Article source: Lorenzo Guzzini

The context of the villa construction is Lake Como. The height of insertion of the building is the so-called “half hill” that is the part of mountain that is between the lake and the wood, the part that historically was to agricultural vocation. Among the “new wood” it is still visible the past presence of man, who occupied that territory with stone houses. The land in which the building is located has a double inclination: it hangs from west to east and from south to north and thanks to a retain wall above it, it passes the historic pedestrian street that connects most of the northern villages of the lake. The project site has an amazing view of the Comacina island. This view, however, does not face frontally, but is shifted to one side. The set of perceptions during the survey generated the idea of composition of the building. It consists of two higher volumes at the ends of the lot, connected on the ground floor by a large living room and on the first floor by a terrace.

Image Courtesy © Giorgio Marafioti

• Architects: Lorenzo Guzzini
• Project: Villa Molli
• Location: Sala Comacina, Lake Como
• Photography: Giorgio Marafioti
• Lead Architects: Lorenzo Guzzini
• Gross Built Area: 360 sqm
• Completion Year: 2019

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