Villa Comano

Villa Comano
© Giorgio Marafioti

VILLA COMANO

Attilio Panzeri & Partners

ARCHITECTS
Attilio Panzeri & Partners: De Molfetta & Strode

MANUFACTURERS
Bulthaup, Schenker Storen, Fils

ARCHITECTS IN CHARGE
Attilio Panzeri & Partners Team

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS
De Molfetta & Strode

AREA
412 m²

YEAR
2014

LOCATION
Comano, Switzerland

CATEGORY
Houses

Text description provided by architect.

We we’re called upon to project this villa which rises out of an enchanting little corner, on the hills that pose as the crown of Lugano, a Swiss-Italian city which boasts a breathtaking view stretching from the Lugano Lake itself, to the mountains of high Capriasca.

The criteria and materialization of its insertion were objects of long reflection.

Villa Comano
© Giorgio Marafioti
Villa Comano
© Giorgio Marafioti
Villa Comano
© Giorgio Marafioti

The peculiar morphology between terrain and orientation – naturally towards the lake – convinced us to design a compact block shunning its dorsal access, remaining completely open on the remaining three sides, prioritizing the panorama.

Conceived as a monolith, the giant solid mass was subsequently excavated where revealed necessary to sculpt the voids designated to inhabitation.

Upon much consideration and pigment sampling, the choice of color to clothe the concrete skin was black, cased in very rough-grained wooden boards; not only for the facades, but to excavate the inhabitable voids as well.

Villa Comano
© Alessandro Crinari
Villa Comano
© Alessandro Crinari

Attaining such result was no simple feat; it was only possible through extensive collaboration with chemical engineers and other competent specialists in material manipulation.

Thanks to everyone’s efforts, after many attempts, we achieved the desired result.

Villa Comano
© Alessandro Crinari
Villa Comano
© Alessandro Crinari

Despite material opacity, the large openings allow abundant light to gently invade its interior, and diffuse throughout.

The sculpted staircase purposefully accentuates the excavated atmosphere of the large mass.

Villa Comano
© Alessandro Crinari
Villa Comano
© Alessandro Crinari

Special attention was given to architecting the landscape, which, thanks to the great sensibility of our designer exalts our choice of backdrop, drawing attention to a solitary immersed in greenery. The villa, completed in 2013, is inhabited by a family of four.

Villa Comano
© Alessandro Crinari
Villa Comano
© Alessandro Crinari


Villa Comano
© Giorgio Marafioti
Villa Comano
© Giorgio Marafioti
Villa Comano
© Giorgio Marafioti
Villa Comano
© Giorgio Marafioti
Villa Comano
© Alessandro Crinari
Villa Comano
© Alessandro Crinari


Villa Comano
© Giorgio Marafioti
Villa Comano
© Giorgio Marafioti
Villa Comano
© Giorgio Marafioti
Villa Comano
© Giorgio Marafioti
Villa Comano
© Giorgio Marafioti
Villa Comano
© Giorgio Marafioti
Villa Comano
© Giorgio Marafioti
Villa Comano
© Alessandro Crinari
Villa Comano
© Alessandro Crinari
Villa Comano
© Giorgio Marafioti
Villa Comano
© Giorgio Marafioti
Villa Comano
© Giorgio Marafioti


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