ArcaNuova · Architecture

Built Thoughts

Some thoughts become texts. Others become music, images, dreams or rooms.

Architecture is my love.

These places did not begin as financial fantasies. They grew from pleasure in design, material and detail. I could not look at money in a bank with enjoyment. I could enjoy rooms made from stone, wood, light and an idea.

CasaMia

A built thought among olive trees.

Water, natural stone and a landscape that has grown over time belong to a room.

Above the granite table hangs the Glasnost surfboard I designed, realised together with a boatbuilder, a graphic designer and a spray artist.

Design does not end at the wall of the house. Granite, natural stone, old wood, water and plants are not decoration. They are part of the architecture. CasaMia was not furnished from a catalogue, but conceived and built over years as one connected space.

The large granite table is not furniture in the usual sense either. It is a place for conversations, shared meals and perhaps one day small ArcaNuova gatherings.

The Glasnost surfboard

Above the table hangs a surfboard I designed in the 1980s. “Glasnost” was then a sign of hope for peace and rapprochement between Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan. Together with a boatbuilder, a graphic designer and a spray artist, the idea became a unique handmade object.

Penthouse by the sea

A built thought between sky and the Ionian Sea.

Old olive wood becomes a transition between two rooms.

Directly on the Ionian Sea, without a railway line between house and water.

Historic wood and a design signature that began long before ArcaNuova.

The penthouse lies in one of the village’s rare places directly by the sea, without a railway line disturbing the space between house and water. It was bought because of this location and because of the possibilities for design.

Practically nothing remained of the original flat except the shell. Electricity, water, drainage, floors, doors and windows were renewed. Rooms, sight lines and materials were newly created. I never lived there myself.

I could not look at money in a bank with enjoyment. I could look at a room I had designed.

This page shows architecture, not a property advertisement. Some of these places are occasionally open to guests. Those who wish to see more will find the way at Calabria-Pura.it.

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