In the countryside between Parma and Reggio Emilia there are several ancient farms, now abandoned or in ruins. All of them have the same features, so that it is possible to recognize a building type: a compact block on three levels hosting the farmer?s residence, completed by a stretched volume hosting the cattle at the ground floor and the hay at the first floor. The cattleshed has three naves divided by brick columns supporting a vaulted brick ceiling, the barn consists in a big hall opened to the South, with pillars supporting oak trusses and a brick roof; both they are screened from the sun by a deep and high portico with brick paving.

© Marco Zanta

Architects: Studiomas architetti
Location: Reggio Emilia, Province of Reggio Emilia, Italy

Area: 720.0 m2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Marco Zanta

Collaborators: Elena Gomiero, Enrico Polato, Devis Durello, Simone Siino

Structural Engineering: Studio di ingegneria RS srl

Mechanical Engineering: Studio Cassutti sas

© Marco Zanta

From the architect. In the countryside between Parma and Reggio Emilia there are several ancient farms, now abandoned or in ruins. All of them have the same features, so that it is possible to recognize a building type: a compact block on three levels hosting the farmer?s residence, completed ...