RESTORED TUSCAN FAMILY HOME
ARCHITECTURE - VISI MAGAZINE - JANUARY 18, 2023
An ancient farmhouse in Tuscany is reimagined into a contemporary space for two close families to live together in a way that allows for both separate spaces and communal living that embraces a rustic lifestyle.
In Tuscany, one century seems to blend into the next. Who hasn’t dreamt of lingering in the land of the Renaissance, between cypresses, olive trees and rose gardens? In the off-season, mist-enveloped panoramas dominate the countryside and, standing on the hillside that is home to the Podere Bussolaio estate, you look out at a landscape that’s changed little over the past five centuries.
Nestled among the orchards of Travalle, the original estate was built in the 15th century for the wealthy Strozzi family of Florence. Today, the 700m2 property is the home of two sisters involved in the fashion industry, Elisa and Claudia, and their families.
