Daimon Design | Villa Dursi – Wooden Extension, Italy

Villa D'Ursi | Bioclimatic Timber Extension — Italy

Type: residential extension and restructuring

Location: Torre a Mare, Bari — Puglia, Italy

Existing surface: 110 m²

Extension: 50 m² Volume increase: 20%

Final configuration: two independent residential units

Construction system: dry construction, factory prefabrication

Construction cost: €2,000/m²

Objective: energy upgrade, surface increase, asset valorisation through division

When the owners of Villa D’Ursi first contacted us, the request seemed straightforward: expand the house. But behind that request lay a more complex question — how to genuinely increase the value of a property in a rapidly appreciating market like Torre a Mare, without dispersing resources into a generic extension?

Our response was not purely architectural. It began with a strategic reading: understanding the property’s building rights, its restructuring potential, its capacity for division. That diagnosis revealed an opportunity the owners had not anticipated — transforming a single-family villa into two independent residential units, each with its own distinct market value.

 
 

An architecture that works

When the owners of Villa D’Ursi first contacted us, the request seemed straightforward: expand the house. But behind that request lay a more complex question — how to genuinely increase the value of a property in a rapidly appreciating market like Torre a Mare, without dispersing resources into a generic extension?

Our response was not purely architectural. It began with a strategic reading: understanding the property’s building rights, its restructuring potential, its capacity for division. That diagnosis revealed an opportunity the owners had not anticipated — transforming a single-family villa into two independent residential units, each with its own distinct market value.

 
 

The thermal chimney as centre

The living space is organised around a central thermal chimney — visible in both the exterior and interior images. This is not a decorative element. It is the physical and functional boundary between the energetically active volume and the passive volume. It anchors the space, organises circulation, and frames the view toward the exterior.

The timber ceiling, the natural stone floors, the evening light grazing the rendered façades — every material responds to a constructive and climatic logic. Only natural materials from certified supply chains were used, in line with our approach and CasaClima certification standards.

Dry construction — superior quality, reduced timelines

The construction was carried out almost entirely using dry-build methods. Excavation, foundations and exterior and interior paving were completed on site — everything else was prefabricated in the factory and assembled on location. This approach reduces construction timelines, minimises site disruption, and guarantees a level of constructive quality that traditional wet-build methods rarely achieve.

The result: €2,000/m² for a level of energy performance and material quality that positions this property firmly in the premium residential segment. Zero waste — of resources, of time, of space.

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Daimon Design is a Franco-Italian architecture studio based in Grasse, on the French Riviera. Specializing in energy renovation and real estate enhancement, we design elegant and thermally efficient architectural interventions for existing buildings, including extensions and additions.

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