8. Architekturpreis Südtirol 2015

Location: Sasso Pisano, Castelnuovo Val di Cecina (PI) ITALY
Client: Enel Green Power spa

Project - definitive and executive project, assistance to the works construction:
arch. Daniela Moderini, arch. Giovanni Selano

site management: Enel Green Power

construction: 2011-2012

surface: sm 31.000

According to the programs of Enel Green Power, the aim of the project of restyling of the geothermal site of Sasso Pisano in Tuscany, is conjugate the protection of the natural landscape with the industrial production of renewable energy.

Elements of the project are: the rehabilitation of the power plant and the restyling of the main buildings and of the steam-tower, the development of the external area, the fences, vehicle and pedestrian ways, the pypeline; everything with particular attention towards the use of materials, colours, light design.
The touristic path runs through the natural geothermal manifestations and introduces elements useful for their observation - along the way there are various belvedere and informative structures. On the top of the path, a wooden platform is a scenic viewpoint on the geothermal power plant and on the whole valley.
An area for public events in relationship with the steam-tower completes the project.

The character and the strength of the geothermal landscape - the steam, the acidity of air and soil, the oxidized metals, the colours, the vegetation - bind the extraordinary natural landscape with the industrial site into a same reading and expression.