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Interior view before renovation



Casa Giglio (2026–ongoing) is a stone dwelling in Cammarata conceived as a home, a process of re-inhabitation, and a slow spatial study. Situated within the historic mountain town, the project centres on a compact three-level house defined by thick masonry walls, limited openings, and a simple geometric organisation. These existing conditions establish the environmental, atmospheric, and spatial parameters of the work.

  • Casa Giglio
  • Scope: Interior Design
  • Type:  Residential
  • Details: House, 1-bed, 1-bath, 72 sqm / 775 sqft
  • Location: Cammarata, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy
  • Purchase price: €9,000
  • Stage: Site analysis and design
  • Year: 2027



Exterior view before renovation





Second floor before renovation
Via Roma, Cammarata historical centre



The renovation is approached as practice-led research rather than cosmetic upgrade. Attention is directed toward domestic living, threshold conditions, and the environmental intelligence inherent to vernacular construction. Interventions remain materially restrained, privileging local resources, repair, and low-impact systems. The project investigates how contemporary habitation can operate within — rather than overwrite — a pre-existing structure.

Casa Giglio examines dwelling as a long-duration process: spatially adaptive, materially responsive, and environmentally attuned. Functioning simultaneously as a site of living and a site of enquiry, the house becomes a framework for exploring regenerative spatial practice through everyday ritual, embodied experience, and material continuity.

Plan (Planimetria) Via Sottotenente C. Giglio 2, Submission date: 26/10/1939, 2023. Not to scale.


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Spatial Design, Art & Research
Email: Emma@emmajdavis.com
Casa Giglio
Via Sottotenente C. Giglio
92022 Cammarata (AG)
Sicily, Italy L4 80 Market Street
South Melbourne (Naarm)
Victoria, Australia 3205