“Camilluccia 535” Apartment Block

North of Rome’s city center along the banks of the meandering river Tiber not far from the MAXXI Museum, the woodlands of the Insugherata Nature Reserve make inroads into the city. The Camilluccia neighborhood is characterized by paths through the woods, making it an urban residential model enjoying a synergistic blend of nature and city where natural vegetation is a consistent element of a landscape that extends right into vibrant adjacent neighborhoods like Farnesina and Monte Mario.

Exceptional and privileged, this quarter of Rome has, over the years, become a neighborhood of villas and maisonettes immersed in greenery yet with all the benefits of metropolitan life within easy reach. It is here that Studio Transit recently designed and oversaw the building of a small apartment block surrounded by natural vegetation. Occupying the site of a demolished derelict construction, the new building is a four-story volume of a total surface area of 700 sq. m divided into three apartments (one per floor) or – depending on market demand – a single residence.

Although Studio Transit has a track record of projects across Italy and abroad, the firm’s main focus is Rome, where it has developed an in-depth understanding of the city’s needs and a keen awareness of its extraordinary history and rich urban texture. As a result, every new project becomes an opportunity to blend innovation and tradition in a contemporary key. The Camilluccia 535 residential project is no exception, the materials, style and typology speaking directly to Rome’s architectural legacy.

The very size of the residence immediately brings to mind the detached houses built in Rome during the early 20^th century on the indications of Edmondo Sanjust di Teulada’s 1909 Master Plan, which envisioned a city of low-rise, set-back houses immersed in greenery in a context where architecture and landscape were in continuous dialogue. This...

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