Ideas to start a better conversation.
Explore four visual directions for villa renovation. Use the spaces, details and materials to describe what matters in your own brief.
Original design concepts exploring layouts, materials and details. Use them as references for your own project brief.
A house opened to the garden
Aureva approaches a villa as a sequence of spaces rather than a list of rooms. Arrival, family life, entertaining, privacy and the relationship to the garden all shape the brief. A beautiful detail earns its place when it supports that wider pattern.
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The planning conversation
Trace a normal day from arrival to bedrooms, kitchen and garden. Identify awkward crossings, underused rooms and missing storage before deciding which walls, doors or furnishings should change.
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The light-filled family room
Renovation also means working with an existing building. The first design conversation should distinguish a cosmetic change from work that affects structure, waterproofing, services or the exterior. Measured information and the relevant specialist review give those decisions a firmer basis.
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A closer look at materials
Discuss occupation, access and protection early. Demolition, concealed services and wet work can affect more rooms than the final design suggests; a phasing plan should show the temporary arrangements as well as the finished home.
Explore the thinkingTell us what draws you in.
Share the image and describe the particular quality you like: the layout, the light, a material relationship or a place to spend time. Add photographs of your own property so the next discussion can connect the idea to the real setting.
Three questions to take forward
- Which part of this idea supports the way you want to use the space?
- What needs to be retained, changed or investigated at your property?
- What level of care and maintenance fits your routine?
A clearer next step.
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