An alpine house by Pedevilla Architects in Bolzano conceived as a hollowed-out monolith — where the plaster itself becomes geology, mixing local red porphyry into the clay to produce a custom finish that makes the walls look as if they were quarried directly from the Trentino landscape.
about this project
An architecture that embraces the alpine landscape, a seamless envelope that transforms the house into a hollowed-out monolith, where every space is defined by the continuity of matter.
Clay and red porphyry — the ‘mineral gold’ extracted from the quarries of Trentino and Bassa Atesina — are mixed into the coarse-grained plaster MB Terra Natural Rough. The finish coats walls and ceilings in a single custom tone, transforming the stone symbol of the Atesina building tradition into a contemporary surface.
Inhabiting this space means perceiving the silent force of the earth. It is a primordial living that awakens the sense of touch: the continuity between wall and ceiling eliminates every visual boundary, letting light reveal the depth of the space.
Photography: Josef Gostner
