{"id":155025,"date":"2025-11-26T18:00:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T18:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/155025\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T18:00:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T18:00:09","slug":"mecozzi-verdini-connects-villa-to-concrete-annexe-using-red-walkway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/155025\/","title":{"rendered":"Mecozzi Verdini connects villa to concrete annexe using red walkway"},"content":{"rendered":"

A red-steel walkway links this 1960s villa<\/a> in Italy<\/a>‘s Marche region to a concrete-framed annexe called Annesso Rosso, completed by local architecture studio Mecozzi Verdini.<\/p>\n

Annesso Rosso, or Red Annexe, is named after the deep red colour of its painted steelwork and replaces a cluster of disused agricultural sheds at the back of the home in the village of Loretto.<\/p>\n

\"ItalianMecozzi Verdini has added a concrete annexe to an Italian villa<\/p>\n

Taking advantage of this once-neglected plot’s vista across the Marche hills, the concrete annexe contains a fully-glazed living and dining space that is topped by a patio.<\/p>\n

Mecozzi Verdini<\/a> extended this patio into an elevated walkway that links directly to the existing home’s first floor, alongside a small spiral staircase that leads down to the garden and the annexe itself.<\/p>\n

\"AnnessoThe buildings are linked by a red-steel walkway<\/p>\n

Annesso Rosso’s window frames, balustrades, walkway and spiral stair were all painted in the same shade of deep red, which Mecozzi Verdini<\/a> co-founder Giovanni Mecozzi says was chosen to “highlight the contemporary gesture within a rural context”.<\/p>\n

“The core concept of the project was to transform the rear of the villa into a space that harmoniously merges authentic rural life with a contemporary vision of living,” Mecozzi told Dezeen.<\/p>\n

\"Larch-cladThe bathroom is wrapped in larch planks<\/p>\n

“The most significant gesture is the red-steel bridge and terrace connecting the annexe to the existing villa,” added Mecozzi.<\/p>\n

“Beyond its functional role, it acts as a symbolic bridge between generations, traditions, and modern living, creating a space for social interaction, contemplation, and visual connection with the surrounding landscape.”<\/p>\n

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Annesso Rosso is organised into quadrants based on its square concrete grid. Alongside the fully-glazed living space, it contains a glazed kitchen and a bathroom wrapped externally in larch planks.<\/p>\n

Sliding glass doors connect the kitchen to a paved dining patio, which is sheltered by reed canopies that have been inserted into two quadrants of the concrete frame.<\/p>\n

\"KitchenSliding glass doors connect the kitchen to the outside<\/p>\n

The studio described the overall aesthetic of the annexe as “brutalist”, with its concrete structure left exposed throughout, alongside metal-sheet ceilings in the internal spaces and terrazzo floors.<\/p>\n

“Materials were chosen to balance robustness and lightness, reflecting both local tradition and contemporary living,” Mecozzi said.<\/p>\n

“It exemplifies integration between architecture, landscape, and memory, transforming the villa’s former utilitarian spaces into a contemporary living experience that celebrates both tradition and modernity,” he added.<\/p>\n

\"AnnessoThere is an outdoor dining area. Photo by Andy Massaccesi<\/p>\n

Elsewhere in Italy, architecture practice Studio Bressan recently extended a traditional stone farmhouse with a glazed garden room<\/a>, and StudioTamat overhauled a 1960s villa, blending modernist influences with floral wallpapers and playful shapes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The photography is by Simone Bossi<\/a> unless stated otherwise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A red-steel walkway links this 1960s villa in Italy‘s Marche region to a concrete-framed annexe called Annesso Rosso,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":155026,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[442,498,499,500,1770,501,156,10353,2273,102893,1224,111,139,69,15406,5061,10354,1621,1774,1620],"class_list":{"0":"post-155025","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-artsdesign","12":"tag-concrete","13":"tag-design","14":"tag-entertainment","15":"tag-extensions","16":"tag-houses","17":"tag-italian-houses","18":"tag-italy","19":"tag-new-zealand","20":"tag-newzealand","21":"tag-nz","22":"tag-red","23":"tag-residential-architecture-and-interiors","24":"tag-residential-extensions","25":"tag-sectionall","26":"tag-sectionarchitecture","27":"tag-steel"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155025\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}