ABSTRACT
The work of renowned industrial designers, including Marco Zanuso and Angelo Mangiarotti, blazed a trail of excellence that succeeded in finding expression in the sector of industrial architecture. The Italian experiments were principally focused on prefabrication of the loadbearing structure, usually made of reinforced concrete, since the use of steel systems, except for rare cases in school buildings, never really took hold and met with continuous hostility. If for building production, Italy opted for systems already tried and tested elsewhere, research and experimentation continued thanks to the reflection on design by some architects/industrial designers, who made this issue the central aspect of his architectural production. After the Second World War, the situation in Italy regarding studies of prefabrication and its use in the construction process was highly articulated and manyfaceted. The Crema factory, which covers about 48,000 square meters, is an outstanding example of an architectural heritage built by techniques of prefabrication.
