This is a new construction, in an exclusive residential zone, reprising the footprint and height of a previous house, but radically updating its architectural and compositional language. The new villa also takes a green approach, with climate control systems placed in the floors, from the ground to the flat roof, and with an array of solar panels.
The emotional setting of the house comes from a solid connection with the context. The building has an area of about 1000 square meters, on a sloping lot excavated to make room for a large swimming pool and a basement containing technical spaces and parking. The level of the pool, with southern exposure, is completely occupied by zones for socializing, including studio spaces, a TV lounge, guestrooms and services, in direct contact with the outdoors. The reflections off the pool set into the grassy lawn are surrounded by a large terrace equipped for outdoor living, paved with large slabs of the same Fossena stone that clads the pool itself.
At street level, corresponding to the ground floor entrance, the living, dining, kitchen and service zones are organized in a fluid way. The first floor contains the nighttime spaces, facing north, composed of three bedrooms with baths, in a situation of greater privacy. Giving volume to the void, seeking the value of geometric purity, Colombo has custom-designed everything – from the doors to the paneling, the cabinets to the wardrobes and bathrooms – mixing industrial prowess and fine craftsmanship. Each space reflects a precise composition that applies reduction of forms in relation to selected design pieces (mostly by Poliform) and precious works of contemporary art.