PepsiCo. Chief Design Officer Buys Custom Home in Tuckahoe

Mauro Porcini, the first-ever chief design officer at PepsiCo., purchased a new custom home in June from builder Mazi Holdings, and after several months of construction and finishing touches, the results are in.

Porcini, the 2022 laureate of The American Prize for Design, worked closely with Mazi Holdings to create the property of his dreams, reports Douglas Elliman Real Estate.

At 233 North Magee Street in Tuckahoe, the house is 6,500 square feet and is accompanied by a “Barbie pink” tennis court and a pool.

“Our Southampton house is a personal sanctuary, where we enjoy precious time with our family, our close friends and our dogs,” Porcini said. “We love to cook and entertain. The heart of the house is the huge open space seamlessly connecting living room, dining room and kitchen, with its giant island designed to inspire conversations blended with good food and wine.”

The space projects outside, he said, first to the patio, with an oversized table, a grill and a pizza oven, and all the way to the pool area, with two fireplaces and an outdoor bed.

“Every detail is designed to enhance and celebrate the rituality of people connecting with people,” he said.

Porcini describes the house as modern, but infused with warmth, from the furniture to decoration and from the materials to color selections.

“The 9x9 feet pink, translucent chandelier, custom designed by the artist Jacopo Foggini in Italy, is the visual catalyst of the living area, overlooking a huge, 19-foot-high library, a dream that I had since I was a child,” he said. “We adore books, we love to read them, we love the smell of their paper, and we love to look at them, in their multiple colors and patterns.”

The unique tennis court is surrounded by light wood and trees. “There to remind us every day of three pillars of our lifestyle: the fun of sport, the energy of every unexpected design choice, and finally the connections and conversations that sport and design always enable,” he said.

Douglas Elliman agent Priscilla Holloway represented both sides of the deal. The purchase price was $4.69 million.