In Parma, since 2004 Azienda Agricola Trussardi has produced lavender, a plant typical of the Mediterranean area, utilized in herbal remedies and other functions. The headquarters is also the residence of the family of the founder, who together with her husband has designed the entire project.
“The agricultural activity goes along with our professional activities,” says Sarah Trussardi. “We began the cultivation of officinal plants 14 years ago, and today we produce only lavender, since it is the cultivar that adapts best to the local environmental conditions, and is much in demand on the market. Over time we have also built our residence, the barchessa (a small workshop for the production of essential oils, the drying of plants and warehousing of finished products) and, lastly, a service building that functions as a garage and a toolshed.”
Inside the courtyard, oriented in keeping with the traces of the Roman centuriation that has formed the grid of the territory in Parma for centuries, the buildings have a uniform architectural image in terms of forms and materials, inspired by the local tradition but full of decidedly contemporary constructive solutions.
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