A Luxury Refuge Nestled among Vineyards

By Editorial Staff - 4 April 2022
Starpool has participated in the project

Designed by GaS Studio with Parisotto + Formenton Architetti, the Casa di Langa luxury resort borrows evocative shades of earth, ocher, rust, dark brown and bordeaux from the vine-growing landscape around Alta Langa, home to Barolo wines. In more than 40 ha of rolling hillside covered in woodland and vineyards, the Cuneo province boutique hotel offers 39 rooms and suites, a restaurant, wine bar, cocktail bar and wellness spaces that feature a spa, gym and outdoor pool, plus a villa for holding private events. The design combines Piedmont tradition with sustainability to create a veritable hideaway for an exclusive stay in an exceptional Unesco-protected natural and cultural habitat. Respect for the local area pervades every aspect of the design approach, from landscape to architecture and interior design.

Resort Casa di Langa- © Alberto Strada, courtesy GaS e Parisotto + Formenton Il progetto degli interni è caratterizzato da una palette cromatica di tonalità scure e morbide, che porta dentro agli spazi di Casa di Langa i colori del paesaggio vitivinicolo in cui è immerso il resort.

This esthetic, functional and environmental redevelopment has radically transformed an early 2000s structure that was only partially completed, rationalizing its original access routes, views and volumes. The new resort is arranged into three main wings laid out in a horseshoe shape around a central courtyard, sporting a sequence of large, richly-planted terraces that follow the line of the slight downhill slope. The interiors were designed to offer guests comfort, R&R and contact with nature, benefiting from panoramic views and generous outdoor areas: all rooms have a spacious loggia, while the Fàula restaurant, helmed by chef Daniel Zeilinga, features a large outdoor dining terrace. Clad in warm oak, the hotel’s rooms and public areas are furnished in Nordic and Italian styles, with locally-crafted pieces and contemporary artwork.Inspired by nature and vernacular architecture, the design presents a rich palette of colors and materials, combining infinite chromatic shades of autumn foliage with surfaces characterized by rough-finished textures.

Resort Casa di Langa- © Alberto Strada, courtesy GaS e Parisotto + Formenton Casa di Langa offre agli ospiti diversi spazi dedicati al benessere: la spa ecologica Lelòse, la palestra e la piscina esterna riscaldata, che si affaccia sul panorama delle Alpi e del castello di Serralunga.

Protected by brick filters and pitched roofs faced with brick tiles, the building’s façades, porticoes and external balconies reproduce the stylistic imprint of local rural buildings. While pursuing a sustainable, circular economy approach, the interiors engage with the local area’s warm colors and natural materials, including ancient local Luserna stone and raw-earth plaster. All timber is from forests certified by the Forest Stewardship Council, which promotes worldwide responsible forest management. The complex uses renewable energy sources: a geothermal and photovoltaic system provides heating and cooling; water consumed at the resort is recycled to irrigate the estate, along with water reprocessed via a special recovery system. The lighting design by PSLab enhances the architectural volume, creating a light gradient from inside to outside, using limited-energy consumption lighting fixtures and LED bulbs.

Resort Casa di Langa- © Eunice Brovida, courtesy Casa di Langa

Resort Casa di Langa- © Alberto Strada, courtesy GaS e Parisotto + Formenton | Conceived as a traditional country estate, the property features Nordic and Italian furnishings, pieces by local artisans and contemporary artworks.

Resort Casa di Langa- © Alberto Strada, courtesy GaS e Parisotto + Formenton | Designed by Parisotto + Formenton Architetti, Flos Bespoke created the Landfall architectural lighting system used in the common areas and bedrooms.

Resort Casa di Langa- © Alberto Strada, courtesy GaS e Parisotto + Formenton | The entire project is closely linked with the local Alta Langa region, as may be seen at all scales of the design, from landscaping to architecture and interiors.

Resort Casa di Langa- © Alberto Strada, courtesy GaS e Parisotto + Formenton | Casa di Langa’s interior design is characterized by a color palette of soft, dark tones, reflecting the local landscape of vineyards around the resort.

Resort Casa di Langa- © Alberto Strada, courtesy GaS e Parisotto + Formenton | With elements such as porticoes, external balconies protected by textured bricks, and brick tile roofing, the Casa di Langa resort’s façades recall local vernacular architecture.

Resort Casa di Langa- © Alberto Strada, courtesy GaS e Parisotto + Formenton | Located in a rural setting far from built-up areas, the hotel’s spaces were designed to create a peaceful and relaxing atmosphere, in harmony with the surrounding nature.

Resort Casa di Langa- © Alberto Strada, courtesy GaS e Parisotto + Formenton | Casa di Langa offers guests a variety of spaces dedicated to wellness: the Lelòse ecological spa, a gym, and an outdoor heated swimming pool which overlooks the Alpine panorama and Serralunga Castle.

Resort Casa di Langa- © Alberto Strada, courtesy GaS e Parisotto + Formenton | Casa di Langa’s wellness area features the GlamourSaunaPro Finnish sauna from Starpool’s Glamour Collection. Timbered in natural Val di Fiemme firwood, the sauna combines a sophisticated design by Cristiano Mino with the latest hi-tech features.

Resort Casa di Langa- © Alberto Strada, courtesy GaS e Parisotto + Formenton | Secco Sistemi contributed its OS2 75 system to the project, a thermal break iron window in painted galvanized steel, internally clad in wood.

Location: Cerreto Langhe, Cuneo, Italy
Client: Krause Group
Completion: 2021
Gross Floor Area: 3,500 m²
Architect and Interior Designer: GaS Studio with Parisotto + Formenton Architetti
Project Management: Arcadis
Main Contractor: Malabaila & Arduino

Consultants
Structures: Euclide
Services Engineering: B.R.E. Engineering
Lighting: PSLab
Landscape: Land

Unless otherwise indicated, photography by Alberto Strada, courtesy of GaS Studio and Parisotto + Formenton Architetti

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