The villa, located in Lugano – Castagnola, on the slopes of Monte Brè, at 475 m above sea level and 225 m above lake level, was built in 1965 and renovated between the 1980s and 1990s.
The land on which the villa and outbuildings stand have an area of ​​approx. 2,400 m2, of which the villa covers an area of ​​555 m2 and the annexes another 245 m2 for a total of 800 m2 of occupation index.
The villa develops an area of ​​1,500 m2 for a total volume of 7,650 m3. The outbuildings + garage develop an area of ​​500 m2 for a total volume of 1,955 m3. The terraces and outbuildings develop a further volume of 1,270 m3, therefore the total volume is 10,875 m3.
The villa is developed on two upper main floors and a lower one, called the winter garden, with two intermediate floors of main services (fitness) and personnel technicians.
The main entrance is located on the main ground floor, from a private road that runs alongside the house on the north side. At the downstream end of the property, there is another entrance to the property, via a staircase in the park, which leads to the conservatory floor, the lift, the other accesses to the garden and the services.
The main area spread over two floors consists of two living rooms, a dining room and five large bedrooms with their bathrooms and dressing rooms, kitchen, office, services, service apartment, guests and attic.
The fitness floor includes two saunas, two Turkish baths, two Kneipp showers, two bathrooms, a gym, a bar, a pantry and a changing room. On the upper service floor, in addition to the villa’s systems, the staff area, the ironing room and the laundry, there is another apartment.
The winter garden is a unique structure of its kind in Ticino, of great architectural beauty. Its original function was to raise the villa by 8 metres, making it the highest and most dominant on the Castagnola hill and completely isolating it, like a castle, from the other neighboring properties. Currently this environment has been completely renovated, with high quality interior finishes and is a private venue for artistic events, art exhibitions, concerts.
Top quality materials have been used for all the finishing elements, from marble to stone, from antique wood to boiseries, from fireplaces to antique glass.
An internal staircase and a lift connect all floors but each floor can be isolated at any time and made independent with existing separate access and staircase.
Apart from the existing one, there is already an approved project for an indoor swimming pool, a pool house, a large hobby space and a new living room on the main level in place of the patio of approx. 100 m2, with accessories, a second lift and new roof gardens. The villa currently has 5 outdoor parking spaces + garage.