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