Mecozzi Verdini Architects Connect 1960s Italian Villa to Concrete Annexe with Red-Steel Walkway
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Jon Astbury
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Summary
Italian architecture studio Mecozzi Verdini designed a red-steel walkway connecting a 1960s villa in Italy's Marche region to a new concrete-framed annexe called Annesso Rosso (Red Annexe). The annexe replaces disused agricultural sheds and features deep red painted steelwork that gives it its name. The project integrates modern architectural elements with the existing villa structure through this distinctive connecting walkway.
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Annesso Rosso, or Red Annexe, is named after the deep red colour of its painted steelwork and replaces a cluster of disused agricultural sheds at the back of the home in the village of Loretto.
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