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Hi, do you know which house is this?. Let's see…For the people who donn´t know, this is Villa Planchart designed by the famous architect Gio Ponti. Near the 1930s, Armando Plachart surprized his wife buying a large piece of land at the hacienda San Roman. This one was going to be the place for their new home. They chose the famous architect and Domus magazine editor, Gio Ponti, to design their new house.The Italian architect asked his new clients which were their wishes with the future design. Anala answer first, and she said that she wanted a house without walls, where she could see the Avila form every corner. On the other hand, Armando told him that he wanted a space to show his hunting trophies and his orchids collection.With those characteristics Ponti started to think the project right away. Every day he sent letters with explanations and drawings, consulting the Plancharts for every aspect of the house. Finally one day the plans and a scale model arrived by mail. Armando and Anala Planchart were so happy that they decided to start building the house. The house went from drawing to reality and in 1957 and it became the Plancharts home Let’s talk about the house. First it is located in the San Roman urbanization, Caracas, Venezuela. Also it is placed on a hill, so the house has an uninterrupted 360 degree view of Caracas. Villa Planchart also called El Cerrito has a terrain of 2 acres and in it we can find a parking place, gardens and obviously the house. It has a rectangular form, but with wedge-shaped corners to resemble a butterfly. All the spaces are sorted around the center of the house where there is an indoor garden with an amazing roof opening. The structural part of the house was built with reinforced concrete columns and brick walls.We also can see ashlar-masonry retaining walls in the patio. Non-load-bearing-walls were made with concrete shell construction method on the outside of the house, this one’s gives the appearance of a floating house, especially at night. For the completion of the house Ponti used all kinds of materials. He used wood, marble and granite for the floors and walls. Used Steel and wood for the furniture. And With the use of Steel-framed windows, he accomplished the wish of Anala to be witness of the nature and The Avila at all times. Ponti tried to create his biggest master pieced. He not only designs the structure of the house; his designs went from the house plans to the wall paintings, furnitures, tablewares and more. Villa Planchart is the conjunction of art, design and technology, The ingenious art, nature and innocence can easily transport you to the modern living stile of the 50s. That´s why It is called today the jewel of Gio Pontis works, and a living well-taste piece of art.

I invite you to visit this house

Contact the Planchart Fund through this website [] and prepare a visit.

Also I invite you to watch fashion short film, starting Eglantina Zingg and El Cerrito as the main characters []

The photos, videos, information, interviews and more, were taken from Fundacion Planchart books and Producciones Triana videos, special thanks to both of them