At a glance from the street, it’s a jumble of steely boxes. Even on closer inspection, you’d find it hard to tell it is a residence. That’s not lost on its owner, Guido Fejles. “Many people don’t realize it’s a house because it’s so strange,” he says.
Guido, a chef, knew he wanted to build something in his hometown of Cambiano, near Turin, Italy, but land is hard to come by. So instead of purchasing property, he embraced some space next to his childhood home, where his parents still live, and called up a family friend, architect Stefano Pujatti. The founder of design studio ElasticoFarm, Pujatti was given carte blanche, with some requests: Guido didn’t want a cement house, which is common in the area, and he wanted to prioritize…
