Former Olivetti joinery

Ottavio Cascio, 1955

The former joinery is easily recognized by its coloured brise-soleil façade. This façade consists of a triple row of brise-soleil in fins of fibre cement supported by metal frames which depending on their inclination reflect the glazed surfaces of the ICO workshops adding movement to the façades and creating an original perception of Via Jervis. The 1955 design was by Ottavio Cascio, a leading technician then manager of the Olivetti Technical Office, who used the brise-soleil fins on the façade as a composition figure in many of the building architectures in Ivrea such as the Olivetti industrial area in San Bernardo. 

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