Villa AL, designed by Studio TIXA in the hills of Vicenza, offers a contemporary reading of Veneto’s rural tradition, in its forms as much as in its materials. Extending over 500 square metres on a single level, the house is made up of a main volume and a stone-clad guesthouse. It settles into the terrain rather than standing against it, opening to the south toward the Vicenza plain and the Berici Hills. Villa AL is a bioclimatic building certified CasaClima Nature, combining high energy efficiency with a careful choice of sustainable materials. 

The project is organised around two axes. The first runs along the length of the house, whose main volume emerges from the ground. The second crosses it at a right angle in the form of a flat timber walkway that leads out into the landscape and ends at the pool. Along the way, the walkway offers a series of vantage points, so that the surrounding countryside is revealed gradually rather than all at once. At its end, the water mirrors the buildings and the sky, binding architecture, light and landscape together.

Timber, stone, lime plaster and copper give the house a calm, understated character. Natural surfaces and balanced proportions let it sit quietly in its setting, rooted in place yet entirely of the present.