Insulating materials in Italian modern construction: techniques and experimentation in the colonies (1925-1940)

Italian colonial settlements (1870-1940) have provided the territories in which to experiment modern materials and construction techniques, in particular ready-built and standardized solutions, in African difficult climatic and logistic settings. This work focuses on the experimental employment of i...

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Main Authors: Angelo Bertolazzi, Giorgio Croatto, Umberto Turrini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ar.Tec. 2016-12-01
Series:Tema
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Online Access:http://artecweb.org/ojs2/index.php/TeMA/article/view/86
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spelling doaj-a8edd039b700486484ab8ad389554e132020-11-25T00:43:37ZengAr.Tec.Tema2421-45742016-12-012110912110.17410/tema.v2i1.8686Insulating materials in Italian modern construction: techniques and experimentation in the colonies (1925-1940)Angelo Bertolazzi0Giorgio Croatto1Umberto Turrini2Università degli Studi di PadovaUniversità degli Studi di PadovaUniversità degli Studi di PadovaItalian colonial settlements (1870-1940) have provided the territories in which to experiment modern materials and construction techniques, in particular ready-built and standardized solutions, in African difficult climatic and logistic settings. This work focuses on the experimental employment of insulating (Eraclit, Cel-Bes) materials on light metal-frames in Italian colonies. Its object is to trace back the development of such construction techniques through case studies published in contemporary technical reviews and handbooks, underlining the mutual relationship between experimentation and industrialization, between theory and construction practice.http://artecweb.org/ojs2/index.php/TeMA/article/view/86insulating materials, eraclit, cel-bes, modernity, industrialization, italian construction
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author Angelo Bertolazzi
Giorgio Croatto
Umberto Turrini
spellingShingle Angelo Bertolazzi
Giorgio Croatto
Umberto Turrini
Insulating materials in Italian modern construction: techniques and experimentation in the colonies (1925-1940)
Tema
insulating materials, eraclit, cel-bes, modernity, industrialization, italian construction
author_facet Angelo Bertolazzi
Giorgio Croatto
Umberto Turrini
author_sort Angelo Bertolazzi
title Insulating materials in Italian modern construction: techniques and experimentation in the colonies (1925-1940)
title_short Insulating materials in Italian modern construction: techniques and experimentation in the colonies (1925-1940)
title_full Insulating materials in Italian modern construction: techniques and experimentation in the colonies (1925-1940)
title_fullStr Insulating materials in Italian modern construction: techniques and experimentation in the colonies (1925-1940)
title_full_unstemmed Insulating materials in Italian modern construction: techniques and experimentation in the colonies (1925-1940)
title_sort insulating materials in italian modern construction: techniques and experimentation in the colonies (1925-1940)
publisher Ar.Tec.
series Tema
issn 2421-4574
publishDate 2016-12-01
description Italian colonial settlements (1870-1940) have provided the territories in which to experiment modern materials and construction techniques, in particular ready-built and standardized solutions, in African difficult climatic and logistic settings. This work focuses on the experimental employment of insulating (Eraclit, Cel-Bes) materials on light metal-frames in Italian colonies. Its object is to trace back the development of such construction techniques through case studies published in contemporary technical reviews and handbooks, underlining the mutual relationship between experimentation and industrialization, between theory and construction practice.
topic insulating materials, eraclit, cel-bes, modernity, industrialization, italian construction
url http://artecweb.org/ojs2/index.php/TeMA/article/view/86
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