MM House

The opportunity to design and build a single-family housein an area with archaeological and landscape restrictions, located close to the “Montelletto”, the prominence of the area between the municipalities of Montebelluna and Caerano di San Marco, as an offshoot of Montello, seemed to us a challenge to be faced with the utmost commitment, but also with all the passion we were capable of, since it was a question of summarizing the needs of respect for places, with those expressed by the client, who wanted a home symbolising contemporaneity and enhancement of the landscape, above all recognisable within the view that sweeps towards the hill, crowned by the dark green of the forest and today mainly cultivated with vineyards.

From this first reading, the proposal of anL-shaped construction was decided, to embrace the garden facing north with two long walls marked by rhythmic openings, rising to the south from the street level, to recreate a private place inside, whilst at the same time opento the fleeting perspective of the hills.

The volume translates to a large full-height living area of which its walls are mainly glazed, with ISOS and and VISION PLUS systems, and illuminated by a large prismatic skylight (DUOXIMA) emerging from the flat roof, visible in the distance. From this point a pergola continues the trail, leading to the outdoor swimming pool, in the most intimate part of the garden. stairwell, an architectural element emphasized by the zenith light and its spatiality, is the pivot around which the essence of the entire building structure rotates, both from a functional point of view and from the perception of internal and external space, in the various possible perspectives.

The use of wood in the screen elements, based on the Impronta project, sometimes opaque and sometimes shading, creates effects of light and shadow, chiaroscuro, colours and backgrounds that emphasize the carefully designed composition of the perspective. On top of everything, as an element of protection, even symbolic, is a roof that is perceived in its lightness and horizontality and which reveals, in the part finished with the “green roof” system, trees with a clear profile that stand out against the sky.