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Location
Argenta (FE), Italy

Designer
Flo STP Srl

Project year
2024

Photos by 
Nicolò Panzeri

Architectural design
Arch. Davide Felloni, Arch. Alessandro Scardino, Arch. Zuzanna Kletschka, Arch. Andrea Molinari

Engineering project 
Ing. Maurizio Barboni

Geologist analysis 
Geol. Thomas Veronese

Stakeholder
Ente di gestione per i parchi e la biodiversità – Delta del Po: Dott. Massimiliano Costa

Contemplating nature: Landscape Observation Tower

Felloni Lateral Office

The architecture is set within the wetland landscape of Vallesanta with a rational, low-impact layout, ensuring environmental integration and sustainable use.
Standing 11 meters tall, it is designed to optimize birdwatching while minimizing visual interference. Organized across multiple half-levels with targeted openings, it offers strategic viewpoints without altering the ecosystem’s balance.

Organized across multiple half-levels with targeted openings, it offers strategic viewpoints without altering the ecosystem’s balance. The structure, made of glulam and solid larch wood with metal joints and a cladding of variable-density wooden slats, ensures ventilation, durability, and a formal and chromatic harmony with the surroundings. The entrance features a wooden information wall for cyclists and visitors. The shaded ground floor, equipped with seating, serves as an extension of the built volume, a space for rest and further contemplation.

The work functions as a landscape infrastructure, contributing to the enhancement of the ecosystem itself as a form of hypernatural extension.

Location
Argenta (FE), Italy

Designer
Flo STP Srl

Project year
2024

Photos by 
Nicolò Panzeri

Architectural design
Arch. Davide Felloni, Arch. Alessandro Scardino, Arch. Zuzanna Kletschka, Arch. Andrea Molinari

Engineering project 
Ing. Maurizio Barboni

Geologist analysis 
Geol. Thomas Veronese

Stakeholder
Ente di gestione per i parchi e la biodiversità – Delta del Po: Dott. Massimiliano Costa

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