Houses for large families

Luigi Figini e Gino Pollini, 1940

The design was by Luigi Figini and Gino Pollini (1939 – 1941) and was the result of an exhaustive study of factory worker housing which from 1934 involved the two Milanese architects in exploring a range of designs and studies to shape the industrial city of Ivrea. 

The flat roofs and external plastered and painted walls, which today are white, characterise the volume of these buildings clearly inspired by rationalist architectural models. The homes are set out on three floors with the stair blocks and bathrooms connected to the north whilst every house has its own small garden-vegetable garden and since 1951 a small garage. This nucleus of buildings, like the ICO Workshops, is well-known on professional and intellectual circuits where pre and post World War II modern architecture is discussed. 

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