMARK BORN WITH THE INTENTION TO CREATE NEW POSSIBILITIES OF RELATIONS AND PROMOTE THE TERRITORY OF BIELLA.
APERTOUR BIELLA
ARCHITECTURE UNRAVELED
5 ARCHITECTS FOR 5 PROJECTS. A PATH TO DISCOVER THE ORIGINALITY OF DESIGN AND THE ARCHITECTURAL SOLUTIONS TO REVEAL THE SECRET AND SPATIAL ESSENCE OF ARCHITECTURE.
TECA HOUSE IS ONE OF THE ARCHITECTURES SELECTED BY APERTOUR, AN EVENT REVIEW DESIGNED BY THE YOUNG BOARD OF ARCHITECTS, PLANNERS, LANDSCAPERS AND CONSERVATORS OF THE PROVINCE OF BIELLA.
THE INITIATIVE IS FINALIZED TO ENHANCE THE ARCHITECT'S PROFESSION AND THE ARCHITECTURE ITSELF THROUGH THE STORY OF THE PROJECTS. THE ARCHITECT HIMSELF WILL ACCOMPANY THE SPECTATORS IN THIS TOUR.
APER / TOUR:
AN APERTURE AS AN ACCESSIBILITY NOT ONLY PHYSICAL BUT ALSO MENTAL IN THE ARCHITECTURE;
A TOUR TO EMPHASIZE THE ITINERANT CHARACTER OF THE MANIFESTATION.
MILANO DESIGN FILM FESTIVAL
DREAMING THE REAL IS THE ONE AND A HALF YEAR JOURNEY AROUND THE VISIONS AND IMAGINATIONS DEVELOPED BY FEDERICO DELROSSO IN A 20-YEAR CAREER. BUILT AROUND THE WORK SITE OF TECA HOUSE, THE NARRATION BROADENS WEAVING TOGETHER IMAGES, THOUGHTS AND INSPIRATIONS BOTH ON A PROFESSIONAL AND A PERSONAL LEVEL, DESCRIBING FROM THE INSIDE AND, IN A COMPLETELY NEW WAY, APPROACHES, APTITUDES AND DESIGN METHODS OF THE BIELLESE ARCHITECT. DREAMING THE REAL IS THE PORTRAIT OF FEDERICO DELROSSO, OF HIS WORK, HIS PASSIONS AND HIS INTERPRETATION ABOUT A PROFESSION WHOSE TECHNICAL AND HUMAN ASPECTS COEXIST AND MERGE IN A CONTINUOUS EXCHANGE.
THE FILM WAS PRESENTED IN MILAN DURING THE SIXTH EDITION OF THE MILAN DESIGN FILM FESTIVAL 2018.
THE PROJECT “WORK IN PROGRESS”, AN ARCHITECTURAL INSTALLATION THAT NARRATES, THROUGH IMAGES AND MODELS, THE GENESIS AND THE REALIZATION OF TECA HOUSE, WAS PRESENTED, DURING THE VENICE 2018 ARCHITECTURAL BIENNIAL, AT THE PRESTIGIOUS PALAZZO MORA, WITHIN TIME SPACE EXISTENCE, AN EXHIBITION ORGANIZED BY GAA FOUNDATION AND HOSTED BY EUROPEAN CULTURAL CENTER. FOR THE WHOLE DURATION OF THE EXHIBITION (26 MAY - 25 NOVEMBER 2018), IT WAS ALSO POSSIBLE TO FOLLOW THE WORK IN PROGRESS OF THE CONSTRUCTION SITE.
“I WANT TO REPORT ON THE TRANSFORMATION PROCESS OF PLACES THROUGH ARCHITECTURE. THERE ARE CERTAIN VITAL ELEMENTS IN ANY PROJECT THAT MAKE IT RECOGNIZABLE AND COHERENT TO A THOUGHT, EFFECTIVE FOR THE USER OFTEN, BOTH VISUALLY AND IN THE WAY IT IS USED. WHAT MAKES AN ARCHITECTURE SPECIAL IS NOT THE PROJECT AS AN AIM IN ITSELF, BUT THAT DELICATE AND SUBTLE BALANCE WHICH BINDS A GIVEN SPACE TO ITS OCCUPANTS”. FEDERICO DELROSSO.
FROM THE SMALL PRE-EXISTING RUSTIC BUILDING, NOW IN DISUSE, TO THE WORK REALIZED IN ITS ENTIRETY, THE PROJECT “WORK IN PROGRESS”- ONGOING, DOCUMENTS, THROUGH SUGGESTIVE PHOTOGRAPHIC SHOTS, ALL THE PHASES OF THE CONSTRUCTION SITE. A CONTEMPORARY, LIGHT AND TRANSPARENT WORK, NARRATED THROUGH IMAGES, NOT ONLY AS A FINAL RESULT BUT IN TIME SEQUENCE OF THE WORK PROCESS: STARTING FROM THE RURAL WALL SYSTEM THAT BECOMES THE BASE OF THIS DISPLAY CASE UNTIL THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO IMPORTANT AND MAJESTIC HORIZONTAL WINGS IN CONCRETE AND THE LAYING OF THE LARGE WINDOWS COMPLETELY OPENING THAT ENCLOSED THE VOLUME.
"MY WORK ALWAYS AIMS TO DEVELOP THE SIGNS OF OUR TIME FROM THE SOUL OF CONTEXT: I’M INTERESTED IN ARCHITECTURAL IDENTITY WHICH FOR ME IS THE SPECIAL ALCHEMY OF ARCHITECTURE, ENVIRONMENT AND THE INHABITANTS”. FEDERICO DELROSSO