Palazzo MC by Corsaro Architetti
In the heart of the Itria Valley, shrouded in the intense light of Apulia, the Palazzo MC project comes to life, the winter residence of a Dutch couple who have chosen Italy as their beloved home. A housing regeneration project that transforms a building with a long and narrow floor plan into an airy, green, living space. A residence designed to experience the landscape not only outside, but inside the domestic space, which puts green at the center of the living experience, in a constant dialogue between nature, light, matter and well-being.
Palazzo MC Transforms An Apartment Into Functional Indoor Jungle
In the heart of the Itria Valley, shrouded in the intense light of Apulia, the Palazzo MC project comes to life, the winter residence of a Dutch couple who have chosen Italy as their beloved home. A housing regeneration project that transforms a building with a long and narrow floor plan into an airy, green, living space. A residence designed to experience the landscape not only outside, but inside the domestic space, which puts green at the center of the living experience, in a constant dialogue between nature, light, matter and well-being.
Revamped Layout Improves Natural Lighting And Air Exchange
The original layout limited natural lighting and air exchange, compromising living comfort and leading, over the years, to the abandonment of the property. The energy recovery and redevelopment project thus became an opportunity to experiment with a new way of living, in which the landscape becomes an everyday, immersive and multisensory experience. Greencure landscaping designed a radical and visionary landscape intervention, transforming the central volume of the building into a double-height vertical garden, capable of regulating microclimate, air quality and natural light.
Patio Serves As Heart Of House, Functioning As Wind Tower
The patio, the real beating heart of the house, acts like a wind tower: in summer it promotes natural ventilation, in winter it functions as a solar greenhouse that captures and distributes heat.
Indoor Space Consists Of Carefully Selected Plants and Fountain
The space is designed as a poetic and functional indoor jungle, where carefully selected tree, shrub and herbaceous plants coexist to withstand and thrive in an indoor environment. Species include Monstera deliciosa, Musa paradisiaca, Arecastrum romanzoffianum, Philodendron, Ficus repens, Vinca minor, and Tillandsia, which together draw a living, iridescent ecosystem that climbs the walls and accompanies the suspended staircase as if in a space-time spiral toward the light. A small fountain with aquatic plants further enriches the sensory experience of living, giving natural sounds and movements to the domestic space.
Greencure Landscaping Incorporates Sustainable Indoor Green Ecosystem
A complex intervention that required advanced technical solutions and constant synergy among the teams involved. In collaboration with Corsaro Architetti, Greencure landscaping brought its vision and scientific expertise to shape a sustainable, manageable and extraordinarily livable indoor project.
“From a technical point of view, we employed state-of-the-art technological systems for water resource management: a certified drainage system (Harpo Verde Pensile) and a mineral substrate with zeolite guarantee sustainability, water saving and maximum efficiency in indoor green management. This is how we achieved the result we set out to achieve, namely a self-sufficient, innovative and sustainable indoor green ecosystem that combines beauty, ingenuity and respect for the environment.” Marilena Baggio, Founder of Greencure landscaping.
Palazzo MC Proves How Greenery Can Improve Quality Of Life
Despite the logistical and design challenges, the result is an intervention consistent with the firm’s vision: to design landscapes that improve the quality of life, that adapt, that breathe.
Palazzo MC is now a concrete example of how greenery can become architecture, memory, comfort, and vision.
Photography by Giuseppe Manzi
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