Casa di langa - Agape Bathrooms

hospitality. Italy’s Langhe is a hilly farming region in the northwest province of Piedmont known for the production of cheese, wine, and, most famously, white truffles. In recent years, it has become an important pilgrimage point for gourmands and foodies from across the globe, which is why hospitality ventures to host these pleasure-seeking travelers have begun popping up. For instance, Casa di Langa, a luxury boutique hotel that sits on more than forty hectares of vineyards and forested hillsides. Set on the site of a former farm, Milan-based Parisotto + Formenton Architetti transformed the vast estate into a welcoming retreat inspired by the region’s traditional architecture.

“The common thread of the entire intervention is respect for the territory”, state the architects, who chose materials that reflect the natural colors of the earth, the trees and the shades of the foliage before and after the harvest. “Everything refers to nature and vernacular architecture: the materials, the rough and imperfect tactility of the surfaces, the changing greenery in which the accommodation complex is immersed, and finally, the large central courtyard that frames the panorama, created in close dialogue with the surrounding landscape”.

While the buildings’ exteriors were designed to blend into the landscape, the interiors were designed to elicit a sense of calm and tranquility using natural materials like stone, oak wood and plaster in shades of grey and beige. The designers dressed the bedrooms with rich layers of textiles, contemporary art and collections of ceramics, which give the spaces a homey, lived-in feel. However, in the bathrooms, they channeled the feeling of a modern spa, with textured grey stone walls and floors, gold-toned wood and Agape’s and Immersion tub, whose rounded forms provide visual relief to the bathroom’s otherwise strict straight lines.

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