Single-family detached house via Fiume 20, Marittima, Diso

There are nests in which to take refuge when you need inner peace, the reassuring embrace of the roots is all in the walls of ancient houses that can tell a story, that of the great families of the past, lives shaped by the hands of simple needs and dreams that they have generated new latitudes. This time our curiosity stops in Marittima, more precisely in via Fiume, a small street located on the Levantine side of the historic center, along the slope that slopes gently towards the sea.

A façade with Hellenic symmetries betrays the pure sense of something that escapes to the dimension of time and one step is enough, beyond the threshold of the house, to realize that you are at the center of a real sentimental journey. The color scheme is perfect, with the granulated flooring giving an extraordinary cosmic effect, made even more sublime by the dual color framing. The balance of the entire domestic environment revolves around the first room, the "dovetail" vault enhances the dispositive elegance of the doors, which in moving from one side to the other have the effect of dilating the spaces, while the daylight flows generously along the fortunate line of exposure of the house.

In the next room, the domestic story continues to breathe with the same grace of lines and colors as the previous environment. A windowed door on the right perfectly follows the geometries of the first entrance and, following the natural instinct of looking upwards, follows the shining call of the west window, which in its metric shyness opens onto the garden behind, with the delicate of a barely whispered secret. The placement of the bathroom at the end of the central body demonstrates appreciable spatial intelligence, with the window which, if you look closely, could be moved by 90 degrees or at least enlarged, to make the most of the beneficial touch of the sun.

In recovering the steps scattered behind us allow us to take in the golden charm of the rooms illuminated by the windows, and we just need the magical time to pass the first room to find ourselves in a kitchen with authentic features, an emotion that revolves around the fireplace nestled on the back wall , while the star that dominates the vault, as it varies in height, has the loving effect of a palm placed to shelter a nest. A basement steeped in memories, on the opposite side of the fireplace, houses a pantry from times gone by which still tells, with its worn nails, the colorful hope of tomatoes hanging in summer, waiting for winter. The wonderful glass door opens onto the lovely garden behind, a dimension of peace and privacy set between the white walls and the blue sky, where the wise quiet of the original cistern shines, fed by the tiled downspout, in a play of references and of small details, made even more intriguing by the shape of this green space, capable of generating movement through the intersection of ancient geometries.

The stone staircase which, from the passage located to the left of the first hall, leads to the terraces of exclusive property of the house, where the sensation of being in the presence of a living and breathing landscape, in the magical interval between the hinterland and the sea, is clear. The beauty of the surrounding scenery is all gathered in the expanse of white houses and citrus gardens, which chase each other like butterflies under the magical colors of the sky, and what remains in the slow maturation of the day is a profound serenity that slips into us, conquers the heart and never abandons us again.--8db2cfb13ca46c26798c736fe5df3d19!