Casa Spena — Italian Courtyard House
Casa Spena stands in the historic center of Frattamaggiore, Italy, as a contemporary house shaped by Labia Design for a multigenerational family. Across two levels, the project leans on natural materials, tailored joinery, and measured luxury to build a warm domestic world behind its courtyard and garden. Every move focuses on comfort and continuity rather than spectacle, yet the daily rituals of family life still feel carefully staged.
Light filters through the entry, grazing the tall wooden wall and pulling the eye toward the garden. A quiet threshold leads past the courtyard, toward water, trees, and the first rooms.
Casa Spena is a two-level house in Frattamaggiore, in the province of Naples, conceived by Labia Design around material warmth and contemporary living. The project focuses on natural wood, refined finishes, and custom elements that connect one room to the next, keeping sightlines open. Every choice serves daily life: from the generous living areas to the private spa, the villa treats comfort and intimacy as equal priorities.
Arriving Through Wood
The main entrance leads into a large hall wrapped in timber boiserie that sets the tone for the rest of the house. This cladding does more than decorate; it guides movement, frames doors, and anchors built-in storage, so circulation feels deliberate rather than leftover. From this vestibule, one route opens to the front garden with its pool deck and barbecue corner, while another draws guests inward toward the ground-floor rooms.
Living Around The Hearth
At the heart of the ground floor, the living area rests on teak parquet by CP Parquet, which sets a warm, continuous field underfoot. Wood-paneled walls echo that tone and meet a dramatic Salvatori marble wall, which defines the living room edge and gently shields the family room beyond without fully closing it off. In this more intimate volume, an Edra sofa and a modern fireplace organize seating around conversation and quiet evenings, while a Valcucine kitchen stands nearby as the functional center of everyday routines. A canneté timber wall, finely grooved and tactile, hides the door to a private study so that the work zone stays calm, bright, and visually discreet.
Connecting To The Night Level
A wooden stair rises from the family room, continuing the material thread and linking social life to the more reserved upper floor. At the landing, a linear corridor lined with generous glazing catches daylight and extends views toward the bedrooms, softening the transition from shared rooms to quieter quarters. One side leads to the main suite, where natural tones and Cassina furnishings shape a composed retreat. Here, a large walk-in closet and an en suite bathroom finished with Lea Ceramiche create a sense of hotel-level comfort, culminating in a private spa that supports slow, restorative rituals.
Autonomy For The Next Generation
Opposite the primary suite, an independent apartment for the children underlines the project’s family-minded planning. This wing contains its own living area with kitchen, two bedrooms, and for each bedroom a private bathroom and walk-in wardrobe, so daily rhythms can diverge without strain. The arrangement grants autonomy and privacy to every family member and doubles as a flexible setting for visiting friends or guests. Shared moments still center on the main living rooms and garden, yet the house adapts easily when needs change.
Upstairs, the layout rounds out with an additional bathroom and a laundry area, both drawn with an eye to utility rather than display. Across both levels, consistent use of wood, carefully chosen finishes, and calm colors holds together the many rooms and intensifies the sense of continuity. As light moves from the glazed corridor to the garden pool and back toward the wooden hall, Casa Spena reads as a single, measured narrative of domestic life, built to serve today and endure tomorrow.
Photography by Carlo Oriente
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