Posted Tue Nov 08 13:45:00 UTC 2011

Jacopo Mascheroni did it again. The Milan based architect, who has worked in architecture offices of luminaries such as Richard Meier, finished another great example of his fresh, uber-cool and white-minimalistic design. The villa in Brusino-Arsizio, a small village on the shores of Lago di Lugano and only a short drive from world renowned fashion metropolis Milan away, sits on a commanding hillside lot from where the southern part of the lake can be overlooked. The extravagant, polygonal glass pavilion is located wood side, sitting above the partly buried lower level in a very charming north facing location.

This kind of a glass house, what was asked for by the owner who wanted a house with lots of glass and windows, usually comes with privacy concerns. In addition, the hillside position as well as building code setbacks made it very challenging for the architect to deliver a simple, but sexy design he then finalized. In result, with all the tricky given facts being solved, the client got an amazing show property which doesn’t reflect the alpine architecture as otherwise usual. Large walls of glass dominate the top part of the villa which consist the main living area with a large scaled living, a dining area and kitchen. A white-lacquered centre piece consist the staircase leading to the lower level, the night area of the house, as well as all technical infrastructure. A beautiful garden around the pavilion round up this level and makes it a perfect place to entertain guests and family. The lower level offers 3 bedrooms, bathroom, play room and an office. The design is less spectacular than on the living floor, but is also characterized by the architect’s handwriting of clean forms and the use of bright-white materials.

With the use of these materials as well as the simplicity of his work, one can see similarities between his work and the architecture of Richard Meier, where he started his career in 2001. Few years ago, he finished a conversion of an apartment on Lago di Como into an ultra modern loft. Clean lines and forms, white surfaces and indirect lighting are still his preferred design elements and have been developed to perfection like seen in his newest work on Lake Lugano. The luxury villa in Brusino Arsizio is definitely polarizing people with a few which doesn’t like it at all, but with the majority really liking the space he created. The current owner became a huge fan of his work and only leaves with a heavy heart. Mascheroni’s glass pavilion became a much celebrated and multiple internationally published design piece which can now be yours. Click here for more details.

Posted by:  Peter Rabitz