Madonna Della Rosa Sanctuary Extension

Madonna Della Rosa Sanctuary Extension
© Bruno Tonelli

MADONNA DELLA ROSA SANCTUARY EXTENSION

Studioartec

ARCHITECTS
Studioartec

AREA
4022.0 m2

PHOTOGRAPHS
Bruno Tonelli

CATEGORY
Worship, Refurbishment

LOCATION
Monticelli Brusati, Italy

YEAR
2008

Text description provided by architect.

The sanctuary of ‘Madonna della Rosa’ (Our Lady of the Rose), which dominates a hilltop in Monticelli Brusati, northern Italy, is the most representative building of this typical Lombardian village in Franciacorta.

Madonna Della Rosa Sanctuary Extension
© Bruno Tonelli
Madonna Della Rosa Sanctuary Extension

Around the main body of the church, built in the 14th century, the apse, a side chapel and the entrance portico have been added in the following centuries.

Contiguous to the church there is the sacristan’s home, a private house on two floors, built in the 18th century.

Madonna Della Rosa Sanctuary Extension
Madonna Della Rosa Sanctuary Extension
© Bruno Tonelli

A restoration focused on this house, that became a little centre for pilgrims and visitors.

The main building was extended with a brand new conference and meeting room, set in the rear part of the complex.

Madonna Della Rosa Sanctuary Extension
© Bruno Tonelli
Madonna Della Rosa Sanctuary Extension
© Bruno Tonelli

The new volume starts from a historical stone wall, giving new views of the Po Valley and Franciacorta itself through a glass façade protected by a wooden brise-soleil.

The roof is flat and covered with a green carpet of grass, so that the extension is virtually invisible from the upper level of the historical building.

Madonna Della Rosa Sanctuary Extension
© Bruno Tonelli
Madonna Della Rosa Sanctuary Extension
© Bruno Tonelli
Madonna Della Rosa Sanctuary Extension
© Bruno Tonelli


Madonna Della Rosa Sanctuary Extension
© Bruno Tonelli
Madonna Della Rosa Sanctuary Extension
© Bruno Tonelli


Madonna Della Rosa Sanctuary Extension
Plan
Madonna Della Rosa Sanctuary Extension
Plan


Madonna Della Rosa Sanctuary Extension
Elevation
Madonna Della Rosa Sanctuary Extension
© Bruno Tonelli