Architecture and nature coexist in this biophilic redesign of an Italian farmhouse
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Location
Parma, Province of Parma, Italy
Design, Architecture
Creative Lead
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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