House with a Large Porch is a modern single-story house located in Caldogno, Italy, designed in 2020 by Marco Baldassa.

Description
The creation of this home was characterised by the fact that every single phase of the design and construction process was fully shared with the client couple, with a direct and frank dialogue established right from the first meetings.
From four preliminary design hypotheses, with the same functional layout but of different composition and form, we made a qualitative synthesis that was in any case subject to several redefinitions even in the more advanced stages of construction.
The three main architectural themes inherent in the work are the raising of the floor level from ground level, the spatial composition of the volumes, and the characterisation of the central heart of the house. The synthesis of these three ideational principles has tended to make this work unique compared to the widespread habits of thought that continue to produce buildings incapable of grasping the many possibilities that the theme of living can offer.
“Casa con un grande portico” is located on the edge between the town and the countryside north of Vicenza, leading the eye towards the nearby Pre-Alps and the long tree-lined curtains on the edges of the small watercourses running through the area.
The idea of raising the house 50 cm above the ground led to the emphasis and compositionally balance of the two projecting roof and basement sla...