Molteni&C presents its The Art of Living project, featuring its latest collections displayed in the stunning villa La Ricarda in Barcelona. The home is set among pine trees, on a hill between the woods and the Venetian lagoon; a symbol of modernity and classicism with interiors that house the Molteni&C and Dada collections.
The palazzo was restored by the architect, Carlo Scarpa, who created a project that was at once ancient and modern. Beauty and harmony is found in the interiors of the mansion originally designed at the end of the 1930s by Romeo Moretti, and in Ricardo Gomis’s refuge for intellectuals and artists in Barcelona, designed by the architect Antonio Bonet Castellana.
The Art of Living encompasses the beauty and classic charm of the Heritage Collection together with contemporary pieces from Molteni&C and the sophisticated Dada kitchen.
La Ricarda – also known as Casa Gomis – was designed c. 1953/4 in an area of Barcelona surrounded by pine trees by the architect Antonio Bonet, in cooperation with the owners Ricardo Gomis and his wife Agnes Bertrant Mata.
Interestingly, the villa was designed by long-distance because Antonio Bonet was in exile in South America, making the project a lengthy and emotional creative adventure. It features 900 square metres planned in the minutest detail – every line, material, colour, furnishing and finish was designed according to the precise vision of the architect and clients. Their stated aim was to achieve harmony with the surrounding landscape, letting light flood in while finding peace and an almost impossible balance of light and shade.
Several pavillions, arranged asymmetrically, make up the body of the building while two main axes converge towards the atrium. Each part of the house has a virtual counterpart in the open air as terraces and verandas look out over the garden with floor-to-ceiling windows. Still surprising today for its modernity, the total work of art includes the latest Molteni&C and Dada designs.
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