Villa Aurora is a modern single-family house located in Riviera Romagnola, Italy, designed by ARP Studio.

Description
A building of the beginning of the century with a strong characterization of colonial-style inserted in a pine forest had to become a villa that reflected the style and the needs of the new client: this was the challenge that Nuovostudio, in collaboration with Architects Pino Bova and Romina Carniato of ARP Studio, had to face in the design of the project theme. It was necessary to move between the recovery of a pre-existing building to be preserved and enhanced in its peculiarities and the need to make an extension from scratch.
The original building has been restored faithfully preserving its external appearance and concentrating the changes on the distribution and partition of the spaces in the interior rooms; the extension, however, has been designed as an autonomous addition to the main body of the house. A redevelopment of the property that has also involved the park: removing the shrubs of little value, the oldest and most important trees have been preserved, such as pines and oaks. The project has foreseen a clear distinction of the destinations of use of the internal spaces: the main body of the house houses the service rooms and the sleeping area on the second floor; the new pavilion, used as a living area, includes the living room and the kitchen, to allow direct contact with the garden.
Near the garden, the swimming po...