Demolition and reconstruction of a small house with underground garage which finally fully expresses the architectural thought of Studio Manuarino.
From the architectural project to the artistic direction, the architects of the studio, led by Salvatore Vicidomini with the assistance of the architect Antonella Feraco, followed the entire process of design and execution of this small but great work of contemporary Phlegraean architecture.
The house stands on a base slightly higher than the front garden corresponding to the street entrance. This difference in height was exploited to develop the basement garage below and the small house above, which at the back opens into the more private and intimate garden, dominated by the tuff mountain behind.
The presence of the yellow tuff mountain from Campania behind the house inspired the solution on the façade, on which a skin of tuff masonry is applied (typical of Phlegraean houses) which seems to blend in with the mountain behind it. If it weren't for the dark profiles of the windowsills and ridge that define the shape of the building together with the large glass openings. The latter were designed in shape and positioning to favor the view of the splendid panorama of the coast of the Roman beach, maintaining good privacy towards the road.
At the back the house appears to have a radically different character. Even more glazed, the facade does not worry about privacy, facing only the private garden at the back, and is therefore almost totally transparent. The wall facade is white and the roof plate is well defined on the openings.
A very direct relationship with the outside, and a duality with respect to the front part of the property, mark the architectural solution of this small, large home.
In the front garden, the pre-existing tuff rock (a small surviving spur from the late 19th century quarries on this side of Monte di Procida) was left intact and well lit. Almost as if it were an artistic sculpture positioned there on purpose.
