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Fontanile Pool in Tarquinia

Garden Structure in Viterbo, Lazio, Italy: Italian Villa Landscape – by LAD Laboratorio di Architettura e Design

page updated 15 Oct 2016 with new images ; 23 Jan 2015

Fontanile Pool in Tarquinia, Viterbo

Location: Tarquinia, formerly Corneto, province of Viterbo, Lazio, Italy – north of Rome

Architects: Laboratorio di Architettura e Design

Fontanile Pool in Tarquinia

This small private pool is located in the garden of a villa at the bottom of the old city walls.

Like the Villae Minimae, the Fontanile Pool is designed to be a machine for observing the landscape: two stone walls are framing the nature around, isolating a single point of view, like an optical device.

These elements link together three open air spaces: “landscape” – “pool” – “deck”.

The shape and the proportions of this work remind the old country fountains of the surroundings.

The project aims to create a space in harmony with nature and artifice, with the countryside and the city, allowing for contemplation of the landscape.

Fontanile Pool in Tarquinia – Building Information

Type: Private Pool
Location: Tarquinia, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy
Design: 2014
Completed: 2015
Designer: Matteo Biancni

Fontanile Pool in Tarquinia images / information from LAD – Laboratorio di Architettura e Design

Location: Tarquinia, Italy, southern Europe

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