Concrete Villa sits on a hillside plot in Comano, a small village north of Lugano in the Swiss canton of Ticino. The site was previously occupied by vineyards, and its elongated trapezoidal form directly determined the volume of the house. The plot's constraints were equally decisive: substantial views open to the east and west, but adjacent buildings press close to the north and south. DF_DC resolved this by conceiving the house as an inhabited wall, a structure that reads as a long closed volume from the flanks while opening fully to the landscape in the directions where views exist.

The flank elevations are articulated by a series of deep rectangular fins in in-situ cast concrete, which break the effect of an excessively long facade and provide privacy from the neighboring buildings. Between the fins, infill panels are finished in strollato, a traditional Lombard technique in which a mix of pebbles and cement is hand-applied with a trowel and then sanded, combining the material language of the cast structure with a surface that registers craft and time differently. The primary material throughout is grey reinforced concrete, used in various configurations depending on the surface and condition.

The program distributes across 3 floors. The ground floor occupies most of the available footprint and contains the reception rooms, kitchen, workshop, guest accommodation with separate access, garage, and a generous terrace that extends the living space outward and sits between inside and out. The first floor, smaller in plan, holds 3 ensuite bedrooms and a children's playroom. Its asymmetric position relative to the ground floor makes the house appear smaller from the street through perspective compression, while presenting a larger profile from the pool at the rear. The basement contains the wine cellar, sauna, and gym. A central staircase links all 3 levels and functions as the focal point of the interior sequence.