Respectful updates of centuries-old constructions is a Tuckey Design Studio specialty. However on this case, invention, largely out of entire fabric—and marble and oak—was required. “We regularly work with historic buildings, which generally is a delicate process as you’re working with cloth that’s already so lovely,” explains lead architect Elena Aleksandrov. “On this event, it was extra of a clean canvas.”
Tuckey’s consumer approached the London- and Andermatt, Switzerland-based agency with a villa that had been deserted mid-construction in 2010 and left to crumble. The property was “notable” within the studio’s phrases, for 2 issues: its extraordinary location overlooking Lake Como in Northern Italy, and “the deteriorating concrete shell that deceived its otherworldly context.”
Quite than start anew, the proprietor wished to begin with what was there. In response, Aleksandrov and staff “celebrated” the tough body by leaving it uncovered and in good firm by introducing a brightly refined inside palette. And the ground plan is now gracefully reoriented—to soak up the views, after all.
Images by Dario Borruto, courtesy of Tuckey Design Studio.
The inside design of the villa was led by Yael Shmueli-Goetz of Tuckey Design Studio.