Carlo Ratti Associati shelters Mutti restaurant with "clod of earth lifted from the ground"

A grass-topped roof of compacted earth appears to float above this glazed restaurant near Parma, Italy, designed by Turin-based studio Carlo Ratti Associati for tomato company Mutti.

Named Quisimangia, or Here We Eat, the restaurant will operate as a public restaurant by night and a staff canteen by day, serving workers at the nearby Mutti factory that is currently being redeveloped by Carlo Ratti Associati (CRA) following a 2017 competition.

Looking to "fully immerse" diners in the surrounding landscape...