Two small wooden architectures built with timber salvaged after the Vaia storm of October 2018, which tore down 14 million trees: they are Le Case del Prato, two buildings designed by AMDL Circle to add six master bedrooms to the luxury Zirmerhof Hotel, Redagno di Sopra, situated in the verdant mountains of South Tyrol.
The project transformed this felled timber into an installation of art and architecture: the objects and spaces contemplate and complement one another and the Case del Prato are conceived as sculptural volumes.
The salvaged pinewood has been used for beams and to build load-bearing walls, while formwork, cladding, and internal walls and floors were realized with the salvaged larchwood; from a formal perspective, the curved lines of the roofs recall the form of traditional barns, clad with larchwood shingles.
The scenographic interiors are made possible by Produzione Privata, the company founded by Michele De Lucchi to design and produce experimental objects while supporting local artisans: in particular, to recall the antique furniture of the farmstead, many of the interior pieces in the Casa del Prato have been realized in walnut and are characterized by certain elements typical of local decor.
Le Case del Prato project transforms destruction into architecture, a massage of hope against climate change.
