Single-family house in Ligornetto,Ticino, Switzerland
1975-1976

Project
1975

Construction
1975-1976

Clients
Giuseppina and Danilo Bianchi

Site area
1'800 m²

Volume
900 m³


"At Ligornetto, the pretext, the germinal idea, was imposed by the fact that the area is an outlying zone, which is the limit of the urban development that is possible in the area. In fact, the house itself indicates a sort of limit, a wall, beyond which lies the open countryside. This wall that has become a house is cut down the center, where there is a special, privileged relationship with the landscape which, in this case too, is a hill; it's the only instance where the overriding theme of closure opens towards the outside, the overriding theme of the house as an expression of protection, which is provided by great lateral walls."