Italian design firm Archisbang transformed an unfinished family villa—acquired through a bankruptcy auction—into additional office space for a company called Chemsafe. The volume is wrapped in a metal mesh and the walls are clad in exposed wood fiber and concrete insulating panels and galvanized metal sheets, creating a striking contrast between precise detailing and raw materiality. Photo 2 of 29 in 17 Projects That Use “Ugly” Materials in Beautiful Ways from An Unfinished Family Villa in Italy Is Reworked as an Industrial Office Space

17 Projects That Use “Ugly” Materials in Beautiful Ways

2 of 29

Italian design firm Archisbang transformed an unfinished family villa—acquired through a bankruptcy auction—into additional office space for a company called Chemsafe. The volume is wrapped in a metal mesh and the walls are clad in exposed wood fiber, concrete insulating panels, and galvanized metal sheets, creating a striking contrast between precise detailing and raw materiality.