From a symbolic community site to a private home steeped in history and affection: what was once the town's first and only petrol station—a focal point for an agricultural community rooted in the land and its first fruits—has now been transformed into a contemporary home that builds its identity on the dialogue between conservation and innovation, memory and design. A place of roots and rebirth.

The project stems from the clients' desire to convert and renovate the space where they grew up, reshaping a fragment of family and collective life.
The house thus becomes an architectural organism that reassembles layers of history, rising in response to the evolution of the family and the passage of time.
The studio interpreted the desire to reform—in the truest sense of the term, to reshape—the place of memory, transforming it into a space capable of hosting new functions without losing its original identity.
The project is a sort of contemporary anastylosis, where elements of the past are reinterpreted and reinserted into a renewed context, balancing historical and new elements. 

The Garden of Memory
Outside, the courtyard is divided into two complementary and symbolic spaces:
the "stone garden," a convivial meeting place and a reinterpretation of the old petrol station forecourt;
and the "olive garden," located above the ancient underground tank, a tangible reminder of the family's historic business and a metaphor for continuity and rootedness.
These two gardens convey the profound meaning of the project: reconnecting the community with the intimate, reconnecting space, time, and belonging.
The Interior Heart: Light, Material, and Movement
The interiors are structured on multiple levels, organized around a central void, which becomes the perceptual fulcrum of the home.

Dominating the space is the white marble helical staircase, wrapped in a continuous wooden ribbon: an inhabitable sculpture that accompanies the vertical movement and generates ever-changing perspectives.
The staircase, in addition to connecting the floors, houses a vertical gallery of artworks, conceived as an integral part of the living experience.

Thematic portals mark the thresholds between the different functions, paving the way from convivial spaces to more intimate zones.
The stylistic composition is based on an eclectic and coherent balance: the lower parts of the walls, with a more romantic and decorative character, interact with the pure, linear surfaces of the functional spaces, generating a refined and contemporary language.

The convivial dimension
The kitchen is the true heart of the home.
Designed as an open and dynamic space, it overlooks the dining room on one side, dominated by a large shared table, and the living area on the other, featuring a sofa arrangement designed to enhance conversation and shared living.

The main floor

On the upper level, the layout is organized into two wings: on one side, the central bathrooms and two bedrooms, and on the other, the master suite, divided into three spaces—bedroom, walk-in closet, and private bathroom—connected in a continuum of light and material.
The restrained and welcoming atmosphere translates the project's language into a more intimate and reflective dimension.
"A House between Memory and Innovation" addresses the theme of transforming architectural identity with sensitivity, restraint, and awareness.
It is a project that does not erase the past, but embraces it as the foundation for building the present—a gesture of reconciliation between architecture, time, and memory.