THE LEONE HOUSE

摘要

In precious few but strategic moves, an old building was modified to meet new requirements as a house. Perched on a small flat with the countryside to the rear, the house looks from the slopes of the coast over the sea, with the specks of the Aeolian Islands in the distance. A base connected to the front of the house facing the sea makes a natural extension of the interior, characterised by a stone floor with a big brazier embedded in it. The metamorphosis that distinguishes the new layout is particularly evident on the north face of the house, where a face-like figure gazes at the Tyrrhenian seascape through the eyes of two windows on the upper floor. The face is given a nose by the large fireplace that juts out from the outline of the house as if sniffing the scents of the countryside.