{"id":431758,"date":"2025-11-07T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/?p=431758"},"modified":"2025-11-13T09:44:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T14:44:39","slug":"dino-gavina-la-casa-nella-casa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/dino-gavina-la-casa-nella-casa\/","title":{"rendered":"Dino Gavina\u2019s Forward-Thinking \u2018House within the House\u2019 Personal Refuge"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"633\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/LaCasaNellaCasa-950x633.jpg\" alt=\"Dino Gavina designed &quot;La Casa Nella Casa,\u201d a cube-like structure for his home in Bologna, Italy, in the late 1970s.\" class=\"wp-image-432132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/LaCasaNellaCasa-950x633.jpg 950w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/LaCasaNellaCasa-525x350.jpg 525w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/LaCasaNellaCasa-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/LaCasaNellaCasa-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/LaCasaNellaCasa.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/dino-gavina\/furniture\/\">Dino Gavina<\/a> designed the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/building-garden\/architectural-elements\/la-casa-nella-casa-reproduction-dino-gavinas-house-within-house\/id-f_46537832\/\"><em>la casa nella casa<\/em><\/a>,\u201d a cube-like structure for his home in Bologna, Italy, in the late 1970s.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A description of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/dino-gavina\/furniture\/\">Dino Gavina<\/a>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/building-garden\/architectural-elements\/la-casa-nella-casa-reproduction-dino-gavinas-house-within-house\/id-f_46537832\/\"><em>la<\/em> <em>casa nella casa<\/em><\/a>, or \u201chouse within the house,\u201d might list its materials as lacquered wood and carpet and give its dimensions as 89.7 inches wide by 116 inches high by 82.6 inches deep. And indeed, the structure is as simple as this account makes it sound: a bifurcated cube-like space containing a bed on one side and a desk and closet on the other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Explaining the genesis of the <em>la casa nella casa<\/em>, which he created for his own home in the late 1970s, the Italian designer told <em>Domus<\/em> magazine in 1982, \u201cI slept for some time with a bed in the open room; the room was ugly with the bed there in the middle. So I thought of making a cube for clothes and things, so I could use the rest of the room for other things.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Three years ago, Gherardo Tonelli was inspired to re-create Gavina&#8217;s forward-thinking design on the centenary of the designer&#8217;s birth. Tonelli is the owner of the company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/dealers\/paradisoterrestre\/\">Paradisoterrestre<\/a>, which Gavina founded in 1983 and which Tonelli relaunched in 2017, a decade after Gavina&#8217;s death.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"713\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/MDW2022_Paradisoterrestre_ADI_7_master-950x713.jpg\" alt=\"Paradioterrestre presented a recreation of La Casa Nella Casa at ADI Design Museum Compasso d\u2019Oro during Milano Design Week in 2022, on the centenary of Gavina's birth.\" class=\"wp-image-432136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/MDW2022_Paradisoterrestre_ADI_7_master-950x713.jpg 950w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/MDW2022_Paradisoterrestre_ADI_7_master-467x350.jpg 467w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/MDW2022_Paradisoterrestre_ADI_7_master-120x90.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/MDW2022_Paradisoterrestre_ADI_7_master-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/MDW2022_Paradisoterrestre_ADI_7_master-1244x933.jpg 1244w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/MDW2022_Paradisoterrestre_ADI_7_master.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/dealers\/paradisoterrestre\/\">Paradisoterrestre<\/a> presented a re-creation of <em>la casa nella casa<\/em> at ADI Design Museum Compasso d\u2019Oro during Milan Design Week in 2022, on the centenary of Gavina&#8217;s birth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe idea came from my frequent visits to Gavina&#8217;s historic house in the heart of Bologna,\u201d says Tonelli, who grew up in that city. \u201cI have always been fascinated by this unusual presence \u2014 this cube in the center of the room. As Gavina\u2019s centenary approached, I began to think about something that could represent him in a new and lesser-known way, as <em>la casa nella casa<\/em> was only featured in <em>Domus<\/em> issue number 631, September 1982,\u201d Tonelli says. \u201cThanks to the collaboration with his daughter, Ilka Alessandra Gavina, we could make a one-to-one reproduction of <em>la casa nella casa<\/em> that we first presented to the large audience at ADI Design Museum Compasso d\u2019Oro during Milan Design Week in 2022.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"713\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/MDW2022_Paradisoterrestre_ADI_29_master-950x713.jpg\" alt=\"interior of La Casa Nella Casa\" class=\"wp-image-432139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/MDW2022_Paradisoterrestre_ADI_29_master-950x713.jpg 950w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/MDW2022_Paradisoterrestre_ADI_29_master-467x350.jpg 467w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/MDW2022_Paradisoterrestre_ADI_29_master-120x90.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/MDW2022_Paradisoterrestre_ADI_29_master-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/MDW2022_Paradisoterrestre_ADI_29_master-1244x933.jpg 1244w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/MDW2022_Paradisoterrestre_ADI_29_master.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The interior of <em>la casa nella casa<\/em> includes a bed, a desk and a closet space.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gavina was a rare breed of entrepreneur who made an indelible mark on Italian design, inspiring those he worked with to come up with truly new ideas and objects for modern living. Gavina started out making theatrical sets, switching to a career in design after meeting the artist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/lucio-fontana\/\">Lucio Fontana<\/a> and an influential circle of equally forward-thinking creatives, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/carlo-scarpa\/\">Carlo Scarpa<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/achille-and-pier-giacomo-castiglioni\/furniture\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/cini-boeri\/\">Cini Boeri<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/vico-magistretti\/\">Vico Magistretti<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gavina would draw on these acquaintances as the talent pool for the companies he founded in the 1960s, including the iconic lighting brand <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/dealers\/flos\/\">Flos<\/a>; his eponymous furniture firm, Gavina Spa, which was acquired by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/knoll\/\">Knoll<\/a> in 1968; and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/studio-simon\/\">Studio Simon<\/a>, which in 1983 established the sub-brand Paradisoterrestre to produce outdoor furniture designed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/kazuhide-takahama\/\">Kazuhide Takahama<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/dominioni\/\">Luigi Caccia Dominioni<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gavina&#8217;s influence on the brand&#8217;s approach is profound,\u201d Tonelli says, referring to the relaunched Paradisoterrestre, \u201cstarting with the constant dialogue between art and design, one of his many pioneering ideas. It was fundamental and natural for me to bring these two worlds together. Beyond re-editions of historical projects by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/roberto-matta\/\">Roberto Matta<\/a> and Kazuhide Takahama, I also personally revive Gavina\u2019s relationships, establishing new collaborations with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/tobia-scarpa\/\">Tobia Scarpa<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/allen-jones\/\">Allen Jones<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"713\" height=\"950\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Domus_1982_master-713x950.jpg\" alt=\"La Casa Nella Casa appeared in the September 1982 issue of Domus magazine.\" class=\"wp-image-432135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Domus_1982_master-713x950.jpg 713w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Domus_1982_master-263x350.jpg 263w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Domus_1982_master-90x120.jpg 90w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Domus_1982_master-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Domus_1982_master-700x933.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Domus_1982_master.jpg 1125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 713px) 100vw, 713px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>La casa nella casa<\/em> appeared in the September 1982 issue of <em>Domus <\/em>magazine.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gavina is largely known through his championing of other designers, but <em>la casa nella casa<\/em> has a great deal to tell us about its designer. \u201cEclectic, subversive, whimsical, histrionic \u2014<em> la casa nella casa<\/em> was Dino Gavina\u2019s personal refuge, his escape within his own home, where he used to read, think and isolate himself,\u201d Tonelli says, adding that the structure \u201cled [Gavina] to develop unconventional ideas without having to justify himself and his imaginative approach to life and work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"interstitial-banner interstitial-banner-collection interstitial-container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"interstitial-content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"interstitial-background-image\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/f_34162492_1683380828294_bg_processed-1000x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-interstitial size-interstitial\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container interstitial-text\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"interstitial-link-around-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/dealers\/paradisoterrestre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"interstitial-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tShop Paradisoterrestre on 1stDibs\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"interstitial-subheading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"gold-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/dealers\/paradisoterrestre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>View All<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A description of Dino Gavina\u2019s la casa nella casa, or \u201chouse within the house,\u201d might list its materials as lacquered wood and carpet and give its dimensions as 89.7 inches wide by 116 inches high by 82.6 inches deep. 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