These housings called ‘Shift’ by Milan architects AquiliAlberg is currently under construction in Cremona, Italy.

The front elevation of the building is characterized by a shift in the orientation of the two story; the ground floor is rotated four degrees anticlockwise, while the first floor is rotated four degrees clockwise.

From the architects:

‘With a play of perspectives, the concept challenges the constraints given by a very small and narrow site and by the local area regulation.
Playing with two opposite rotation of 4°, the two floors are shifted. Rotating the ground floor front facade – elevated from the ground 1.2m – anticlockwise and rotating the first floor front facade clockwise, the results are two volumes with an x direction visible on the front side. Created also for structural needs, the gap between the two volumes is a strong mark which emphasize the perspectives. The effect, with the open cantilivered loggias is a strong dialogue and a seductive exchange between full and emptyness, lightness and dynamism.
The view towards the natural park, a protected area, has determined the orientation of the building.’

For more pictures visit the architects’ website.