A structure of curves, wood and crystal in the Langhe region
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The Terra da vino winery, from a project by Piedmontese architect Gianni Arnaudo, is an example of avant-garde structure, combining functional architecture with the beauty of lines and shapes.
texts by Marcello Cardillo
A modern, imposing project evoking the outline of the Langhe hills and in keeping with the surrounding landscape. This is how the new Terra da vino winery at Barolo (Cuneo) was conceived by the famous Piedmontese architect Gianni Arnaudo. The project is based on a reinterpreted cultural vision, which blends distinguishing marks, materials and colors of one of the most beautiful wine territories in the world. Arnaudo, a representative of the radical school of Architecture, promoted by Studio 65 in the Seventies, is now a professor of Environmental Technology at the Turin Politecnico. For the winery at Barolo, he has designed one of the most interesting and innovative structure in Italy. In the new Terra da vino winery, walls are decorated with maize-colored stripes, while the color of the roofing reminds of copper sulphate, generally used in vineyards. The curved wood of the basic structure clearly recalls materials and techniques related to barrels’ production. The building in the foreground, where offices and the winery are housed, shows the “genetic” characteristics of rural architecture: the curved tile-roof, the particular reddish color of the walls, the balconies, together with some almost forgotten and rediscovered elements. For example, the wooden maize-drying rack, once present in every farmhouse in autumn, is here proposed in a modern technological version, creating airy, ventilated walls and particular chromatic effects.
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