High-performing technologies for contemporary residential Rural buildings in the Pianura Padana territory

The paper illustrates the potentialities of designing high – efficient rural buildings, by introducing innovative methodology and techniques. Sharing of services and efficient building technologies represents a growing strategy that can fulfill the goal of the 20-20-20 EU energy policies. Rural housing - homes and services built with agricultural and farming purposes - is an historical heritage In Italy, are mainly diffused in the Emilia Romagna Lombardia and Veneto Region (area called Pianura Padana). The rural real estate in this territory is now not efficiently valorized, as economic, functional and cultural constraints generally rules the design phase. The theme of the residence is then particularly insidious as it collides with preconceptions that are difficult to overcome, this both on the front of the client and of the construction companies. The main aim of the paper is to investigate the possibilities to introduce experimental contents - both in architectural then in technical issues - in reconstructing rural settlements, besides of the opportunity to build efficiently while respecting limited budgets and keeping references to traditional typologies together with the most up-to-date technological equipment and construction systems. In this paper, small-scale high – efficient rural projects are analyzed. Realized examples of young Architects (KM429, MIDE architects) are presented, showing several residential interventions where sustainable -construction systems, thanks to their design sensitivity, are well integrated into very delicate rural contexts.