Originally designed as the caretaker's residence of Villa Belpoggio-Baciocchi in Bologna, Casa Cisterna (Tank House) is an innovative residential module in its forms and functions
For the service residence in the Villa Park, the Casabella magazine in 2014 promotes an architecture project competition. Angelo Renna, architect and landscape designer, proposes his idea: an 80 square meter living module consisting of a monolith in the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped with rounded short sides, featuring a rainwater collection tank as its roof
The roof of Casa Cisterna is a real tank that can guarantee the water supply for the plants in the park during the driest periods. The collected water is also used for the household drains and all non-potable water consumption. A transparent volume attached to one of the long sides of Casa Cisterna serves as a solar greenhouse contributing to winter energy savings and a good internal microclimate
