Albano Rural Smallholding
The project entails the comprehensive redevelopment of a charming, pre-existing rural building set in a landscape of extraordinary natural beauty. It goes beyond the architectural structure itself, extending its scope to the surrounding land by simultaneously converting the slope in front of the property into a productive vineyard.
- Rural revitalization project within the Valli d'Argon PLIS (Local Park of Supra-municipal Interest)
- A coherent dialogue between modern languages and traditional vernacular identity.
- Agricultural conversion of the slope facing the site, involving the planting of a grape variety.
The property occupies a strategic, protected location within the Valli d’Argon P.L.I.S. (Local Park of Supra-municipal Interest)—a captivating hilly landscape defined by wooded and agricultural slopes with minimal human intervention, dotted only by ancient farmhouses and small barns of distinctively vernacular character.
The project establishes a profound, ongoing dialogue between the client's functional requirements and the imperative to preserve the site's natural features and its significant historical and landscape value.
The design choices discreetly introduce elements of a distinctly modern, minimalist aesthetic into a structural and material framework that fully retains its strong traditional identity.
Thus, the project represents not a break with the past, but a sophisticated evolution of the historic structure—one that safeguards local agricultural heritage while projecting it into the future.
