the project is located on the edge of the lecco mountains in the curone natural park, and it is based on a client request to rethink the basement space of the house to be adapted to the family’s new needs: more flexible use, a new entrance and more generous interaction with the outdoors spaces. the design concept consists into one essential gesture: digging a hole to define an habitable void shaped by the subtraction of material. a new outdoor space thought as an open-air room, where tree foliages and landscape metaphorically become its roof. the interior hall is surrounded by wooden partitions that define flexible configurations. two materials are used: concrete and wood. grey and green evokes the tones of the surrounding landscape.

FOR private client LAST • stefano larotonda architetto WITH arch. andrea tregnago COLLABORATOR chiara tregnago DRAWINGS nicole gaia IMAGES marco cappelletti