E1 Residential Building
Cino Zucchi Architetti. Venice, Italy
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Name of work in English
E1 Residential Building
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Name of work in original language
Requalification of the Former Junghans area - Building E1
Prize year
EUmies Awards 2005
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Work Location
Venice, Italy
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Studio
Cino Zucchi Architetti
EUmies Awards 2005 Nominees
Collaborators
Program
Collective housing
Completion
2003
The E1 building flanks the new piazza ant the new canal ditched in the southeast quadrant of the area. The front toward the piazza, resting on a long public portico, consists of a screen of stone slabs of different colours and textures topped by a prominent corniche which frames the view toward the Laguna. On the side toward the canal the upper floors are treated in white stucco and large sliding shutters, while tra brick base is pierced o by portals which increase its visual permeability.