Architect Sandro Rosolen of Italian architectural firm Graphstudio Atelier di Progettazione, choosed the porcelain surfaces by Refin for the project of the new Bauli motorway catering area. The traveller is surprised by the interior language in which surfaces with a classic taste help create an oasis of refined hospitality. 

The project has been one of the  winners in the international competition  Refin Project Contest 2020, conceived to reward the best architecture and interior design projects made with Refin tiles.

A motorway catering area, built in the mid-1960s and managed by the Bauli family, has been given a new lease of life thanks to a renovation project that extends the interiors, making them bright and relaxing. From the original plan, an extension has been added that envelops the historic building with a technological structure in glass and steel, in dialogue with the speed and modernity of the context.

The design codes favour classic shapes and airy volumes, which qualify a proposal of high standard: natural light guides the paths and dominates all the rooms enhanced by surfaces inspired by important natural marbles. The Prestigio collection thus accompanies the style of the interiors thanks to the technical performance of the stoneware, which made it possible to choose such a precious finish even for a high traffic situation.

The bar and restaurant with the large central winter garden are characterised by the chequered floor in which white and grey of Calacatta and Impero variants alternate, with a scenographic impact that conveys the sensation of extending the spaces even further. The elegant atmosphere continues in the double-height space that connects the basement flanked by a vertical garden, up to the toilets completely made of Prestigio Calacatta.