A Residence Designed for Gathering
Three levels connected by light, landscape, and shared spaces on the eastern slopes of Etna.
Living Across Levels
The residence unfolds vertically. Each floor opens differently to the landscape: the ground level extends into the garden through full-height glass; the first floor catches the breeze from balconies facing the coast; the upper apartment frames Etna through angular skylights.
A private elevator connects all three levels, but the staircase is where the architecture reveals itself: light enters from above, the proportions shift, and the house discloses its geometry gradually as you move through it.
Spaces That Shift with the Group
Families find their own rhythms here. A couple retreats to the upper apartment while the rest of the group gathers below. Children move between the garden and the living room; grandparents read on the terrace. The house accommodates different tempos without anyone feeling distant.
This is a residence designed around the idea that proximity does not require sameness, that a shared holiday can hold both togetherness and solitude within the same walls.
Mediterranean Evenings
The garden takes over in the late afternoon. Light softens against the volcanic stone, citrus leaves catch the last warmth, and the pergola becomes the centre of the evening. Meals stretch into darkness here, unhurried, with Etna glowing faintly above the roofline.
The transition from interior to exterior happens without ceremony: a door opens, a table is already set, the evening has already begun.
Villa Rosaria was designed as a home before it became a destination, a place shaped around light, movement, and time spent together.