Villa Allemandi in Punta Ala

Franco Albini – Villa Allemandi a Punta Ala, 1959

«Villa Allemandi» looks like a peasant house rooted in a meadow bordered by maritime pines, but the apparent simplicity of the building reveals, after an in-depth analysis, a fascinating complexity of the plant, a perfect use of the spaces and a severe elegance of proportions.
Similarly to the solution adopted for the "Villa Olivetti" project of 1956, and inspired by a previous project, that for the "house in the Canavese", the villa consists of the rotation in plan of aggregate elements around the central double hall height, and joined by the roof in the form of a hut with radiant beams supported by a central cylindrical core.

Around the central environment of the living room in the shape of an irregular hexagon, three areas are developed for services and sleeping areas, while the other three sides are entirely occupied by large French windows that generously illuminate the environment.
In the house, the rooms and services are studied in minimum dimensions, while the large living room enriches its size with the whole roof.
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