Introverted House: quiet and bright urban refuge

A contemporary courtyard house among stone, silence, and transparencies. An introspective dwelling, designed as an urban refuge, that closes itself off from the chaos of the street and opens up to an intimate and luminous inner garden.

A house that protects itself towards the street

Introverted House reinterprets the courtyard house typology in a contemporary key, creating a refined balance between material, light, and privacy, in dialogue with an urban context lacking landscape qualities. The new residence, designed by the domECO studio, is located at the end of a plot already occupied by a house from the seventies, owned by the client's family. Facing Via Sassari, a busy street, the house deliberately chooses a closed attitude towards the outside. The main facade is defined by a long wall covered in local stone on the ground floor, interrupted only by the entrance to the garage. Upstairs, white plastered volumes are punctuated by few openings, screened by horizontal sunshades, which reinforce the idea of a protected, intimate, and quiet architecture.

The inner garden as the heart of the project

In stark contrast with the street front, the facades facing the inner garden completely open up thanks to large glass surfaces. The green space becomes the focal point of the house, creating a direct and continuous relationship between interior and exterior. On the ground floor, the deep overhang of the upper terrace protects the rooms from summer sunlight; on the first floor, sliding panels ensure privacy for the bedrooms without compromising the natural light intake. The garden, along with the pool, constructs an intimate domestic dimension, transforming the house into a microcosm isolated from the urban context.

Fluid spaces and custom interior design projects

The internal organization is developed on two levels. On the ground floor, there are technical rooms and the living area, articulated on an L-shaped plan that opens towards the garden and the pool. The stone cladding, a distinctive element of the facade, also enters the interiors, creating a strong material continuity that interacts with the lightness of the glass windows. Upstairs, the sleeping area is distributed along a corridor illuminated by large windows, with full-height wardrobes integrated into the volumes. Here, architecture and interior design projects merge into custom solutions that enhance light, functionality, and formal cleanliness.

Material, light, and details as architectural language

The material palette is essential and sophisticated: stone and teak stand out as contrasting elements within a setting dominated by white, which enhances the perception of space and brightness. Teak, also used in custom carpentry, blends into the white paneling with a sober and elegant language. Accents in black and gray, introduced by furnishings and technological components, maintain coherence and stylistic rigor. Outside, the teak decking paths interact with the internal floorings, reinforcing the continuity between spaces.

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Via Quarto, 4, 07100 Sassari, SS, Italy