Abstract
The prototype “EH, evolutionary building” at Solomeo by the design team Piano & Rice Engineers and Architects Vibrocemento Perugia s.p.a. is an example of the experimental design of residential buildings for
emergency situations and represents a crucial phase of transition from traditional prefabrication to open prefabrication. Built on the basis of the project prepared for the competition held following the disastrous 1976 earthquake in Friuli, many of the ideas tested in the prototype were later used to construct the RIGO housing estate at Corciano. The text describes the architectural study and guidelines for the protection and reuse of this significant modernist building, today abandoned.
Keywords
Modern Movement,
Modern architecture,
Modern housing,
Mass housing,
Post-war housing,
Evolutionary Building,
Prototype Housing,
Italian modern architecture,
Renzo Piano,
Peter Rice.
Issue 54
Year 2016
Pages 36-43
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.52200/54.A.TBB9DHOC