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Design and Water

The Casa Fantini/Lake Time project, designed by Lissoni Architettura, holds together a double life, which links water and the garden to the home.

Daniela fantini tells Casa Fantini/Lake Time

“For a long time I had in mind a project capable of enhancing the natural heritage of Lake Orta, founded on the first values of the family business: kindness and hospitality.

Casa Fantini was born from the love for the spirit of the place, for what is genuine and handcrafted and represents the culture of Lake Orta, where my roots are“ says Daniela Fantini. After designing the new headquarters of Fantini Rubinetterie - a glass construction, hidden between the willows and the gorse - Piero Lissoni designed a small hotel next to it, on the edge of the park of the manor house: a real tribute to the place where the family business was born in 1947.

PIERO LISSONI TELLS CASA FANTINI/LAKE TIME

"There is a very simple idea behind a project like this. I believe that every architectural plan is a sort of “interference”, It’s as if one ruffles a sound wave. The architect's ability lies ion making this interference and what and what’s going on around it blend together.

So I simply tried to make as little noise as possible and at the same time try to create a dialogue with the old part of Casa Fantini, the old villa overlooking the square, by disconnecting it and making it homogeneous with the new building I built around it."

ANCIENT AND CONTEMPORARY

Casa Fantini/Lake Time integrates with careful ancient and contemporary balance. It consists of two lake front buildings - the first of the nineteenth century, the second of new construction - which bind to the natural environment with extreme delicacy and harmony.

NATURAL MATERIALS

Casa Fantini/Lake Time is an adulation of the centuries-old history of the place, with which it constantly dialogues. The artisan tradition of wood, stone and metal meets a wide and modern use of the glass surface, which opens onto a spectacular view of Lake Orta.

Interiors

The contemporary design of Casa Fantini/Lake Time is combined with the bright green of the garden, onto which the large windows overlook.

History and Design

Each historical pre-existence brings ancient values, which must be integrated in harmony with contemporary architecture. The Casa Fantini/Lake Time project is perfectly successful: each part retains its own, innate expression.