In the hillside village of Civitacampomarano in Southern Italy where only 386 live, Airbnb is developing a communal village project. The area has become an infamous spot where street art interventions adorn and enliven the buildings. Within one of the historic buildings, an Italian politician and illuminist Vincenzo Cuoco lived sometime between the 18th and 19th centuries, and now it’s become a new artist’s rental house to join Airbnb’s Italian Villages project. Airbnb enlisted the help of Eligo Studio to design Casa Cuoco, and artist Lorenzo Vitturi to create a site-specific photographic triptych to bring it to life.

Casa Cuoco is part of Airbnb’s Italian Villages, a collaboration with MiBACT that’s sponsored by ANCI, which offers promotion of 40 Italian villages and the redevelopment of public buildings in Sambuca di Sicilia, Civita di Bagnoregio, Lavenone, and now, Civitacampomarano. Each residence, which is provided by the municipalities themselves, is run by the mayors or associations that act as the hosts, with all of the profits being reinvested back into the community. To make this project self-sustainable, Airbnb doesn’t take their normal commission.
Eligo Studio created a monochromatic theme in shades of powder pink, gray, and blue to feel like a loft with open spaces. Embedded in each space are wooden structures that become the dining table, shelving, sofa, and wardrobe that act as the backdrop to the furnishings used through...