A country family home where flexible spaces and multifunctional services respond to daily life’s requirements.

Going through a challenging era, this project is designed to transform and adapt to ever-changing needs.

The overall design consists of an architectural rear extension, as well as the revitalization of all the interior and outdoor spaces. The main space, on the ground floor, is a mixture of functions, inviting the family members to interact and spend some quality time together.

The television is no longer the focus of the living room, and the kitchen becomes not only a place where they eat but also a place where one can work, socialize and study. This concept is enhanced with a three-meter-long timber table cantilevered from the kitchen island that appears to float, becoming an integral part of the cooking area. 

Indoor and outdoor pivoting panels as well as indoor sliding screens allow space reconfiguration and trigger different ways of inhabiting spaces.

A 14-meter long double-height oak timber wall (from certified forest) incorporates different functions: staircase balustrade, mezzanine balustrade, display unit, hidden storage, hidden pivoting door, and hidden kitchen area to serve as a support to the main kitchen island.

Unexpected moments are also part of the project, like the ‘peeling off’ of the wall to create the fireplace at mezzanine levels.

Almost everything is done through local independent craftsmen, that over generations have perfected a particular craft technique. this bygone artisan know-how and timeless quality is sensitively paired with advancements in technology.

For example, the steam room area and the bathroom are encapsulated inside a metal cube. A parametric design perforation made by a CNC machine allows controlling the visual permeability between spaces and the natural lights filtrating through.

A journey through materials and textures. Natural materials such as timber and porfido stone rough cut or split cut , travertine and orsera stones + metal are the few materials utilized in this project. All materials are treated in different way to bring out its inner beauty.

Material Used :
1. Outdoor lounge area by Paola Lenti (Orlando)
2. Indoor Sofa by Paola Lenti (Agio)
3. Oudoor chairs by Kettal
4. Indoor chairs by  Carl Hansen  (elbow chair)
5. All taps by Cea Design  
6. Lights by  Davide Groppi (infinito and nulla)

The project overseen by Alessandro Isola Studio consists of an architectural expansion and revitalization of all the internal and external spaces of a single-family house in the Friuli Venezia Giulia countryside. Large sliding glass walls offer a view of the infinity pool and the Pietra Orsera Marble walkway, seemingly floating in the middle of the artificial lake, dominated by a Japanese conifer.

The 700 m2 structure is distributed over three levels. On the ground floor, the open space overlooks the garden with swimming pool, while taking space indoor are the living room and kitchen, which not only become a place where one eats, but also a place to work, socialize and study. The protagonist of this space is the large 3-meter oak table that extends the kitchen worktop made of brushed brown porphyry to take on the function of a "home hearth".

Upstairs, retractable sliding walls allow the bedroom and bathroom spaces to communicate and control the desired level of privacy. 

For the bathroom areas of the residence the choice is the CEA stainless steel taps for the ZIQQ and MILO360 collections in continuous dialogue with natural materials such as wood, porphyry, travertine and Pietra Orsera marbles. A journey through different materials and textures combined to enhance their characteristic beauty.

Two other bedrooms are located on the top floor where a large volume in bronze-effect aluminum placed in the centre of the room acts as a decorative casing and encloses a shower, sink, toilet and Turkish bath.

Architecture – Alessandro Isola Studio
Photos – Thomas Pagani