Metropolis
Amid suburban sameness, two residences by Elastico Farm were designed to indict uniformity.
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Fronting bland rows of generic suburban houses in northwestern Italy red roof tiles, wan faces, dull dormers the Cat and Dog Houses were designed for two sisters, a cat person and a dog lover. The dual project represents a culmination of the latest structural and material experiments of Italy- and Canada-based architecture studio Elastico Farm. “How we start to design is with ‘What if? What if we do this?’” says architect and Elastico cofounder Stefano Pujatti. “It is ‘what if’ that lies in the middle, between these two houses.”