Italian design studio Giorgio Rava finds shape through space in their Tuscany Residence, where elegant and unadorned geometric shapes make the space tactile, using a large number of sculpted stone buildings and decorative elements. Between past and present, quality and emptiness, solidity and lightness, an ancient balance dominates the interior of this private home, allowing space to flow freely in a suspended, eternal dimension.

The centrepiece of the project is the daytime area, dominated by huge terraced travertine walls that create an amphitheatre to a huge monolithic island with hand-carved doors, also made with local travertine. Nature and a sense of place entered the project through a single approach: Tuscan travertine for walls, floors and furniture, raw materials for ceilings and natural walnut wood for interior furniture.

What strikes the viewer is the almost visceral connection between the interior setting and the earth, from a simple projection to a material element, no longer a symbol, but a substance, which embraces the whole project. Its color and texture can be found in the original travertine, hand-carved details and the clay plaster that covers the ceiling.

At the same time, the fact that technological devices such as water taps, switches and lighting fixtures are nowhere to be seen reflects a desire to purify the space, to bring it back to its original state, where empty spiritual values, infinitely poetic light, the power of materials and the power of natural elements can be rediscovered.