Animal welfare

  • Freedom of movement
  • Physical health
  • Environmental comfort
  • Climate protection
  • Safety
  • Social life and natural behaviour

Environmental sustainability

  • Natural or recycled materials
  • Responsible land management and sustainable water management
  • Socializing and rewarding interactions
  • Responsible land management and sustainable water management

Architecture and landscape

  • Respect for the rural scale
  • Enhancing the Piacenza hills
  • Preserving vegetation
  • Minimal land consumption

Modularity and scalability

  • The project must be able to grow in successive phases

Functionality

  • Ease of management, maintenance and organization of spaces

Accessibility and social value

  • Educational activities
  • Initiatives open to the community
Il Rifugio — design principles

Work with nature, not against it.