L&L Luce&Light / Residential
L&L Luce&Light / Residential
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Corte Bertesina is an organic farm, located a few
kilometres outside Vicenza, that has been the
subject of a redevelopment project to achieve all-
round sustainability. The project is the work of the
traverso-vighy architetti architectural practice,
which has restored and transformed the original
structure of this typical nineteenth-century Venetian
farm courtyard.
The development of a social farming project,
which started in 2010 to offer job opportunities to
young people with Down syndrome, has led to the
complex restoration of the Corte. It has culminated
in the creation of entirely new spaces, intended
for production, sales, teaching and agritourism
activities, that sit alongside the owners’ private
quarters.
The traverso-vighy architetti architectural practice
was responsible for the lighting planning, setting
itself the objectives of energy conservation, light-
pollution control and the occupants’ wellbeing.
Neva 2.0 linear profiles, bracket mounted on the
structural beams, light the shingles on the roof with
a wash that creates a unique decorative effect. Neva
1.1 lighting fixtures are installed indoors, in the
private quarters, to draw attention to the modular
panelling, and, in the study, completely recessed in
the niches to light up their depths.
The lighting in the external areas has been designed
to interfere as little as possible with the night-time
darkness of a farming environment: Beam 2.0
fixtures pick out the driveway entrance, while Trevi
fixtures are integrated into the pool of water in the
courtyard to pick out the long wall of local stone.
CORTE BERTESINA
Vicenza, Italy
PROJECT & LIGHT PLANNING
traverso-vighy architetti
All photos by Alessandra Chemollo
BEAM 2.0
Power: 2W
Optics: radial / Single beam
Colour temperature: 3000K
Finish: stainless steel
