Approaching the Ceresé winery, at first only the reddish line of the roof is perceived, with a double curvature, sus- pended over the vineyards by slender corten steel columns. Below it, the space of the open square extends, so close to the rows of vines and the surrounding woods that you can almost touch them with your hand.

​Each house is a story where it’s beautiful to enter, to observe, to listen, to assimilate. It is here where the architect, with his direction, can intervene to create a new scene! The lake house is a ’70s cottage that has always been used as a holiday home.

Studio Andrew Trotter transforms 19th-century school into family home in Puglia.

The original three-story house was built in 1978. It had a gabled roof, a semi-subterraneous basement, a first floor and a second floor. In 2020, the family decided to renovate and expand to create space for three apartment units.

A home built on the border between Italy and Switzerland, but also on the philosophical border dividing those who believe nothing should change and those who are willing to experiment with solutions aimed at facing the current climate crisis.