Light and Panorama

Domenico Benetti and Massimo Grigolo’s range of projects cover a broad field: from residential buildings through luxurious commercial projects; to public facilities, including tourism infrastructure.

Thanks to their project for Asiago Golf Club they met their future clients, for whom they designed a weekend house in 2015. The client wished a place where all of his family could spend time together. He fell in love with the nature surrounding the site and the vast views over Val d’Assa and decided to build his holiday nest there. 

The architects mastered the challenge, creating a building which, despite its large dimensions, seamlessly blends into nature. The surrounding infrastructure, such as a garage, is integrated into the slope and so not perceived as a separate volume. There are also as little as possible paved surfaces on the site.

The wood is omnipresent in the project, in all forms: outside raw and bleached by the sun, inside naturally honey-coloured, contrasted by concrete grey walls of the bathrooms and large glazings, as well as the colourful, modern furniture.

The house is designed around a large living area overlooking the unspoilt panorama. A large room with a glazed wall is protected from overheating thanks to a setback. The loggia extends into a terrace protruding from the volume. A fully glazed facade is protected from the direct sunshine and frames the landscape like a painting, while VELUX roof windows above a double-height area compensate the loss of light caused by introducing a deep loggia.

The double-height space allows views to and from the sleeping area above. A panoramic staircase and a row of smaller openings along the northern façade are connecting all three levels allow perceiving the space as one.