Project Name: Villa Beusi

Location: Sanremo, Italy

Design Team: Calvi Ceschia Viganò architetti associati

Total Floor Area: 250 m²

Completion: 2021

Photography: Aldo Amoretti

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Project - Calvi Ceschia Viganò architetti associati In the heart of Italy's agricultural landscape, Villa Beusi represents a radical environmental recovery that transforms a concrete wasteland into a harmonious dialogue between architecture and nature. This 250-square-meter single-family home achieves a perfect balance between land regeneration and architectural restraint through meticulous design.

The project's most distinctive feature is its rigorous approach to land reclamation. The design team thoroughly transformed what was once a concrete platform cluttered with asbestos-covered sheds, returning 87% of surfaces to their natural state while reconstructing only 25% of the original building volume. This significant reduction creates an exemplary case of architectural restraint.

The architectural design is intentionally simple, respecting the typological characteristics of surrounding buildings. The single-story structure establishes a harmonious relationship with the landscape through a sequence of volumes of varying depths. At the entrance, the building volume narrows and is traversed by open pathways, ensuring permeability with the landscape and retreating from the roof to create covered transition spaces.

The landscape design employs a graduated approach to vegetation, becoming increasingly structured as one approaches the residence. Beginning with Mediterranean scrub, it progresses to open-air cultivations, olive groves and orchards, a garden of aromatic herbs serving the residence, and "filter" green areas with climbing plants that soften elevation changes and allow for the planting of new trees.

Every detail of Villa Beusi is minimal and deliberately understated, occasionally allowing for subtle refinements through skilled craftsmanship—for example, achieving visual continuity between the exposed concrete exterior and the wooden ceiling interior. The project demonstrates how architectural design can restore environmental balance and create human habitats that coexist harmoniously with nature.

Design Team - Calvi Ceschia Viganò architetti associati Calvi Ceschia Viganò architetti associati was born from friendship, shared ideas, and the awareness that uniting three individual architectural paths into a common vision would extend everyone's perspective. The firm was founded by Marco Calvi, Gaetano Ceschia, and Andrea Viganò, each bringing over thirty years of research and work experience.

The firm's design philosophy views city and territory as collective and plural facts, expressions of a community's public values, while architecture is seen as an individual and singular moment, based on each person's particular vision. They carefully resolve the implicit contradictions between these through precise design solutions.

Operating as a flexible design collective, Calvi Ceschia Viganò functions as a general contractor in the design realm, coordinating bespoke professional teams tailored to each project's specific requirements. This adaptable organizational structure allows the practice to address projects of various scales and typologies with precision and contextual sensitivity.

Their multidisciplinary team includes architects, engineers, urban planners, and interior designers who collaborate to develop comprehensive design solutions. This integrated approach enables the firm to negotiate the complex relationships between public and private values, historical continuity, and contemporary expression that characterize their award-winning architectural works throughout Italy and France.

Through projects like Villa Beusi, Calvi Ceschia Viganò demonstrates their ability to create spaces that both respect the environment and are architecturally expressive, setting new standards for contemporary architectural practice.