When you begin envisioning a house like this, you are not merely designing walls or rooms. You are shaping a way of living. It is like imagining a child before they are born: you glimpse their yet undefined form, sense their character, and patiently nurture their growth, day by day, with dedication and care.
This city loft/villa project was born exactly in this spirit.
Two and a half years of daily, silent, relentless work.
Two and a half years spent building not just a structure, but an ecosystem that breathes along with those who inhabit it. A home that lives with the changing light of the day, with materials that converse with the skin and with time, and with colors that shift through the seasons.
Nothing was left to chance. Every element — from the floors to the finishes, from the placement of windows to the shadows cast upon the walls — was carefully selected, conceived, and verified.
We sought out every supplier, every piece, every sample. We didn’t rely on catalogs or photographs. We touched, smelled, and observed each material like a precious stone, asking ourselves whether it would withstand the passage of time with dignity and beauty.
Even the wall colors were chosen through patient, scientific care: four different shades of white, each selected to suit the orientation, function, and natural light of each space. Every choice was calibrated like an invisible orchestra, playing for those who will live in these spaces, even if they may not consciously notice it.
Even the air was considered.
Natural suppression of magnetic fields, healthy ventilation, a balance between solids and voids.
The home adapts to the seasons, like a living organism. The small internal garden, inspired by Carlo Scarpa’s Venetian masterpieces, is not merely a green space: it is a breathing, reflective corner, constantly changing with the light, the rain, and the moods of those who walk through it.
And then there are the details that tell the story of its true uniqueness.
Take the parquet, for instance: a one-of-a-kind piece, specially created for this project by Listone Giordano, tinted with pure graphite to return the depth and character that only authentic time can bestow.
Or the golden brass telescope: a suspended window onto the house, a private, precious retreat designed as a treasure chest for the quietest, most profound hours — those dedicated to work and thought.
Naturally, a home like this had an extraordinary client.
A contemporary art collector, a refined aesthete, but also a lover of real things, discreet comforts, and authentic quality. It was not a mere professional service — it was an alliance, a pact of mutual trust.
This home doesn’t aim to dazzle. It doesn’t need grand statements.
It is a secret, deeply hidden home, one that wins you over slowly, like a familiar melody you recognize without ever having heard it before.
And yes — it is entirely “bio.” Would you have guessed?
It proves that you don’t need straw and mud to have a truly biological home: it can be elegant, technological, sophisticated, while never losing its deep connection to nature and to true living.
And perhaps, ultimately, this is what makes our work the most beautiful job in the world: knowing that from a sketch, from an idea, from a silent intuition, a place can be born that will accompany the drea
