Cascina Nuova | Edoardo Milesi & Archos
Contemporanea ruralità Bergamo / Italy / 2017
"In relation to the environment, the architect has a duty to always be active. Preserving does not mean renouncing human action on the environment but implementing action that is compatible with its natural and historical characteristics", Edoardo Milesi
It's not every day that you get to deal with the renovation and recovery of a historic abandoned farmhouse in an unspoilt environment just a few steps from the city; a fascinating challenge that stimulates reflection, as topical and necessary as ever, on the future of historic architecture.
The two buildings are arranged around a central courtyard, following the typical layout of Lombard rural architecture. Complementary and indispensable to the design were the in-depth historical investigations and the stratigraphic analysis carried out in advance.
The project involved the recovery of the buildings for residential use, respecting the typological layout of the original farmhouse. In this sense, the original and authentic architectural and material elements were restored and maintained, and the elements of little architectural and documentary value added in recent times and in contrast with the original forms and layout were removed or reinterpreted in a contemporary key.
The conservative approach that characterises the project is well combined, through the identification of careful and shared solutions, with contemporary living needs. In particular, disharmonious superfetations are replaced with functional elements of contemporary architecture; in this sense, the new glass and steel solar greenhouses strategically act both as a filter between the home and the outdoors and as solar accumulators during the winter.
The prevailing materials are exposed brick and wood left to its natural oxidation; iron, glass and raw cement for the parts that are explicitly added. The building is highly energy-saving thanks to integrated solar greenhouses and a geothermal system.
The landscaping of the almost 5,000 square metres of parkland surrounding the farmhouse performs the important environmental function of reconnecting the renovated architecture with its still authentically agricultural surroundings. The green areas surrounding the farmhouse therefore become an element of protection and, at the same time, of domestic production; the choice of the essences takes into account the orientation, the shading of the buildings and the nearby watercourse which, although artificial, contributes to modifying the microclimate of the area.
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“In relazione all’ambiente, l’architetto ha il dovere di essere sempre attivo. Preservare non significa rinunciare a un’azione antropica sull’ambiente ma attuarne una che sia compatibile con le peculiarità naturali e storiche di quest’ultimo”, Edoardo Milesi
Non capita tutti i giorni di potersi occupare della ristrutturazione e del recupero di una storica cascina abbandonata in un ambiente incontaminato a pochi passi dalla città; una sfida affascinante e che stimola la riflessione, quanto mai attuale e necessaria, sul futuro delle architetture storiche.
I due corpi di fabbrica che la costituiscono si articolano intorno a una corte centrale, ricalcando la disposizione tipica dell’architettura rurale lombarda. Complementari e indispensabili alla progettazione sono state le approfondite indagini storiche e l’analisi stratigrafica effettuata in via preventiva.
L’intervento ha previsto il recupero all’uso residenziale degli immobili, nel rispetto dell’impianto tipologico della cascina originaria. In tal senso sono stati restaurati e mantenuti gli elementi architettonici e materici originali e autentici e rimossi o reinterpretati in chiave contemporanea gli elementi di scarso valore architettonico e documentale aggiunti in epoca recente e in contrasto con le forme e l’impianto originario.
L’approccio conservativo che caratterizza l’intervento ben si coniuga, attraverso l’individuazione di soluzioni attente e condivise, alle contemporanee necessità abitative. In particolare, le superfetazioni disarmoniche vengono sostituite con elementi funzionali dell’architettura contemporanea; in tal senso le nuove serre solari in vetro e acciaio fungono strategicamente sia da filtro tra l’abitazione e l’esterno, sia da accumulatori solari nel periodo invernale.
I materiali prevalenti sono il mattone a vista e il legno lasciato alla sua naturale ossidazione; ferro, vetro e cemento grezzo per le parti dichiaratamente aggiunte. L’edificio è ad alto risparmio energetico ottenuto mediante serre solari integrate e l’impianto geotermico.
Il progetto del verde dei quasi cinquemila mq di parco che circondano la cascina, assolve all’importante funzione ambientale di ricucitura tra l’architettura rinnovata e l’intorno ancora autenticamente agricolo. Il verde di pertinenza diviene pertanto elemento di protezione e, al contempo, di produzione domestica; la scelta delle essenze tiene conto degli orientamenti, degli ombreggiamenti dei fabbricati e del vicino corso d’acqua che, anche se artificiale, concorre a modificare il microclima dell’intorno.
"In relation to the environment, the architect has a duty to always be active. Preserving does not mean renouncing human action on the environment but implementing action that is compatible with its natural and historical characteristics", Edoardo Milesi It's not every day that you get to deal with the renovation and recovery of a historic abandoned farmhouse in an unspoilt environment just a few steps from the city; a fascinating challenge that stimulates reflection, as topical and...
- Year 2017
- Work started in 2015
- Work finished in 2017
- Status Completed works
- Type Single-family residence / Country houses/cottages / Interior Design / Custom Furniture / Lofts/Penthouses / Recovery/Restoration of Historic Buildings / Restoration of façades / Structural Consolidation / Refurbishment of apartments / Building Recovery and Renewal
- Websitehttps://www.domusweb.it/it/architettura/gallery/2020/09/12/legno-contemporaneo-e-mattoni-antichi-dialogano-in-una-cascina-ristrutturata-da-edoardo-milesi-archos-a-bergamo.html
- Websitehttps://www.theplan.it/award-2021-renovation/cascina-nuova-between-the-original-farmhouse-and-contemporary-life-edoardo-milesi-archos
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