The project originates from a sloping site whose main access lies at the highest point. The guiding idea is to avoid any form of contamination by refraining from imposing volumes that feel foreign to the landscape.
From this intention comes the concept of a home that allows itself to be embraced by the earth. From the road, you don’t perceive a building, but a landscape a platform of greenery and water conceived as an extension of the original terrain, where the built form becomes part of the ground.
The floor plan follows a horizontal, measured logic. Load-bearing concrete walls emerge from the soil like exposed geological layers. These elements define the access paths and accompany visitors either onto the rooftop platform or down into the interior of the house.
The entrance invites contemplation. The green platform with its reflecting pools creates an atmospheric space rather than a conventional construction. The concrete blades mark the transition from the outside world to a more intimate realm.
Descending the access steps, the first visual encounter is water. The rooftop infinity pool lets its liquid surface fall into the void, turning into a cascading waterfall that symbolizes the entrance and fills the basin on the lower level, generating a visual and acoustic movement that flows through the entire architecture.
From the entrance, one steps into a large transparent space, a glazed volume that captures the landscape and reflects it inward. The expansive glass surfaces, shielded by the roof overhangs, create a perfect balance between openness and intimacy.
The boundary between built form and landscape dissolves. The project does not impose its shape upon the site rather, it grows from it, offering a living experience in which space, light, and material merge into a single coherent gesture.
The house is a tribute to the land from which it is created, with stone volumes in antithesis to which the large glass surfaces allow guests to fully immerse themselves in the surrounding nature, bringing the outside inside and creating a unique experience in continuity with the landscape.
In the municipality of Quartu Sant’Elena, the locality of “Terra Mala” (bad land) known for the presence of hard stones that do not allow the presence of cultivations of any kind, hosts the villa on a single level, which integrates well with the surrounding environment.
This part of the territory, despite the apparent inhospitality, enchants visitors with a breathtaking view that embraces the sea and the entire Gulf of Cagliari.
The house was designed to be a tribute to its own roots, with stone walls that recall the historic vernacular buildings of Sardinia, built with the same stone from the excavation. The large full volumes not only confer a rustic elegance, but also bear witness to a refined authenticity and attachment to the territory. In contrast, the large glass surfaces allow you to fully immerse yourself in the surrounding nature, bringing the outside into the house and creating a unique experience in continuity with the landscape.
The villa offers an oasis of freshness and relaxation thanks to the body of water and the play of shadows created by the canopy above. The wooden floors, both inside and outside the house, help create a welcoming atmosphere in harmony with nature, inviting guests to fully enjoy the tranquility and beauty of the surroundings.
The interiors, large and airy, offer an experience in continuity with what happens outside.
The living area has two completely glass walls that allow you to turn your gaze towards the surrounding environment, a convivial environment that opens up to the calm and peacefulness of the nature of the place.
In addition to a large living room, the house has three bedrooms, one of which with a private bathroom and walk-in closet, a real suite equipped with every comfort.
The large shelter, which is characterised as an extension of the building, offers pleasant shade, embodying one of the typical elements of Mediterranean constructions.
