Villa Necchi Campiglio
Villa Necchi Campiglio turns a domestic project into a distinctly Milanese rationalist statement: built between 1932 and 1935 as an independent single-family house, it was designed by Piero Portaluppi and is now operated as a house museum by Fondo Ambiente Italiano. Its setting mattered to the architects and owners as much as the rooms did—surrounded by a private garden that originally included a tennis court and a swimming pool. That pool was the second in Milan overall, after the municipal one, and the first on private land, giving the estate an unmistakably modern profile. The villa also functioned socially, not just architecturally. During visits, Henry of Hesse—described here as a set designer for the Teatro alla Scala—stayed in a room called the Prince’s Room. …
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