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    Casa Malaparte

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    1) Casa Malaparte was designed and built by Italian writer Curzio Malaparte as a home for himself on Capri, Italy. He insisted on a house that captured his complex personality and commissioned architect Adalberto Libera before designing it himself. 2) The isolated, fortress-like concrete house is built into the cliffside 31 meters above the sea. It has small, cell-like interior spaces and large windows framing views of the ocean. 3) Casa Malaparte perfectly embodied both Malaparte's desire for solitude and his adventurous, unconventional personality. It remains a striking architectural work intensely connected to its natural surroundings.

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    1) Casa Malaparte was designed and built by Italian writer Curzio Malaparte as a home for himself on Capri, Italy. He insisted on a house that captured his complex personality and commissioned architect Adalberto Libera before designing it himself. 2) The isolated, fortress-like concrete house is built into the cliffside 31 meters above the sea. It has small, cell-like interior spaces and large windows framing views of the ocean. 3) Casa Malaparte perfectly embodied both Malaparte's desire for solitude and his adventurous, unconventional personality. It remains a striking architectural work intensely connected to its natural surroundings.

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    1) Casa Malaparte was designed and built by Italian writer Curzio Malaparte as a home for himself on Capri, Italy. He insisted on a house that captured his complex personality and commissioned architect Adalberto Libera before designing it himself. 2) The isolated, fortress-like concrete house is built into the cliffside 31 meters above the sea. It has small, cell-like interior spaces and large windows framing views of the ocean. 3) Casa Malaparte perfectly embodied both Malaparte's desire for solitude and his adventurous, unconventional personality. It remains a striking architectural work intensely connected to its natural surroundings.

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    Casa Malaparte

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    1) Casa Malaparte was designed and built by Italian writer Curzio Malaparte as a home for himself on Capri, Italy. He insisted on a house that captured his complex personality and commissioned architect Adalberto Libera before designing it himself. 2) The isolated, fortress-like concrete house is built into the cliffside 31 meters above the sea. It has small, cell-like interior spaces and large windows framing views of the ocean. 3) Casa Malaparte perfectly embodied both Malaparte's desire for solitude and his adventurous, unconventional personality. It remains a striking architectural work intensely connected to its natural surroundings.

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    CASA MALAPARTE

    DPM 1 PORTFOLIO WSA


    By Smaranda Ciubotaru
    C1328860

    The Architect

    Curzio Malaparte was an Italian journalist, dramatist, novelist


    and political figure. Born Kurt Erich Suckert, he chose his surname as a play on Napoleon Bonapartes last name. His works,
    ruled by inversions and contradictions, were regarded as highly
    controversial during the fascist and post-World War II era. His
    political involvement and fall-out with the fascist party brought
    him a seven month imprisonment in Lipari. It was there where
    he got a taste for seclusion and remoteness.
    He purchased a piece of land on the East coastline of the Isle of
    Capri and commissioned Adalberto Libera to draw the plans
    for a home. This was no easy job for the architect, as Malaparte
    insisted on having a place that would perfectly capture his intricate, conflicting personality, a house like me. Not satisfied with
    Liberas design proposal, he went on to do the house himself,
    with the help of local stonemasons. The house, evolved from
    one mans personal pursuit, seems to be growing out of the
    rough surroundings. It very much reminds of a prison through
    the iron bars on the windows and the cell-like rooms on the
    ground floor. Four panoramic windows make an exception and
    frame a particular view of the vast ocean that surrounds the
    house.

    CASA MALAPARTE

    The house can only be reached in two ways: either by sea or


    through the rough terrain of the island. Approaching it is a
    rather uninviting journey, a true challenge. However, catching a
    glimpse of the monumental trapezoidal stairs makes the tiring
    adventure fall into oblivion. Made from the natural limestone of
    the site, Casa Malaparte is fearlessly exposed to the sea, 31 meters above the water level.
    The stairs lead you to an almost dangerously unprotected roof.
    One can almost imagine what it must feel like to stand there
    and take in the overwhelming immensity of the ocean. The
    rooms are small and almost cell-like, contrasted by a generous
    living room with an elaborate fireplace and furniture designed
    by Malaparte himself. Every corner of the house is an epitome
    of Curzio Malaparte, capturing his fascinating, complex personality.

    N-E Elevation

    Site plan - Isle of Capri,


    Italy

    For me, Casa Malaparte does everything a successful design


    should do. It is a portrait of its dweller, embodying his needs
    for solitude and escape. It seems just as fearless and ahead of its
    time as Curzio Malaparte himself. Inexplicably, no matter how
    many times I look at the house, it always feels like the very first
    time. One moment it seems to derive its form from a rock outcropping, and in the next it seems to be a strange geode that has
    landed from some alien planet (Peter Eisenman). It is definitely
    a place of contrast, being both isolated and exposed at the same
    time. Although secluded and difficult to reach, it still feels very
    much unprotected from the elements and completely open and
    vulnerable to the ocean.

    PlANS AND ELEVATIONS

    S-W Elevation

    Roof Plan

    First floor Plan

    Ground floor Plan

    Cellar Plan

    1. Entrance
    2. Kitchen
    3. Bedroom
    4. Living Room
    5. Study
    6. Bathroom
    7. Stove

    INTERIOR SPACE

    Longitudinal Section

    THE MAQUETTE
    Without a trace of doubt, capturing the complexity of
    the house in a conceptual maquette was a challenge. We
    wanted to represent just how rooted and well-connected
    to the surroundings it is. Making both the cliff and the
    building out of the same material seemed to be the best
    way to achieve that effect. We ended up with a one piece
    maquette, cast entirely in plaster.

    THE DIGITAL COLLAGE

    PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

    This assignment taught me a lot more than I would have


    ever expected it to. Even though I was no stranger to basic architectural drawing techniques, this exercise was
    anything but simple or effortless. It was rather challenging to find the idea behind the plan, to question each
    and every line on a drawing and to try and invade, if
    only for one moment, the architects mind.
    I really enjoyed the thorough research that went into the
    module. Moreover, I feel like it has pushed me out of my
    comfort zone as far as model-making is concerned. Experimenting with new materials always has something
    to teach you, no matter how messy and challenging the
    process might be.

    REFERENCES
    The Modern House Blog, House of the week: Casa Malaparte, Capri, (WordPress.com, 2013)
    < http://themodernhouseblog.net/2013/02/13/house-of-the-week-casa-malaparte-capri/>
    Malapartiana, Una Muerte Ambigua, (WordPress.com, 2013)
    < http://malapartiana.wordpress.com/category/malaparte/>
    The Gilded Owl, Casa Malaparte, (Cinnamon Projects, 2014)
    < http://thegildedowl.com/casa-malaparte-capri/>
    Toward a Future Tome, Casa Malaparte
    < http://towardsafuturetome.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/casa-malaparte.html>
    Mc Donough, Michael, Malaparte - A House Like Me, (New York: Clarkson Potter/Publishers, 1999)

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