‘a space in harmony with its surroundings’
Passa.tempo is a private residence located on a Marche hillside in Contrada Passatempo, a scenically unspoiled place between Osimo and Montefano. lt was designed by Padua-based michele gambato architect firm, mgark, which recovers the essential orthography of local rural houses. lt is a building that takes its eue from the environment, letting the landscape be the protagonist with its spaces and philosophy. There was a desire to capitalize on the legacy of farmhouses in the Marche countryside, which teaches us how to be in contact with nature.
Passa.tempo is a space that welcomes life, which finds in it and in the reciprocal relationship with the surrounding environment its raison d’être. Fields of grass or cultivated with wheat, sunflowers with scattered olive trees and expanses of rows of vines surround the singlefamily dwelling Passa. tempo. Situated on a ridge, crossed by the landscape, it fits into the territory, exploring the theme of the border and searching for new forms of permeability in space and time.
Michele Gambato designed the residence with clean and original forms, bringing together the orthography of traditional rural buildings and experimentation with different contemporary architectural experiences to create a project destined to make a difference.
Areas once dedicated to work (barn) have been emptied, leaving a triple-height void space. To accommodate today’s needs, the living area has been doubled and the once external connection area (staircase) enters the void.
Symbolically, the space left behind by the past peasant life is now transformed into the connection space with the various functions of the modern building by an imposing rose gold-colored steel staircase.
The building features a pitched roof and a clean line that gives freedom for the arrangement of openings: these, positioned abstractly, frame nature from the rooms located on the east and west fronts. The north and south fronts, on the other hand, feature large windows in the heart of the building at the central void, around which the living spaces are organized.
The ground floor is dedicated to the living area, in spatial continuity with an open volume that crosses the space from one side to the other. The sleeping area is on the first and second floors, where the bedrooms and bathrooms are located. Slightly offset from the main house is an independent building dedicated to the wellness center, a multipurpose room and a SPA in direct relation to the swimming pool, located in the ‘green area with a slight slope.
