The Project

The interventions planned for the tower, include the rebuilding of the floors with wooden beams and overlapping double crossed wooden planking, with type more corresponding to the needs of a scientific restoration and more suitable to the typology of the factory.

It is also requested the roof slab to be modified:
the proposal intends to eliminate the truss and make a single span of the roof beams, rectangular in cross section with wooden planking above.

The historic walls of the tower, along with the walls of the towers located to the east and south, adjacent to the Porta Montanara, will simply be cleared of plant elements (ivy and whatnot). In order to “open” the spaces, it was planned to eliminate the toilets made in the rooms behind the tower, transferring the bathroom of the sleeping area into an attic (now only practicable) above the living area itself. In order to make it easier to reach high altitudes, in anticipation of the architectural barriers removal, the insertion of an elevator located in the area subject to restoration and conservative rehabilitation has been arranged, capable of distributing, from the ground floor, the various floors landing, on the roof, on the terraced solar slab: the aesthetic appearance outside the slab, has been thought with a corten expanded metal sheet carter, kept below the cornice in order to preserve the overview.

The solar slab will be made with a floating wooden floor and underlying insulation and waterproofing, in order to avoid the serious consequences caused by wall settlements that
create the rupture of the bituminous sheathing subjected to the pavement and inevitable imbibition of the floors and footings of the lower floors.

The attics in the area undergoing restoration and rehabilitation,
will be repurposed with HEA steel girders and wooden planking in support, subfloor aimed at planting, including underfloor radiant plates and finishing material of laminated oak wood planks.

The footings will be subjected to de-plastering of the existing cementitious layer and resurfacing with more elastic lime-based plaster. Lime is also provided for internal painting.
The roofing membrane, now made of tiles, will be strictly maintained, preserving the historical elements made “by hand,” integrating the machine-made tiles replaced over time.The exterior window and door frames, now heavily deteriorated and fitted with simple semi-double glazing, will be

entirely replaced with similar products etched wood, using steel frames with thermal break (mainly in the tower) to re-propose the currently existing technology.

In order to make the street-facing, park-facing, and inner courtyard elevations less “noisy,” it was decided to eliminate the shutters and their interior roller cover boxes, and assign interior curtains to darken the environments affected by the bedrooms.

Every other detail, interior doors, bathroom linings and various finishes, will be marked by total simplicity, tracing local customs and traditions. The hydro – thermo – sanitary and electrical systems will be adapted to current regulations.