Fienile SD
The Alpine landscape of Comelico is characterized by a balance between natural components and the result of a long anthropic action that has shaped the territory over time. Within this context is the project for the restoration of a disused rural building located on the edge of the village of Casamazzagno.
Agricultural settlements, distributed along the slopes and on terraces most suitable for cultivation, form a widespread system of structures that reflects a consolidated relationship between productive activities, the morphology of the land, and the organization of the landscape. The building involved in the intervention belongs to the typology of haylofts, traditional structures used for housing animals and storing hay, characterized by the combined use of stone in the base and wood in the upper levels.
The building is organized on several levels: a stone masonry base, originally used as a stable and agricultural storage, and an upper volume with a timber structure clad with wooden boards, used as a hay storage space. Over time, the building underwent some modifications and the addition of small accessory volumes that partially altered its original configuration.
The restoration project is based on a conservative approach aimed at restoring the original volume and construction characteristics of the building. Later additions are removed to re-establish the original configuration, while the existing wooden and masonry structures are recovered and consolidated.
The intervention introduces new functions compatible with the existing structure. On the ground floor, a living area with a living room and kitchen is organized, alongside a bathroom with an anteroom, while the lower level retains its function as a rustic annex and storage space. The upper spaces preserve the spatial logic of the hayloft, maintaining the visibility of the original wooden structure and its relationship with the external balcony walkway.
Structural upgrading and improvements to energy performance are achieved through the insertion of a new internal load-bearing structure and an insulation system placed on the inner side of the perimeter walls. This solution allows intervention on the building system without modifying the external envelope and without altering the perception of the building within the landscape context.
Existing openings are maintained and integrated by working with the rhythm of the wooden boarding on the façades: some portions become operable to ensure ventilation and natural lighting, while the glazed surfaces are set back from the external plane and remain imperceptible when the shutters are closed.
The intervention therefore preserves the building’s shape, materials, and overall image, restoring the legibility of the original hayloft structure and preserving its presence within the rural landscape of Comelico.
