Case di Vacanze

From the outside, it looks like a ruin. A construction of stacked stones (three different granite colors found on the site that produces a magical, almost impressionistic vibration in the eye), measuring 15m x 15m, on the sea’s edge. The house has two large openings onto the sea. Although they look similar, they are not: One is a door, and the other is a window that looks to the sea. Inside, the perception of ruin increases: the house (it is a house) is empty in its center. Only a pergola made of wooden trunks opens to the sky, protecting the central space. A small round-stone table is at the center, becoming the mandatory meeting space. Looking at the plan of this strange construction, we see the revelation of the mystery. The house (hardly even a house) is hidden in the corners: the bare minimum structure for its existence. Desde fuera parece una ruina. Una construcción de piedras amontonadas (tres colores de granito diferente, los que se encuentran en el lugar, y que producen en el ojo una vibración mágica, casi impresionista), de 15m x 15m, al borde del mar. Dos grandes huecos se abren al paisaje: aunque lo parecen, no son iguales: Uno es una puerta, el otro es una ventana que mira al mar. Una vez dentro la sensación de ruina se acrecienta: la casa (es una casa) está vacía en su centro. Abierta al cielo, apenas una pérgola de troncos de madera protege el espacio central y una mesa redonda, de piedra, pequeña, como para que los comensales estén siempre cerca, ocupa el centro geométrico y lo consagra como espacio de reunión ineludible. Un vistazo a la planta de esta extraña construcción desvela parte del misterio. La casa (casi ni es una casa) se esconde en las esquinas: lo mínimo para que exista. There is something fantastic about the ruins that captivates us. It is what has been lost or what we suppose that has disappeared. Quoting Valeria Luiselli, it would be “the glance, is just the hand of the brain, it enjoys and gets entertained filling gaps.