STORYTELLER #04 –The Indoor Staircase, Cosenza
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EXCELLENCE PROJECTS The Indoor Staircase, Cosenza

Dear Readers, Is a glass staircase inside an apartment possible? Of course it is! To insert glass into a stair body gives prestige to the environment with a unique indoor architectural element and increases the brightness of the room for the benefit of the whole house. We will show you the design of the staircase inserted in a compartment of 1.8 x 3 m and a total height of 4.5 m; Designer: Arch. Gabriello Grandinetti; Customer: Marco Salerno, Executive Manager of Biocontrol, Cosenza; Faraone Expert Partner: Foggetti Cristalli. The designer has chosen Mistral, an exciting glass staircase...

Private residence - Rende, Cosenza Supplied product: Mistral stair, Balustrades

The apartment staircase In collaboration with Foggetti Cristalli The elegance of structural glass for the penthouse in Cosenza. Customer: Marco Salerno Designer: Arch. Gabriello Grandinetti Executive project: Faraone Transparent Architecture Executive partner: Foggetti Cristalli My brother Andrea and I were born in the glass. We have been witnessing the technical and aesthetical evolution of this material sin-ce 1999, when our father Enzo took us to the glass factory, until today. The picture does not convey the grandeur of this staircase, it is of considerable scenic impact, when you...

Priceless was the expression of the client when he looked at the staircase inside this enchanting pen-thouse in Cosenza which overlooks the Calatra-va bridge, he was simply astonished. Fabio Foggetti, Foggetti Cristalli italian style

Technical drawings Glass connection Glass inserted in the floor Cladding in aluminium similar to stainless steel

FRONT VIEW PERSPECTIVE DRAWING

Assembly stages Railing and Staircase 1. Fixing of threaded rods on the wall 2. Installation of the glass balustrade 3. Assemblage of the step at an angle 4. Installation of the stair structure 5. Steps fixing Watch the video on our YouTube channel

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A Glass Penthouse with the Calatrava bridge on the background The complex project grows up on two levels, loft and pen-thouse, on the background of a landscaped scenario on which the amazing bridge by Santiago Calatrava stands out. The architect Gabriello Grandinetti, to paraphrase the rationalist myth of the "Glass House", succeeds to combine the minimalist use of high-tech materials, in which glass is the absolute protagonist, in this pano-ramic loft of Cosenza, that is immediately hi-ghlighted by its vertiginous curved cantilever bow-window. Thus the outer cladding ventures inside the...

(Dictionary of the Common Places), for us, instead, the stair constitutes the true focus of this interior design, catalyzing the verticalization of space up to the top of the dome that surmounts the stairwell. Its load-bearing structure in aluminium similar to stainless steel, winding like a natural vertebrate twist until the confluence of the ramps with the landing steps, is integral part to the Faraone company's know-how, in synergy with the timely development of archi- tectural projects. The Mistral staircase was built with steps and railings in structural hanging glass: a solution with...

The reflections of a demanding client All that implies a retrospective look at the performed work induces us to rethink that dual relationship established between the actors of this adventure which, although contained within the scope of our private domestic horizon, was possible thanks to the synergy of all the applied forces, technicians and workers, who were able to create that alchemy fed by inputs and outputs with the client, just like in a brainstorming session, culminating in the result of a shared space. The architect Gabriello Grandinetti, already accredited designer of our...

A JUNGLE OF NORMS AND INSTRUCTIONS. HOW TO MOVE? All about the new rules of the glass balustrades in the brochure Faraone Informa 27. Rev 00 - N.04 2018 Communication Dept. Faraone CLICK AND DOWNLOAD THE CATALOGUE IN .PDF Theory and praetiee eompared: the answers from the tests! Let’s debunk the false myths: ”They say that.. Everybody says: ”We are up to norm!” Whieh norm? Questions and answers from the technicians. 3 - Glass balustrades in the world. A look at Europe to develop and compare. Do you have a project of transparent architecture? Contact us. www.facebook.com/faraonevetro...