The renovation for hospitality purposes of a portion of a farmhouse in the larger rural complex of Palazzo Valgorrera interprets the client’s vision of a welcoming and innovative country house with a delicate and, at the same time, straight insertion.

Alongside the renovation of the existing residential portion, the typical Piedmontese travà of seven bays is colonized by the insertion of two new structurally independent boxes that float in a hybrid space, verandahed by a polycarbonate skin that acts as a filter on the internal courtyard.

The large original free space has always served as a storage area for “work devices” in the fields, such as silos, tractors, tanks... The project retains the same vocation for transience and non-interference with the external structure through the insertion of “devices for living” built completely dry, in wood, therefore easily removable in the future, finished with natural lime plaster which binds them to the earth and the surrounding architecture.

The space is organized on two levels: on the ground floor kitchen and services, on the first floor, connected with two sculptural iron spirals, the new rooms with attached bathroom. A technical room and fireplace further punctuates the large, warm space dedicated to living and meeting, in direct contact with the two external fronts.

The existing casing was restored to the essentials, enhancing the exposed brick and the existing roofing, simply reworked to maintain the charm of the wood worn over the years and the continuity with the part of the sleeve that has not yet been restored.