Jesolo Lido Pool Villa

Jesolo, Italy

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Jesolo Lido Pool Villa

Jesolo, Italy

Firm

JM Architecture

Type

Residential › Private House

YEAR

2013

SIZE

1000 sqft - 3000 sqft

The Jesolo Lido Pool Villa is a custom-designed, prefabricated wood structure that was built and furnished in only six months. High energy-saving standards have been applied to the shell to guarantee maximum comfort and almost zero costs throughout the four seasons. The building features wood structures as a flexible and anti-seismic system which also avoids thermal bridges. The foot-long perimeter insulation, argon-gas insulated glass facades, 10 kilowatts of photovoltaic panels installed on the roof, and the interior / exterior LED light fixtures cooperate in making a technologically contemporary building.

Because of the plot’s small scale, the design goal intended to leave as much open space as possible. The interior living area has transparent walls that open toward two different-sized patios. The largest patio, to the west, features a long swimming pool that takes up the entire length of the space, as well as two planted square inserts. An
olive tree is the main three-dimensional element in the patio, placed next to the staircase that leads underground to the storage and technical rooms.
The smaller patio, to the east, also features two planted inserts with another olive tree to counterbalance the opposite side. The outdoor areas, as the client’s main request, needed to be low maintenance, so that most of the surface was paved and plants were selected that required minimal care. The 13-foot roof overhang to the west provides enough shading during the hot summer months and allows for covered outdoor seating and dining areas. Interiors are custom-designed with typical JMA solutions such as audio/video walls, a custom solid-surface kitchen, motorized roller shades that disappear into the dropped ceiling for maximum continuity of indoor-outdoor areas, integrated indirect lighting, and a home automated electrical system. The radiant flooring is powered with an electric heat pump which takes energy from the photovoltaic panels. The air-conditioning system is fully integrated in the dropped ceiling with linear diffusers and hidden intakes. A pursuit for simplicity and linear solutions has represented a large part of JMA’s design for this project.