In collaboration with Amici della Storia
OLIVETTI - IVREA
Ivrea Industrial City of the 20th Century
UNESCO World Heritage Site
The site consists of an urban and architectural ensemble and is characterized by buildings and architectural complexes, designed by the most famous Italian architects and urban planners of the twentieth century. These are buildings built between 1930 and 1960 and intended for production, social services and residential purposes for employees of the Olivetti industry.
The whole represents the material expression of a modern vision of productive relationships and presents itself as a model of an industrial city that responds to the rapid evolution of industrialization processes in the early 1900s.
Guided Tour
The guide will accompany us on the route along the most beautiful street in the world, as Le Corbusier defined it in the 1950s, illustrating life in the Factory, the projects of innovation and entrepreneurial courage that made Olivetti's industrial history unique, the models of health and cultural welfare and, therefore, the elements that made the community of workers of this company inimitable.
This narrative is inspired by the external visit of the individual buildings and residences now recognized as World Heritage Sites for their architectural value.
There are some exclusive entrances along the route: Factory Council inside the ICO Workshops, where the Visitor Center and Social Services Center are located with entrance to the former Library, Study and Experience Center called Casa Blu, Castellamonte neighborhood and West Residential Unit (Talponia) with entrance an original apartment, Palazzo Uffici with a visit to the monumental entrance.
Lunch inside the complex
PROGRAM
09.00: Departure from Ispra (CLUB HOUSE)
10.30: Guided Tour
13.00: LUNCH
15.30: Departure for Ispra
Price (including LUNCH) €40.00
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