Morelli is a holiday home for up to 6 people in the municipality of Radda in Chianti in the heart of Tuscany. Built in the classic Tuscan style, the house was fully restored between 2018 and 2019, extended with a spacious exterior and completed with a contemporary interior. 

The house is divided into a main house and a dormitory whose origin dates back to the 15th century. Both houses are linked by a connecting building.The loft-like living and dining area with an open kitchen forms the centre of the house. Characteristic for the room is the large panorama window, which can be opened completely and allows a seamless connection of interior and exterior space as well as views into the gentle hilly landscape of Chianti Classico. 

The connection between inside and outside is reinforced by the seamlessly laid floor made of cotto stones specially made for the project. The open fireplace and the kitchen are made of the same cotto stones. 

The large outdoor area extends completely around the valley side of the house and is equipped with several shade-giving pergolas, an outdoor kitchen and a sitting area for breakfast with the family or the shared sundowner. An Infinity water basin completes the outdoor area. The two bedrooms, each with en-suite bathroom, are located in the sleeping house directly adjacent to the residential house. 

Slightly above the house is the large pool, which can be used in community with the four neighbouring houses. The two car parking lots in the shade of the cypress trees are connected to the house by a footpath made of natural stone. 

Used Materials:

Facade cladding: Stone, classic Tuscan style
Flooring: handmade Cotto Manetti floors, in collaboration with Holzrausch,      ground floor and outside, as well as coverings in the showers, thefireplace and outdoor kitchen
First floor: wood floor (antique oak beams), handcrafted
Windows: steel, custom made, local locksmith
Door and Window fittings: blacksmithing by Sebastian Hepp
Interior lighting:  copper, luminaires, designed by OHA-design office from Munich, and manufactured by Winhart
Interior furniture:  oak, architectural furniture by Holzrausch, oak dining table with chairs and terrace furniture, designed and  produced for the project by Klaus Lichtenegger (Austrian artist and craftsman)                                                                        Bathroom (waterbasin, bathtube): solid travertine blocks made on site, Vaselli