Bosco Orizzontale, Borgo a Buggiano, Tuscany
La casa che respira come te.
Three independent villas in hemp and lime, design energy class A4, in the Bosco Orizzontale complex. Two versions, TOP and LIGHT, of the same house. Under construction, three available.
Request the specificationThe idea
The first skin is your body. It regulates, protects and breathes without being asked.
The second skin is what you wear. Chosen each morning for warmth, weather and ease.
The third skin is your home. It should do what the first two do. Quietly, all year.
Domus Sapientes is built on that idea, from the walls inward.
The project
Bosco Orizzontale is a residential complex in Borgo a Buggiano, in the province of Pistoia, in the heart of the Valdinievole. Three independent villas share a private gated road, each on its own lot, with its own courtyard, its own garage and a roof garden over the garage. The TOP version has three roof gardens on the first floor, about 62 m² in all.
The name says what the project does: it lays the forest out horizontally, over the roofs and the courtyards, and builds houses that use very little energy. Each villa is designed as an NZEB building in energy class A4 under Regione Toscana rules. The APE is issued at completion.
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independent villas, each on its own lot
200 m²
about per villa, over two levels
A4
design energy class, NZEB
Energy
heating · cooling · hot water · ventilation
Heating, cooling, domestic hot water and controlled mechanical ventilation: the project's thermal calculations estimate a total of about 48 euro a month, for TOP and LIGHT alike. The estimate comes from the Legge 10 energy report and the energy price of about two years ago. The figure follows from the hemp-lime envelope and the systems working together.
EPgl,nren 14.59 kWh/m² per year · Design energy class A4 · Nearly Zero Energy Building
Estimate from the project's thermal calculations under Legge 10, at the energy price of about two years ago. It holds for TOP and LIGHT. The energy performance certificate (APE) is issued at completion.
The demand is cut at the source, in the wall.
Hemp-lime bio-brick of 40 cm, with a hemp-lime thermal plaster of 4 cm outside and 1 cm inside. The wall holds the warmth in winter and keeps it out in summer, and stays breathable. That is where the EPgl,nren figure of 14.59 kWh/m² per year begins, the number behind the A4 design class.
7.08 kWp of photovoltaics, with 15 kWh of storage.
Twelve Jinko Solar Tiger Neo modules on the roof give 7.08 kWp. A Huawei SUN2000 6 kW inverter feeds the house, and a Huawei LUNA2000 15 kWh battery stores what is left for the evening. The LIGHT version carries ten modules, 5.90 kWp, with an inverter and no battery.
The ground tempers the air, the ventilation carries it.
Each villa has its own Canadian well, a surface geothermal system that tempers the incoming air with the steady temperature of the ground. A Zehnder ComfoAir Q600 ventilation unit with heat recovery then carries it through the rooms, filtered, warming in winter and cooling and dehumidifying in summer. In the cold months the bioclimatic greenhouse of the TOP version adds warm air of its own, gathered from the sun.
Heated by the sun on the roof.
Domestic hot water is held in a 300-litre tank. The stored water is heated electrically, with the energy from the photovoltaic panels and, in the TOP version, from the storage battery.
Materials
Every surface was chosen to breathe, to last and to feel right to the touch. Where the two versions differ, the note under the card says how.
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The perimeter walls are laid in 40 cm hemp-lime bio-bricks, with a hemp-lime thermal plaster of 4 cm outside and 1 cm inside. They absorb CO2 across their life cycle, they are highly breathable, thermal, acoustic and fireproof, and they are made at very low energy and environmental cost.
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Interior partitions are plastered with natural hydraulic lime. Inside and out, the paint is an ecological lime putty with hemp essential oil, breathable and anti-mould. The wall works as one material, from block to finish.
TOP
LIGHT03
In the TOP version, Rovere Scelta Unica multilayer oak, 11x70x490 mm, laid in Italian herringbone, brushed and finished in natural oil, on the ground and first floor. Garage and technical room in Pastorelli porcelain stoneware.
LIGHT: Pastorelli porcelain stoneware on the ground floor.
Project render04
Bathroom walls in both versions are clad in Pastorelli Woody full-body porcelain, 60x120, up to 1.20 m. Outside, Pastorelli Biophilic in a stone-concrete effect runs across the courtyard.
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In the TOP version, B.G. Infissi UNICA wood-aluminium frames with squared profiles. You choose the timber inside, from pine to Val di Fiemme fir, Siberian larch, European oak or ash. Outside, aluminium in a matt or textured RAL colour. Maico Multi Matic tilt-and-turn hardware with anti-burglary and micro-ventilation, and hidden hinges.
LIGHT: UNICA BG Legno in laminated pine, white lacquer RAL 9010 inside, aluminium cladding RAL 1003 outside, warm-edge double glazing, Ug 1.10.
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In the TOP version, Griesser Metalunic V orientable brise-soleil, self-supporting and with anti-lift security. They govern the summer sun: the light comes in, the heat stays out.
LIGHT: Orienta motorised roller shutters with orientable slats.
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In the TOP version, interior doors are lacquered wood, pantographed, in open-pore ash, with magnetic locks and 90 mm architraves. Both versions have a Tablet armoured entry door and a Welcome motorised sectional garage door with two remotes.
LIGHT: laminate interior doors, hinged or sliding.
The villa
Each villa offers about 200 m² of commercial area over two levels, arranged around light and air. The living room opens onto the courtyard, and the upper floor looks out from the terrace and the hanging gardens. The ground floor is the same in both versions. The first floor changes.
Ground floor
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Floor plans, TOP version
Floor plans follow the project drawings. Areas are indicative and may change during construction. Furniture and planting are indicative.
Floor plans, TOP version
Living room, open to the courtyard
Kitchen, the practical centre of the house
Two bedrooms
Two bathrooms, clad in Pastorelli Woody porcelain
Garage with direct access
Outdoor courtyard
Two uncovered parking spaces
Floor plans, TOP version
Bedroom with its own bathroom, and a quiet floor to itself
Bioclimatic greenhouse glazed on three sides, with a sliding long side and six roof windows, the central one opening, gathering warm air from the autumn and winter sun
Technical room, holding the systems behind the energy figures
Panoramic terrace
Three walkable roof gardens, about 62 m² in all
Floor plans follow the project drawings. Areas are indicative and may change during construction. Furniture and planting are indicative.
Two versions
Every villa is offered in two specification levels. Same structure, same envelope, same design energy class A4. What changes is the finish, the first floor and a few items of equipment, such as the battery, the pool and the EV charging point. Below, row by row, what changes.
Project renderTOP
Oak herringbone floors, wood-aluminium windows with the timber of your choice, Griesser brise-soleil, lacquered wood doors, three bathrooms, a bedroom with its own bathroom and a glazed bioclimatic greenhouse upstairs, three roof gardens, 7.08 kWp photovoltaic system with inverter and a 15 kWh battery, an EV charging point, and a pool with hydromassage included in the price.
Edited project render, LIGHT version, indicativeLIGHT
The images are indicative project renders. Here is what changes in LIGHT. Pastorelli porcelain on the ground floor, laminated pine windows with white lacquer and aluminium cladding, Orienta motorised roller shutters, laminate doors, two bathrooms. Upstairs, a bedroom, technical room, open greenhouse space, terraces and a roof garden. Photovoltaic system of 5.90 kWp with inverter. Same envelope, same design energy class.
Finishes
Floors
Rovere Scelta Unica oak parquet in Italian herringbone, brushed, natural oil, on both floors. Garage and technical room in Pastorelli porcelain stoneware.
In the other version: Pastorelli porcelain stoneware on the ground floor.
Pastorelli porcelain stoneware on the ground floor.
In the other version: Rovere Scelta Unica oak parquet in Italian herringbone, brushed, natural oil, on both floors. Garage and technical room in Pastorelli porcelain stoneware.
Windows
B.G. Infissi UNICA wood-aluminium, squared profiles, interior timber to choose, exterior aluminium in matt or textured RAL.
In the other version: UNICA BG Legno in laminated pine, white water-based lacquer inside (RAL 9010), aluminium cladding outside (RAL 1003).
UNICA BG Legno in laminated pine, white water-based lacquer inside (RAL 9010), aluminium cladding outside (RAL 1003).
In the other version: B.G. Infissi UNICA wood-aluminium, squared profiles, interior timber to choose, exterior aluminium in matt or textured RAL.
Sun shading
Griesser Metalunic V orientable brise-soleil, self-supporting, anti-lift security.
In the other version: Orienta motorised roller shutters with orientable slats.
Orienta motorised roller shutters with orientable slats.
In the other version: Griesser Metalunic V orientable brise-soleil, self-supporting, anti-lift security.
Interior doors
Lacquered wood, pantographed, open-pore ash, magnetic lock, 90 mm architraves.
In the other version: Laminate, hinged or sliding.
Laminate, hinged or sliding.
In the other version: Lacquered wood, pantographed, open-pore ash, magnetic lock, 90 mm architraves.
Bathrooms
Three: master and en-suite on the ground floor, one on the first floor. Glass shower enclosures and open-space glass, suspended vanity units with integrated basins.
In the other version: Two, master and en-suite on the ground floor, with shower trays. Shower enclosures, glass and furniture not included.
Two, master and en-suite on the ground floor, with shower trays. Shower enclosures, glass and furniture not included.
In the other version: Three: master and en-suite on the ground floor, one on the first floor. Glass shower enclosures and open-space glass, suspended vanity units with integrated basins.
Systems
Photovoltaic system
12 Jinko Solar Tiger Neo modules of 590 Wp, 7.08 kWp, Huawei SUN2000 6 kW inverter, Huawei LUNA2000 15 kWh battery.
In the other version: 10 modules of 590 Wp, 5.90 kWp, with inverter. No battery.
10 modules of 590 Wp, 5.90 kWp, with inverter. No battery.
In the other version: 12 Jinko Solar Tiger Neo modules of 590 Wp, 7.08 kWp, Huawei SUN2000 6 kW inverter, Huawei LUNA2000 15 kWh battery.
EV charging
Charging point next to the two parking spaces, to the right of the garage.
In the other version: Not included.
Not included.
In the other version: Charging point next to the two parking spaces, to the right of the garage.
Bioclimatic greenhouse
Glazed on three sides. The long side, 4.45 m, slides; the others are fixed. Six roof windows, the central one opening. Warms incoming air with the autumn and winter sun and feeds the ventilation.
In the other version: Covered, open space of about 12.7 m², without glazing.
Covered, open space of about 12.7 m², without glazing.
In the other version: Glazed on three sides. The long side, 4.45 m, slides; the others are fixed. Six roof windows, the central one opening. Warms incoming air with the autumn and winter sun and feeds the ventilation.
First floor
Upstairs rooms
Bedroom with its own bathroom, bioclimatic greenhouse, technical room, panoramic terrace, three roof gardens.
In the other version: Bedroom, technical room, open greenhouse space, terrace, balconies, one roof garden and two roof terraces.
Bedroom, technical room, open greenhouse space, terrace, balconies, one roof garden and two roof terraces.
In the other version: Bedroom with its own bathroom, bioclimatic greenhouse, technical room, panoramic terrace, three roof gardens.
Outdoor
Pool
Included in the price, with hydromassage, 4.50 x 2.25 m. Filtration at 10 m³/h, LED underwater light, reinforced PVC liner, stainless steel ladder, cleaning kit.
In the other version: Not offered. Pipe pre-installation is in place.
Not offered. Pipe pre-installation is in place.
In the other version: Included in the price, with hydromassage, 4.50 x 2.25 m. Filtration at 10 m³/h, LED underwater light, reinforced PVC liner, stainless steel ladder, cleaning kit.
Rovere Scelta Unica oak parquet in Italian herringbone, brushed, natural oil, on both floors. Garage and technical room in Pastorelli porcelain stoneware.Pastorelli porcelain stoneware on the ground floor.B.G. Infissi UNICA wood-aluminium, squared profiles, interior timber to choose, exterior aluminium in matt or textured RAL.UNICA BG Legno in laminated pine, white water-based lacquer inside (RAL 9010), aluminium cladding outside (RAL 1003).Griesser Metalunic V orientable brise-soleil, self-supporting, anti-lift security.Orienta motorised roller shutters with orientable slats.Lacquered wood, pantographed, open-pore ash, magnetic lock, 90 mm architraves.Laminate, hinged or sliding.Finishes
Glazing
Glass Ug 0.5 W/m²K, window Uw 0.88 W/m²K.
In the other version: Warm-edge double glazing, Ug 1.10 W/m²K.
Warm-edge double glazing, Ug 1.10 W/m²K.
In the other version: Glass Ug 0.5 W/m²K, window Uw 0.88 W/m²K.
Sanitaryware and taps
Paffoni Blu built-in mixers, 30 cm steel rain heads, Vittoria rimless floor-standing WC and bidet.
In the other version: Paffoni Blu mixers, steel rain heads, Vittoria WC and bidet.
Paffoni Blu mixers, steel rain heads, Vittoria WC and bidet.
In the other version: Paffoni Blu built-in mixers, 30 cm steel rain heads, Vittoria rimless floor-standing WC and bidet.
Window hardware
Maico Multi Matic tilt-and-turn, anti-burglary, micro-ventilation, hidden hinges.
In the other version: Colombo satin chrome handles.
Colombo satin chrome handles.
In the other version: Maico Multi Matic tilt-and-turn, anti-burglary, micro-ventilation, hidden hinges.
Systems
Photovoltaic warranty
Modules: 12 years on defects, 30 years on output (87.40 per cent after 30 years). Inverter and battery: 10 years.
In the other version: Module warranty as stated in the LIGHT specification.
Module warranty as stated in the LIGHT specification.
In the other version: Modules: 12 years on defects, 30 years on output (87.40 per cent after 30 years). Inverter and battery: 10 years.
What both versions share
The house itself does not change. These are the same in TOP and LIGHT.
Buyer variants are possible by written agreement. If you want something from the TOP list in a LIGHT villa, or something not on either list, ask. Turnkey delivery excludes utility connection fees, notary and deed costs, and anything not listed in the specification.
Prices are not published while the villas are under construction. The reserved price list is sent within 24 hours to anyone who requests the specification.
Request the specification and the reserved price listThe setting
Borgo a Buggiano sits in the Valdinievole, in the province of Pistoia, a few minutes from Montecatini Terme. Life here keeps an older rhythm. Coffee in the piazza, thermal waters down the road, and quiet hills in every direction.
And the cities are close when you want them. Florence, Lucca and Pisa are all within easy reach, close enough for an ordinary afternoon and far enough that their noise never follows you home.
Montecatini Terme · Florence · Lucca · Pisa
Provenance
Domus Sapientes is a registered trademark. Bosco Orizzontale is a project of Tombari Costruzioni, a building firm from Montecatini Terme. The mark is a green fingerprint, and it is meant literally. These are houses signed by a firm that stands behind them, and that works in the same valley it comes from.
Brands in the specification
Contact
The price list is reserved and arrives within 24 hours, together with the specification for the version you are interested in. There are three villas, all available. Fill in the form, write to us on WhatsApp or call.
Phone
+39 335 60 00 848Office
Via Provinciale Lucchese, 51011 Borgo a Buggiano (PT), Tuscany
Prices
Prices are not published while the villas are under construction. The reserved price list is sent within 24 hours to anyone who requests the specification.