Designed by Turato Architects, the Gumno house is a stunning villa located in Risika, a small village which lies in the northeastern part of the island of Krk in Croatia. In a rather small area surrounding the village, there is a large number of derelict, overgrown, and rather inaccessible gumnos. Near the old village church, at the end of a line of small family houses, surrounded by a dry stone wall, one finds a small estate and a well preserved old gumno, which has not been in use for the past 40 years. The owners asked Turato Architects to build a little summer house in that special location. It was decided that gumno, together with the circular dry stone wall, should be restored, and that the cultivated garden, driveway, orchard, and olive grove should become a kind of a contemporary park, a reanimated place where the family would meet with their guests, friends, and the locals of Risika.
The Gumno house accommodates three completely different contents, long wished for by all family members. The first is a rustic cellar, which serves as a wine and oil storage space, that doubles as a place for gatherings. The second is a spacious glazed living room intended as a communal setting for the property’s residents. Finally, the third is a large irregularly shaped pool with an indispensable view of the sea. On top of the house there are four small units with intimate terraces and a quiet sleeping area for each member of the family.
