TRULLO FANTESE

Typology
Residential

Place
Cisternino-Italy

Year
2012

The project considered a portion of a larger agricultural complex “Masseria Fantese” consisting of several dry-stone buildings, partly with conical roofing “Trulli” and partly with sloping pitched roofing “Pignon”. Originally these buildings were used for the storage of agricultural products, some of them, the “Pignons” were real silos that could be filled completely from an opening at the top of the roof. For these reasons of functional nature, the internal dimensions of these “Trulli” are larger than the typical ones, so it was possible to realize inside them “Open space” rooms characterizing the most modern housing with the added charm of these characteristic historical buildings. The meticulous restoration of the shell and its constituent parts, together with the attention to detail make this example of trulli unique.