VILLA TARIKA: A GOOD RETREAT ON THE LAKE

The landscape of Lake Garda, characterized by imposing geological formations such as mountains, rocks and slopes, has always been a testimony to its extraordinary natural evolution. However, today this landscape risks being obscured by urbanization and the visual overload generated by mass tourism. Villa Tarika, designed by Filippo Bricolo of Bricolo Falsarella Associati, proposes itself as a response to this progressive loss of perception, adopting a design strategy that invites a slowing down of the pace and a deeper contemplation of the territory.

Conceived as a filter between the frenzy of modern life and the natural quiet of the lake, the villa organizes its spaces in such a way as to alternate partial views and moments of visual reduction, creating a spatial experience that gradually accompanies the observer towards the discovery of the landscape. The entrance, marked by a large wall in local stone and vertical slats, initially closes the view of the lake, stimulating the desire to discover it. Only through a carefully studied internal path, the views of the lake are progressively revealed, creating a rhythm of anticipations and revelations.

Inside, the villa combines natural light and perspectives in a game of visual filters, where architectural devices, such as windows and skylights, frame portions of the landscape. This approach generates a continuous connection between inside and outside, intensifying the dialogue between the building and the surrounding nature. The materials, such as the chestnut wood typical of the area and the rough stone, further strengthen the bond with the context, recalling the natural shades of the lake and the vegetation, including the greyish blue of the sky and the green of the olive trees.

The external structure in rough stone, made with local materials, merges with the Monte Luppia behind and the lake shore, creating a material and chromatic continuity. A long stone wall extends outside the villa, forming an architectural embrace that recalls the shape of the gulf and accompanies the gaze towards the Rocca di Garda. This solution not only dialogues with the natural morphology of the place, but responds to the invitation to observation that the etymology of the Rocca itself, "Warda", suggests, transforming Villa Tarika into a space designed to encourage a slow and conscious perception of the Garda landscape.