Distilleria Marzadro, grappa since 1949

The Marzadro Distillery is a vast and airy complex made of stone, wood and glass, which expresses itself with its harmonious architecture immersed in the green of the vineyards. The construction of the structure was entrusted by the Marzadro family to the Bolzano architects Walter Maurmayr and Günther Plaickner, who, based on the concept of "contemporary craftsmanship", have created a structure that is completely integrated into the surrounding area. The roof, for example, was covered with a green carpet made up of 60,000 pre-cultivated plants, belonging to the lichen species: a solution adopted not only for aesthetic reasons, but also to ensure better thermal insulation of the structure, and therefore allow an important energy saving. The high value of the new plant from an ecological point of view is also highlighted by the spatial orientation of the buildings, which are in fact positioned to make the most of their location with respect to the sun.