Residence located in Bel Air, California; 1,200 square feet with 3 bedrooms, two bathrooms and roof terrace. Designed to maintain the natural slope of the site and maximizing views.
www.paolovolpis.com/OhayonResidence
Residence located in Bel Air, California; 1,200 square feet with 3 bedrooms, two bathrooms and roof terrace. Designed to maintain the natural slope of the site and maximizing views.
www.paolovolpis.com/OhayonResidence
Prototype development for Home Town Farms, a newly founded company with an innovative approach to regular farming. Home Town Farms will develop vertical farming for fresh organic produce above existing parking lots, parking structures or even roofs of existing buildings.
www.paolovolpis.com/Home_Town_Farms
Proposed Master Plan for the Trieste Porto Vecchio – Italy
400,000 sq. meters dedicated to new businesses, University, and maritime offices;
Mixed use utilization of existing historical buildings for both hi/med and low income housing;
Docking areas for private use boats and yachts;
Green areas for recreation activities;
New canal promoting maritime transportation;
Museums;
Open theater;
Hotels, beaches and tourist entertainment areas.
To learn more about this new catalyst for the city of Trieste, visit
http://www.paolovolpis.com/Trieste_Porto_Vecchio
DIVA KITCHEN is one of the latest designs from Paolo Volpis Design Studio
DIVA is a super-compact “plug and play” kitchen that is designed for the main purpose of serving the needs of people living in very small apartments/studios. This population is quickly growing due to the continuous increase of social-economical changes that are tak¬ing place on a world-wide scale and range from increase in real estate costs and affluence to big cities, where the density is already very high, to the increase of single population.
DIVA is also very attractive because it is portable and easily relocatable, therefore it will be especially useful for individuals who do not have a lengthy permanence due to their profession.
DIVA is a fully functional kitchen, and is approximately the size of a double door closet; it contains standard appliances and small appliances to reduce overall costs, improve affordability and facilitate maintenance issues.
DIVA contains the following features:
• Refrigerator with freezer;
• Induction stove top with electric vent;
• Induction oven/ microwave;
• Sink with Faucet;
• Dishwasher;
• Dish Rack;
• Sliding cutting board;
• Space for small appliances like blender, toaster, and coffee maker;
• Storage space for pantry and kitchen silverware;
• Wine bottle storage;
• Transformer to change voltage;
• Power outlet;
• Counter lighting;
• LCD touch screen;
• Waste sorting bin.
DIVA works by easily opening, pulling, pushing, lifting, sliding, and rotating the compo¬nents needed. When fully closed, the kitchen’s components interlock to leave practically no residual empty space inside.
The kitchen can be completely open when preparing a full meal, or can be partially opened by accessing and using only those components that are needed while leaving the rest of the kitchen closed.
The kitchen is fully ergonomic; all of the appliances and accessories are easily accessible for practical use.
None of the components interfere with the use of others which allows for a harmonious and pleasant, yet very efficient use of limited space.
See movie, brochure, press release, spec sheet.
For motre info and gallery, visit DIVA site at www.divakitchen.com
The Catalano Residence, designed by Paolo Volpis, is a 2,300 square foot steel home in Hermosa Beach, CA.
The project is very unique, in fact, the existing building, which is to remain, is a CMU block construction previouosly used as manufacturing facility. After a Zone change from M to R2, the new residential building was designed to infill the existing shell, which is built on the property lines. in this way, the owner could maximize the square footage of the new residence to take full advantage of a site located in a prime area but otherwise too small for a single family dwelling.
The new steel construction is meant to retrofit and support the existinng building, and also to support the new 3 stories building. The new shell of the building is designed around the setback lines and portions of the existing building will be preserved above the first floor to create handrails or supports for green walls facing the interior spaces. In such way, the design takes advantage of the existing building shell, built on the property line, to create privacy screens othervise not allowed to be built in these locations.
EcoSteel is providing a prefabricated steel kit of parts to the job site to meet this client’s aggressive construction timeline.
For more information about this design, visit the project webpage at www.paolovolpis.com/Ardmore or view the video animation.