Technology and figuration in the central and eastern Italian Alps

Abstract

The projects featured in this review were selected from the Central and Eastern Italian Alps. Starting with the redevelopment of a rural building in the Aurina Valley, moving on to a trade fair complex in the Belluno area characterized by a significant wooden reticular structure, then the “House of the Mountains” in South Tyrol, and finally a barn designed in the province of Sondrio. The exceptional construction quality of these projects, which are very diverse from one another, indicates a profound knowledge of the material and its design potential.