Nothing
like an image of summer delight, during the cold months of winter. Isle of
Pantelleria, Mediterranean, 12° East 36°45’ North, 80 sq. Km: a pouring of
lava, on the continental shelf of Africa, in the middle of the Sicilian
Channel. Thirty miles away from Tunisia. An agricultural complex containing a
number of dammusi, the typical construction of the local agricultural
population, built with double dry-masonry walls in lavic stone and obsidian
(100 to 200 cm thick), interspaces filled with rubble (“casciata”): the
internal wall supports the vault, the external wall functions as a buttress; a
rugged landscape, with severe level variations, each marked by e wall;
Mediterranean vegetation (grapevines, olives, holm oaks and prickly pear
cacti). On the pre-existing dammusi, which were partially ruined, a series of
new spaces have been built using the original construction techniques,
concatenated around a volume with an apse, with a vaulted roof (height 4.5 m),
organized around a sequence of enclosed courtyards that can be used in the
summer. The compact character of this allusive village is contrasted by the
openness, defined by a simple stucco wall, of the swimming pool, whose border
marks the profile of the sea.
A
succession of material identifies the interior: bare stone indicates
pre-existing elements. A long pathway in tufa, bordered by a stone wall, leads
to e depression 16 metres below the level of the house. At the centre of this
volcanic depression, terraces have been built to create an open-air theatre. ASA Studioalbanese
was established in Vicenza in 1987 as a natural evolution and consolidation of
the professional activity of Flavio Albanese. By adopting an interdisciplinary
approach to the contemporary, the firm produces architecture, design,
publishing, exhibitions and site specific installations.
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