Architecture and nature coexist in this biophilic redesign of an Italian farmhouse

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Location

Parma, Province of Parma, Italy

Design, Architecture

Carlo Ratti Associati

Creative Lead

Italo Rota Building Office

Facade and MEP Engineering

AI Studio

Structural Engineering

AI Studio (with Luca Giacosa), Corrado Curti

Agronomy Consultants

Flavio Pollano and Paolo Battistel (Ceres SRL))

Authority Approval, Accouting, Health & Safety Lead

Aldo Trombi

Planning and Works Supervisor

AU Studio

Carlo Ratti Associati reworked a traditional home around a 10-m-tall, 60-year-old ficus tree to show the potential of biophilic design in the domestic space.

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