SPACE February 2026 (No. 699)
interview Edoardo Giancola, Federico Zarattini Co-Principals, Zarcola Architetti × Park Jiyoun
Park Jiyoun (Park): This project, and the Lodola House (2024), involve renovating a small warehouse and barn in the Verona province of Italy into residential spaces. First, how would you characterise the Verona?
Edoardo Giancola, Federico Zarattini (Giancola, Zarattini): Verona represents a complex and distinctive context; beyond the city itself, it includes a vast province historically shaped by agriculture and widely known for its wine production, which remains one of its most significant cultural and economic assets. Compared to other Italian regions, the local approach to contemporary architecture is still developing, and a deeply rooted conservative mentality, present across different scales, can often pose challenges to architectural experimentation and innovation.
Park: In terms of the exterior, you retained some of the existing stonework while supplementing certain parts with new materials. Was this decision based on the landscape regulations in Italy or specific to the Verona?
Giancola, Zarattini: The design choices were not driven by landscape or regulatory constraints but by a deliberate intention to work with a local material while reinterpreting it through a different technology. Our reference was the vernacular architecture of the Verona province, and more specifically the Lessinia Mountains area, with particular attention to its traditional construction methods.
Park: I was intrigued by the façade details of the Larun House, which are composed of thin, wide stone panels secured by steel. Why did you choose to make these thin stone panels and fix them with steel rather than st...
Zarcola Architetti (Edoardo Giancola, Federico Za
Tregnago, Verona, Veneto, Italy
single house
90m²
36m²
70m²
2F
6.5m
40%
78%
wooden structure
stone, wooden window
wood
Opera Mista SRL
Marchi Immobiliare SRL, self-construction
2019 ‒ 2021
2021 ‒ 2024
160,000 EUR