La Mia Casa All'Elba [My House on Elba], Vittocio, Italy (1978-2012)

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People:

Gianni Pettena (archive creator)
Gianni Pettena (architect)

Title:

La Mia Casa All'Elba [My House on Elba], Vittocio, Italy (1978-2012)

Date:

circa 1978-2018

Level of archival description:
Project

Extent and medium:

335 digital files (922 MB)
74 photographic materials
17 drawings (including 8 reprographic copies)
2 textual documents
2 moving images

Scope and content:
The project series documents "La Mia Casa All'Elba", Pettena's house in Viticcio on the Island of Elba. The project, started in 1978, remained an ongoing project as the house has undergone many transformations over the years. The residence "is conditioned by its relationship with the physical context, the material and the working of space." [1] Pettena even reused some of the material already on site to build the residence. The house is comprised of different pavilions and spaces interconnected by small paths: "The house has progressively been defined as a sequence of spaces connected by routes, just like in a village. So it goes on growing almost like a primitive village, through intentions, successive organizations of spaces that define one another and are linked together." [2]

The project series contains a sketch, plans, perspective drawings of the house and later additions. The project series is also comprised of photographs, including interior views showing artworks, photographs of Elba possibly used for research, and two videocassettes possibly with recordings of TV shows presenting the house.

Source:
[1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/arch-my-house-on-elba-1978-12/ (last accessed 12 November 2019)
[2] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/arch-my-house-on-elba-1978-12/ (last accessed 12 November 2019)

Reference number:

AP207.S1.1978.PR01

Arrangement:
Material in this project series was kept in its original order when it was first processed upon its arrival at CCA.

Location:

Italy

Language of material:

English
Italian

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