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3ndy Studio’s renovation of Villa Marchi in Noventa Padovana, Italy, was driven by real affection for an architectural style and a designer no longer in vogue, but also by a fascination with the “villa”, a typology that has evolved from the Renaissance through to today’s examples in the urbanized countryside between Padua and Venice.
Built in the 1950s, Villa Marchi was originally designed as the home and adjoining medical office of the local doctor. The architect, Oscar Marchi, after whom the villa is named, took his cue from the Venetian school of Carlo Scarpa, paying the same meticulous attention to the materials used and adopting simplicity of line, layout and massing to clearly separate the public and private areas of the house.
The designers at 3ndy Studio felt an immediate affinity with aspects of the original design that they realized would allow this outdated building to express its modern potential. Supported by a client who immediately understood the value of the proposed transformation, the practice oversaw a renovation aimed at enhancing the original layout, acknowledging the inextricable link between esthetics and function, and the refined excellence of the original construction details.
Located on the corner of two streets, the villa is a two-level, V-shaped volume whose original design clearly separated the public-access medical practice and the adjacent private home. Placed between the two sections, a central staircase is both the focal and connecting point of the entire house.
The renovation left the original volume untouched, redistributing and repurposing the interiors to meet the needs of a contemporary family. The reduced-height ground floor is arranged around the staircase, which was completely redesigned by 3ndy Studio. The street-facing north side is occupied by the service area and garage. To the south, and closed by the porous, permeable partition dividing the garden, is a...
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