Based on traditional Sardinian homes, the space hosts Pretziada’s design guests for a week at a time and can be booked for private stays
Picking olives, building dry stone walls and harvesting wild reeds is all part of a day’s work for Ivano Atzori and Kyre Chenven of design studio Pretziada. In 2015, the couple sold their 500-hectare farm in Tuscany and bought Aresus, an abandoned hamlet in a wild corner of southwestern Sardinia.
It may be remote and hard to get to, but Pretziada’s home turf is irresistibly alluring to those in the know. French designer Sam Baron and Milan-based designer Roberto Sironi have both paid a visit, and recently Margaux Padrutt and Raphaelle Lhuillier of Mimo Studio stopped by. During their stay, their first collection, ‘Forca’ was born, comprising a coffee table, a console and shelves. It launches in autumn 2023.The French duo stayed at La Residenza, Pretziada’s new guest house in the village.
But the beauty of La Residenza more than makes up for any lack of facilities and services. Terracotta floors and tiles are handmade by ; lighting is from family-owned company Tooy, and local firm Calcidrata conjured lime plaster for both interiors and exteriors. Pretziada’s team of local artisans stepped in to make new pieces, among them Pierpaolo Mandis, whose bed, cabinet and armoire are made in local chestnut, while an oak kitchen is custom-made by Falegnameria Pisu.
When it’s not occupied by designers, La Residenza can be rented for private use, and the plan is to open more spaces that breathe new life into Aresus. ‘To us, the property is a logical extension,’ says Chenven. ‘We make design pieces and now we have a physical location in which to house them.’ Atzori adds: ‘The buildings and the village are our interpretation of Sardinian vernacular architecture.’ In the right hands they reveal what a contemporary rural community can look like.
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