The weather-beaten concrete shell of an outdated villa overlooking Lake Como in northern Italy has been remodeled into a contemporary dwelling by British observe Tuckey Design Studio.

Tuckey Design Studio, which has workplaces in London and Switzerland, designed Lake Como Villa on a steeply sloping website that appears straight out over the water and the village of Bellagio.

The venture’s start line was how one can reuse the concrete construction of the outdated home, which the shopper wished to repurpose after it had been left deserted on the positioning for over a decade.

“Usually, we’re virtually nervous of touching the constructed cloth as it’s so stunning,” venture lead architect Elena Aleksandrov advised Dezeen.

“On this occasion, nevertheless, we handled the prevailing ‘constructing’ as extra of a clean canvas, which opened a lot potential, while framing the concrete as a lot as we may,” added Aleksandrov.

The 183-square-metre Lake Como Villa is split into two wings. The bigger quantity accommodates an open-plan kitchen and eating room with floor-to-ceiling home windows looking over the lake.

Linked by way of a glazed hall, the second wing is a extra non-public house with bedrooms, bogs and a studio house on the rear. Exterior is a big terrace with a swimming pool.

All through the inside, the studio uncovered parts of the concrete shell that had weathered over time, creating “extremely textural” surfaces.

To melt the concrete, the studio selected native supplies and a color palette that references the verdant colors of the landscapes within the surrounding area, Lombardy.

This contains green-stained oak timber shelving and Carrara marble tile insets, sinks and worktops. Clean marble has additionally been used for supporting columns, which juxtapose the gnarled ceiling.

Wool curtains are additionally used all through, offering privateness for occupants the place there are giant floor-to-ceiling home windows.

“The interiors pay homage to the native materiality and craft present in Lombardy, framing and softening current concrete soffits and partitions,” defined Aleksandrov.

“The polished concrete and marble mixture ground has been designed to echo the mirrored surfaces of the terrace pool and lake past, pulling the skin in,” she added.

“The joinery within the kitchen aligns completely to the seams pressed into the concrete, drawing one’s eye to look upward and recognize its newfound vigour.”

As a part of the Lake Como Villa venture, Tuckey Design Studio additionally redesigned the encircling panorama.

Courtyards wrap round the home, offering the proprietor with tranquil pockets of greenery along with the terrace and swimming pool.

Lake Como Villa is the newest venture by Tuckey Design Studio to finish following the opening of its Swiss workplace in Andermatt. The observe, based in 2009, was beforehand referred to as Jonathan Tuckey Design.

Its different latest tasks embrace a house in London with a “monastery-like” inside and the renovation of a transformed chapel in London.

The pictures is by Dario Borruto.

Undertaking credit:

Architect: Tuckey Design Studio
Undertaking lead: Elena Aleksandrov
Inside design: Yael Schmueli-Goetz
Structural engineer: Luciano Galli
Mechanical and electrical engineer: Studio Gamma
Contractor: Curti Costruzioni

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