ABSTRACT
The paper deals with the spread of prefabrication techniques in Italy after World War II with specific reference to the diffusion of the wooden construction system manufactured by the company Legnami Pasotti and applied to the production of prefabricated homes delivered as “Garda houses”. The system was based on the use of uprights and wall elements and provided for the integration of fixed furniture elements into the wooden construction system. The section of the uprights was shaped so as to allow corner, crossing and linear connections with the wall elements using a single coupling scheme. The research considers the Pasotti case in the post-WWII context and with reference to the pioneering prefabricated systems developed by Pasotti in the 1930s. Sources are both Legnami Pasotti’s technical catalogue, as well as the written sources (drawings and technical notes) preserved by the Central State Archive of Rome.
