Article source: Giuseppe Gurrieri Studio

House VCS is a project looking at the new construction of a one-family house in Modica in the province of Ragusa, on a site whose the high scenic value is due to the constant relation with the rock, on which is built not only the house but the whole town. In fact, Modica is characterized by rugged horizon and pale rocky walls, extent that the ancient, in order to name it, have been inspired by the word “Murìka”, which indicates the bare and poorly cultivable rock.

The house, realized thanks to the technical collaboration with the engineering office SIC, is in the countryside of Modica, in an area characterized by a soft slope which suddenly turns into a steep rocky escarpment. A place where the view literally seems to “leap into the void” of the valley to stop in the opposite side.

Image Courtesy © Filippo Poli

• Architects: Giuseppe Gurrieri Studio
• Project: CASA VCS
• Location: Ragusa, Sicily
• Photography: Filippo Poli
• Principal architect: Giuseppe Gurrieri
• Collaborators: Arch.Giulia Filetti, Arch. Valentina Occhipinti
• Construction manager: Giuseppe Gurrieri Studio,Sic studio ingegneria Cappello
• Technological systems project: SIC studio ingegneria Cappello
• Landscape Architect: BB Architettura del Paesaggio
• Constructor: Urano costruzione SRL

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