Comfortable Villa with a Mix of Contemporary and Traditional - Mediterranean Style House

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87 بار بازدید - 4 ماه پیش - Comfortable Villa with a Mix
Comfortable Villa with a Mix of Contemporary and Traditional

Surrounded by Mediterranean bush and nestled in the hilly landscape of Gallura, the villa gently extends over a sloping two-hectare plot. A welcoming home, offering a spatial and tactile experience in which architecture, nature, tradition, and craftsmanship fuse.

Initially, the lot was invaded by abundant vegetation, with fragmented internal paths leading to various disconnected buildings. Right from the start, the studio faced huge landscaping constraints, including the impossibility of modifying the shape of the existing volumes. The need emerged to rethink the relationship between them, creating a logical sequence of open, closed, and covered spaces.

From the highest point of the lot, a yellow San Giacomo granite staircase winds in a kind of architectural promenade up to the central square, around which the volumes gather: like a village square, it becomes a place for meeting and sharing. Three green tongues embrace the buildings and divide the square, while a carob tree in the center offers shade and coolness.

The villa is divided into three separate buildings at different levels and a basement. Having to keep the profiles unchanged, the interiors and their relationship with the outside were reinterpreted through the addition of some contemporary elements, such as the new pergolas and the glass box, that leads to the basement.

The main volume, which houses the living room, dining room, and kitchen, was originally a space made up of three closed boxes. It has been redesigned as a unicum, whose structural pace is dictated by four parallel walls oriented in an east-west direction, alternating with large glass surfaces that open new views of the square and the terrace overlooking the sea.  

emphasize the continuity between inside and outside, granite is also used in the interiors. The innovative laying of the natural split stone blocks without joints, entrusted to skilled local craftsmen, transforms the walls into imposing and sophisticated surfaces. Contrasting with the gravity of the walls, the generous windows give dynamism and lightness to the elevations, reveling in the light of the sun's rays.

The fixtures of the east façade are burnished brass folding window frames with an extremely small section, to allow the interiors to expand towards the sea. The use of Orosei marble flooring, both inside and out, dissolves the concept of threshold.

Blending tradition and technology, the four-pitch wooden ceilings have a particular structure, formed by four Duo beams in Iroko wood, with central and lateral nodes resolved with a metal element. A substructure in wooden slats and a plank in Iroko wood, with their porosity, improve the acoustic performance of the interiors.



The terrace, bordered by curved walls of different heights according to the view to be beheld, echoes the granite of the interiors. A custom-designed kitchen with a wood-burning oven and marble worktop, positioned on the right side of the terrace, allows you to enjoy the summer breeze during outdoor lunches and dinners.


The entrance to these spaces, set back from the façade, is further protected by the cantilevered roof and metal pergolas. The external stone walls and Iroko wooden roofs are aligned with the main volume, while inside, the walls are clad in natural lime plaster in a shade reminiscent of granite, and the floor is in Iroko parquet, for a warmer and more welcoming effect. The master bedroom differs from the others not only in its larger size and higher ceiling but also in the materials: inside, a stone wall and a corner with large glass surfaces to the east, with a view of the sea and the garden, are more reminiscent of the main building.  

In the west elevation of the living room, oriented towards the central square, the stair box stands out, which leads to the basement. As above, so below: a light and transparent glass volume, with its equivalent, dug into the ground and a white metal staircase suspended in space illuminates the playroom like a well of light. An environment with a unique atmosphere, surrounded by light-exposed concrete walls, a white false ceiling that reflects natural light and an Iroko parquet floor that delivers warmth. It represents a more meditative space with dry and essential lines, to retire to after enjoying the exuberance of the external landscape.

Architects: Alvisi Kirimoto + Partners
Area:
437 m²
Year:
2023
Photographs:Marco Cappelletti
Manufacturers:  Secco Sistemi, Vibia, Depadova, FLOS, Living Divani, Pianca, Viabizzuno, ZANOTTA
Main Contractor: 2C Ristrutturazioni
Structural Engineer: Engineer Giuseppe Fabiano
Building Systems: IA2
Principals In Charge: Massimo Alvisi, Junko Kirimoto
Project Manager: Eloisa Susanna
Design Manager: Daniel Costa Garriga
Design Team: Sara Ciarimboli, Alessia Coppelli, Nica Fiorini, Giulia Gorgo, Eljor Kerciku, Simone Lorenzoni
Local Technician: Raffaele Visicale
Cost Management: gad
4 ماه پیش در تاریخ 1403/01/04 منتشر شده است.
87 بـار بازدید شده
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