The apartment is a unit of a building of the late 50s in the center of Turin, a few steps from the Mole Antonelliana. From 2011, the year of birth of blaarchitettura, at the end of the different projects that involve us, one of our recurring activities is to evaluate how we can make our process more efficient. Over the years we have optimized issues related to the project and its phases, issues related to the relational aspects with the workers, but not less important, we continue to ask ourself how to optimize the construction methods and related techniques. We think, in fact, that some traditional methods of construction must be questioned and must be object of reflection.

For example, the brick and plaster partitions system has developed and sedimented for its flexibility and plasticity, but not for its efficiency. It is consequent to a practice in which there is no clear definition of roles, mostly informal activities, in which most of the choices take place during construction, leaving the freedom to postpone decisions and remedy situations.

This scenario absolutely requires a plastic and moldable construction method, whereby the brick + plaster has always lent itself and still lends itself today. It is really efficient a technique in which to build a wall, first it is built, secondly it is partially demolished to insert the systems, in the third place it is plastered and finally painted? Do we really think that this process, which often lasts for months and needs 4 different workers, is an economic and optimized system?

If the project is defined in advance, is it not advisable to adopt alternative and more sophisticated systems? Systems in which the different partitions can be designed specifically for their stratigraphy, acoustic and thermal structural resistance, and have the possibility to choose material and surface appearance. And if we opt for assembly and / or assembly, without the use of binders, kicks and water?

Typology Renovation // Location Turin, Italy // Timetable 2018 // Client Private // Surface 130 mq // Status Completed Project Team Alberto Lessan, Jacopo Bracco, Thomas Pepino // Photos Beppe Giardino