Masseria Dagilupi

The project aims to redevelop and transform an old farmhouse in a state of disrepair, located between the town of Ostuni and the coast, in a significant environmental context characterised by a centuries-old olive grove, into an accommodation facility.
The rural structure is developed on three superimposed levels, ascribable to the 'compact farm' typology, flanked by a courtyard circumscribed by high dry-stone walls: it is composed of a two-storey masonry building consisting of vaulted rooms made of irregular stone blocks; on the lower level there is an ancient underground oil mill of the 'articulated type', entirely dug into the geological bench of calcarenitic nature.
The intervention strategy envisages the re-functionalisation of the masseria complex through punctual and diffuse interventions pertaining to restoration and conservation using a contemporary language, without disrupting the original layout and keeping the identity character intact.
Particular attention has been paid to the treatment of surfaces which, while integrating the different materials that make up the building's body, guaranteeing an overall view, allow the different textures of materials and construction techniques that have followed one another over time to be read and recognised, preserving traces and enhancing the building's evolutionary reading and the historical stratification of interventions.
The building contains three independent residential units, each with its own small courtyard, guaranteeing a relationship between indoor and outdoor spaces, reinterpreting the typical characteristics of Mediterranean dwellings.
By recovering the existing historic courtyard, the common reception, living and service areas on the ground floor are also in close dialogue with the surrounding landscape.