Gio Ponti : Villa Planchart 1953-1957
One of the most beautiful houses designed by Gio Ponti is Villa Planchart for Anala and Armando Planchart in Caracas, Venezuela.
The design process between Milan and Caracas was documented through drawings acompanied with significant annotations related on views, landscape framing and circulation diagrams where spatial design was meant through hierarchy by activities organized around a courtyard, rooms with large heights and views throughout the inside and outside the house, at every angle. The Villa was built on the top of a hill —later called 'el cerrito'—with concrete slabs as main structure and colorful ceramic tiles for interior finishes.
views from main floor | schemes
views from first floor | schemes
first floor interior view through courtyard
courtyard with ceramics design by Fausto Melotti.
check out a model of the Villa showing the volume over the valley here +
Fortunately, the house preserves as the original design and takes part of the Venezuelan architectural heritage.
Photography: Paolo Gasparini, Miguel Braceli
Plans: Original Plans of Gio Ponti / Planchart Foundation
Visits to Planchart Foundation +