Casa Sgarbina in concrete and wood among the vineyards of Oltrepò Pavese

A reinforced concrete base with modular openings that proclaims the rigor and solidity of the winemaking activity; the upper volume dedicated to the residence instead breaks every relationship with the tradition of Lombard farmhouses in brick. This is Casa Sgarbina, born from the vision of a young wine enthusiast who wants to invest in his passion

A territory of farms and agricultural activities

In Montebello della Battaglia, a small municipality in the Province of Pavia, in the Oltrepò Pavese, farms are numerous and also very different from each other depending on the location and crops grown, but still of significant historical and environmental interest. In the locality of Sgarbina, the client chooses a hilly plot of land for their new business and residence, with a residential complex derived from the Lombard farmhouse, originally composed of two buildings for housing and a barn used for processing area

The new Regisole Estate and its connection with the past

The client of architect Marchesi, who designs Casa Sgarbina, is a young man who decides to move from the Milan hinterland to pursue his passion for winemaking by creating his own winery, "Tenuta Regisole." The Lombard farmhouses find in brick their perfect answer to the humid climate and clayey soil of the area, but Casa Sgarbina honors its connection with the past in a different way: through traditional agricultural activities and by preserving the original layout, functions, and architectural foundations of the building structure. This was not possible to recover because it was compromised structurally and of little architectural value

Exposed Reinforced Concrete and Wood for Innovation

Author of several architecture projects, architect Alessandro Marchesi designs the Casa Sgarbina as two distinctly different volumes, stacked on top of each other. Departing from the traditional materials of the Cascina Lombarda, and for the sake of speed of construction and the need to protect against the high humidity of the ground, he uses exposed reinforced concrete for the lower volume. Due to partial burial, there is no need for thermal insulation. This space houses the wine production activity. The upper volume, on the other hand, is dedicated to the residence and is built using dry construction technology with a wooden structure and solid larch cladding. The intervention is classified as a renovation with tax benefits, a 110% superbonus with total demolition and reconstruction of the residential building

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