«Residence Palace», an apartment block in Cortina

Abstract

There are 35 apartments in this six storey block, their floor surface varying between 68 and 210 m² The attic apartments occupy two floor levels. The apartments have the living room and main bedroom facing south, and only the secondary rooms are on the northern side. The smaller apartments are aligned along a corridor, and the secondary rooms, situated at a different level with respect to the main rooms, are ventilated and illuminated over the ceiling of the latter. The building has two wings, which are served by two independent stairs and lifts. A restaurant is provided on the ground floor, which leads out unto an extensive terrace. The external appearance of this block was made more interesting by breaking up the surface with a number of architectural features, such as overhanging balconies, pillars and brise soleils. Because of these devices, the building does not break up the countrified background too much, nor do the various coproprietors, who come to these flats to spend their holidays in the mountains, feel that they live in a cellular building, similar to their town dwellings.