In this project I had to deal with a pre-existence (a portion of the building dates back to the early '900), used as a stable and warehouse on the ground floor; barn and storage on the first floor. Generations of the past have built this building with many sacrifices, then using it as a place of work for the sustenance of their family: it seemed to me necessary to take this into account, keeping as much as possible both from the point of view of materials and form, trying to achieve a recovery intervention.

I believe that the historical moment we are experiencing needs to revive buildings like this, to renew their history, to give back "life" to the materials of the past. On the external façades the plaster was kept while inside it was removed from the walls, bringing back to light the original stone. With regard to the roof, both the supporting structure and the chestnut wood paneling and the covering layer in rusty corrugated sheet have been maintained through a recovery and restoration operation. All the openings have been respected by inserting wooden frames. The floor was made of concrete without any covering in order to re-propose the typical floors of the houses of the past.

As for the lighting system, the same was done simply using simple cables to which the lights switches were connected. On the ground floor, in the portion of a building used as a stable, a tavern was built while the warehouse was transformed into a studio. On the first floor, in the original hayloft, a kitchen and living room have been created, while the room and the bathroom have been made into the storage room.

Also in this case, as in other projects, I gave ample space to the artisans that I consider fundamental for the growth and development of traditions. I have therefore designed a large part of the furnishings, then made to measure: both the kitchen block and the fireplace were made of painted iron; the kitchen block has been completed with carpentry works (drawers and doors); also the bolts of the entrance doors have been commissioned to a skilled and expert locksmith. I define this project as a recovery project because part of the furnishings (chairs, armchairs, wardrobes, chandeliers, etc.) have been "saved" from destruction, restored and used. With this project I wanted to show that it is still possible to protect buildings that are our history.