The project is located in a green belt just beyond the town center, within an Alpine landscape defined by clear natural features and long-established human interventions. Despite being outside the urban core, the site holds a strategic position and remains well connected to public amenities such as schools, recreational facilities, and key infrastructures.
Project Name: Congress and Exhibition Center
Studio Name: Studio Bressan
Location: Montebelluna, Treviso – Italy
End of works: 2025
Surface: 535 sqm
Volume: 8525 cbm
Photography: Emanuele Bressan
The building accommodates a wide range of functions intended to serve the local community, becoming a venue for gatherings, cultural events, and social activities. It is designed to host concerts, theatre performances, conventions, conferences, art exhibitions, and various temporary displays.
Drawing inspiration from Agordo’s characteristic landscape and settlement patterns, the project reinterprets local identity through a contemporary architectural language. Its defining element is a sequence of repeated pitched roofs, creating a continuous and recognizable profile that cuts through the landscape from south to north.
The complex takes cues from traditional constructions found in the Agordino valleys—particularly the tabià, with their timber frames and cross-bracing systems. For this reason, the main load-bearing structure is designed in wood, chosen both for its environmental benefits and its coherence with Alpine building traditions, which serve as the project’s primary reference.
The north and west elevations open fully toward the surrounding scenery through large glazed curtain walls, enabling unobstructed views of the mountains from the main hall. In contrast, the east and south sides are intentionally opaque, facing respectively a sloping green area and the service/loading zone.
Generous cantilevered roof sections extend over the glazed façades, protecting the wooden structure and the main entrances from weather exposure. At the same time, they provide passive environmental control: shading the interior from summer sun and allowing winter solar gain, thus reducing energy consumption for heating, cooling, and ventilation.
A rigorous structural grid underpins the entire design and becomes the key organizational principle of the interior. The result is a light, expressive construction whose identity is immediately recognizable in the distinctive geometry of its roof.
