Single-family house in Stabio, Switzerland  1980-1981

Project: 1980
Construction: 1980-81
Client: Liliana and Ovidio Medici
Site area: 700 m²
Useful surface: 295 m²
Volume: 1400 m³

The house has a circular layout and thus it has no real façade. The north-south axis, marked by a deep cut, determines the orientation of the house in the valley. South, the cut links the skylight to the two big side openings; north, the stairs volume, raising like a column, interrupts the continuous wall of the cylinder. The house is on four levels: the basement with the technical and service premises; the ground floor with the portico and the entrance; the first floor with the living area and the second floor with the sleeping area.