TEMA vol. 11 n. 1

EDITORIAL

The Great Illusion. Origins, prospects, and decline of research on building industrialization in Italy
Gianfranco Carrara

The bureaucratic mechanisms of the temporary home. Examining the development of prefabricated house-types through trade contracts between Finland and Israel, 1948-1958
Tzafrir Fainholtz, Mia Åkerfelt

Laveno street houses by Marco Zanuso. An outstanding experiment in lightweight prefabrication
Giovanni Conca

The construction of a steel skyscraper in Genoa. The Torre SIP by Bega, Gambacciani, and Viziano (1964-1969)
Vittoria Bonini, Renata Morbiducci

Prefabricated light steel construction. Research and prototypes for housing in Italy
Danilo Di Donato, Matteo Abita, Alessandra Tosone, Renato Morganti

Raymond Camus’ first building sites in Le Havre, 1949-1953. A testing ground before conquering the world
Natalya Solopova

Prefabrication between tradition and innovation: the first nucleus of Mirafiori Sud in Turin
Caterina Mele

Nursery school buildings in prefabrication techniques from the early 60s to the 80s in Italy. Historical, technological, and pedagogical overview
Barbara Gherri, Federica Morselli

The modular and functional design of the prefabricated building organism. The emblematic case of the “Block-Volume” system
Livio Petriccione

Post-World War II prefabrication and industry in central-southern Italy: two case studies, in Campania and Lazio
Stefania Mornati, Laura Greco, Francesco Spada

The Italian experience in precast construction in the second half of the 20th century: systems for industrial buildings
Enrico Dassori, Salvatore Polverino, Clara Vite

The Italian socio-historical framework of precast construction in the second half of the 20th century
Enrico Dassori, Renata Morbiducci

Afterword: matter of fact and open issues on the industrialised buildings heritage
Angelo Bertolazzi, Ilaria Giannetti, Pedro Ignacio Alonso Zúñiga