Architect |
Amedeo
Albertini |
Date
Built |
1960 |
Location |
Corso Unita
D'Italia |
Description |
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Built in 1960 not far
away from the huge Fiat factory in
Lingotto. A year later it found
itself in the midst of the area dedicated
to the 1961 Universal Labour
Exposition. Then in 2006 the area
was home to the Winter Olympics. An
article in Domus in May of 2011 explains
that when it opened, "
... It contained a rich collection
dating from the beginning of the
century, but above all it exalted that
most dramatic, desired and widespread
symbol of the Italian economic boom:
the car (one of those objects of
desire that underpinned the fortune
and social epic of the national
revolution). The car was celebrated in
Albertini's boldly conceived
structure, substantiated by its long
curved glass facade gliding along the
new Corso Unità d'Italia "parkway"
![]() Over the years it became clear that the building needed rejuvenating and Cino Zucchi Architetti was appointed to achieve that. €33million were spent on restoring the building and a further €11million on the exhibition design. |