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The project originated from the need to avoid adding bulky volumes to the skyline of a flat landscape. As a result, the entire production area of the winery was designed underground. Only three light elements - offices, wine shop, and a canopy - emerge above, suspended over a green roof that evokes the courtyard of a traditional rural cluster.
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Set in a flat vineyard area, the project integrates seamlessly into the landscape by avoiding visual impact. The productive core lies underground, while only three small volumes emerge on a green roof that merges with the vineyard rows. This layout recalls the rural courtyard, creating a balanced dialogue between architecture and nature.
The decision to build the winery entirely underground and to cover it with a green roof ensures significant energy savings. The thermal mass of the soil naturally regulates interior temperatures, reducing the need for active heating or cooling. In addition, the layout streamlines production flow, combining environmental sustainability with operational efficiency.
The project stands out for its seamless integration into the landscape and its functional efficiency. The entire production facility is located underground, eliminating visual impact in a flat terrain. Only three small volumes - offices, wine shop, and canopy - emerge above a planted roof that evokes the image of a rural courtyard.
The winery is shaped as a hexagon, inspired by the natural geometry of a beehive cell. This form allows for spatial optimization and structural harmony. The compact organization, coupled with the thermal properties of the soil and the green roof, ensures energy efficiency and simplifies the production cycle.
This winery is the result of a subtractive gesture - it does not add, it blends. Buried in the land, it lets only a few light elements emerge. It is a quiet piece of architecture, in dialogue with the earth and the rhythm of the vineyard, where sustainability and functionality are translated into a coherent and measured form.
Roberto Nicoletti begins in 1995 the collaboration with the Group Benetton working with the office of architect Luigi Vietti and landscape architect Sven Ingvar Anderson for the realization of the Asolo Golf Club.
Since 2000 he began to work independently, with the organization of an integrated design firm, where with the help of professionals from various disciplines, he works in the field of architectural design, civil and industrial, in landscape design and design.
Since 2009 he moved his studio in a historic building, which periodically hosts exhibitions of contemporary artists.
