This architecture that thrives on open space, white, lucid surfaces, springs from the place where it is anchored, at the extremity of the new Gallipoli. “We are 12 meters away from the Ionian Sea, on an irregular lot that embraces the stunning visual cone of the sun at sunset, and a series of views of the old city, with its splendid maze of little streets, houses and churches, of great historical value,” says Ludovica Serafini.
The environmental qualities of the context had to be exploited, inspiring the whole project: three years of construction with specialized work teams, imported from afar. “We are used to working on a zero-km basis, reducing waste and striving for visual immediacy, both in design and architecture, divesting the object of any non-intrinsic values; but in this case the need for technical isolation of the house from the water was so complex that it required two levels of excavation with respect to the street level, using materials and workers not from this zone.”