Atelier Alice Trepp / Mino Caggiula Architects

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  • Chief Executive: Andrea Maldarizzi
  • Resin Facade: Flexibilize
  • Metal Contractor: VM System SAGL
  • Plant Engineering: Evolve SA
  • City: Origlio
  • Country: Switzerland
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© Paolo Volonté

Text description provided by the architects. Artist Alice Trepp models sculpture with her hands, immortalizing moments in time. Artists work on their subjects while architects get people to live inside what they build. The Trepp Atelier was developed for a person but also for a place. Designing an Atelier to mirror the thought and philosophy of an artist has long fascinated generations of artists and the architects charged with the task.

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Located near Origlio, a village overlooking the lake of the same name, Alice Trepp’s Studio is both a place of work and home. Atelier Trepp is built to slot as naturally as possible into the contour lines forming the morphology of the site.

Atelier Alice Trepp  / Mino Caggiula Architects - Exterior Photography
© Paolo Volonté

Placed mainly underground, it takes its cue from ancient Greek theaters that were molded to fit into the natural morphology of their context. Wedged into the two highest upward-curving contour lines, the building fits seamlessly into the sinuous lie of the land. The volume takes shape rising like leaves out of the ground to make the architecture appear a natural landscape feature.

Atelier Alice Trepp  / Mino Caggiula Architects - Exterior Photography
© Paolo Volonté

An iconic touch has been added by pivoting the construction around a ‘cenote’, in acknowledgment of the artist’s Ecuadorian origins. Built around this core, the two stories intersect, creating a dynamic play of transparency and visual permeability. Interior and exterior spaces blend and re-form, constantly interacting with the light and the surrounding countryside. The cenote in Atelier Trepp is a space of contemplation and communion with nature. Reflected, refracted light playing on the water is conducive to a multi-sensorial awareness of the passing of time. The cenote marks out the passing of time as the day proceeds and the light changes, capturing the fleeting moments of the day.

Atelier Alice Trepp  / Mino Caggiula Architects - Interior Photography, Stairs
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Atelier Alice Trepp  / Mino Caggiula Architects - Interior Photography
© Paolo Volonté

The freshness coming off the water, the light breeze that gently sways the sweet-smelling overhanging vegetation, the twittering of birds, and the view of the passing clouds conjure up visions of the artist lying on the gravel of the shallow water immersed in a moment of sensory exploration - the search for the sublime in every day, a moment of contemplation for the artist before, during and after the creation of a work of art.

Atelier Alice Trepp  / Mino Caggiula Architects - Exterior Photography
© Paolo Volonté

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Address:6945 Origlio, Switzerland

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Cite: "Atelier Alice Trepp / Mino Caggiula Architects" 28 May 2022. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/962384/atelier-alice-trepp-mino-caggiula-architects> ISSN 0719-8884

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