Description
Docomomo Preservation Technology Dossier 6
Stone in Modern Buildings: Principles of Cladding (April 2003) (96 p.)
Main Themes: Experiencing Stone, Structure and Cladding by Ola Wedebrunn — Marble Sheeting in Modern Architecture by Sergio Poretti — Prerequisites and Alteration of Materials in the Restoration of Modern Buildings by Pier Giovanni Bardelli
Materials and Diagnosis: Stone Facing Techniques in 20th Century Handbooks by Maria Luisa Barelli, Maurizio Lucat & Silvia Mantovani — Characteristics of Stone and the Choice of Quarry by Pier Giovanni Bardelli, Caterina Mele & Maurizio Gomez Serito — Cladding Technology: From Slab to Precast by Marco Antonio Ragone — Stone-faced Precast Panel Technology: Monitoring and Intervention Techniques for Stabilization by Kyle C. Normandin
Case Studies: Palazzo della Civilità Italiana, Rome by Rinaldo Capomolla — Arhus Town Hall (Arne Jacobsen & Erik Møller, 1938–40) by Søren Abrahamsen — Milá House, Barcelona (Antoni GaudÍ I Cornet with Josep Maria Jujol, 1905–10) by Josep Emili Hernandez-Cros — Shell House, Berlin (Emil Farhenkamp, 1930–32) by Sibylle Schulz — Post Office Building, Naples (Giuseppe Vaccaro & Gino Franzi, 1928–36) by Tullia Iori — Finlandia Hall, Helsinski (Alvar Aalto, 1967–71) by Martti Jokinen
Posters: Techniques and Experiments in Fixing Stone Cladding by Daniela Bosia — Natural Polychromy and Materiality in Angiolo Mazzoni’s Buildings by Luciano Cupelloni, Virginia Bernardini, Frederica Dal Falco & Alberto Del Franco — The Marble Facing of Marconi’s Obelisk at EUR, Rome by Maria Grazia D’Amelio — Gio Ponti’s Palazzo Rasini in Milan by Claudio Greco — Between Autarky and Innovation: Spatrisano’s House for the Disabled by Maurizio Oddo — The Role of Stone Cladding in Modern Italian Architecture by Giovanni Picco, Elena Filippi & Emilia Garda — Giuseppe Terragni’s Casa del Fascio in Como by Sergio Poretti, Rinaldo Capomolla, Tullia Iori, Stefania Mornati & Rosalia Vittorini — Durability Design in Stone Cladding Façades by Gianna Riva & Barbara Rossi
