Villa Rossi. Ripensare il moderno

Villa Rossi is an architectural gem designed by Emilio Aventino Tarpino in the late 1950s. Tarpino, an architect responsible for the Employees' Housing Consulting Office, conceived this extraordinary piece of architecture for Umberto Rossi, a member of the Italian Communist Party who later joined Adriano Olivetti's Movimento di Comunità. Rossi served as mayor of Ivrea from 1947 to 1951 and again from 1958 to 1963.

This book was created to document the restoration of Villa Rossi, carried out by GStudio (Enrico Giacopelli, Mauro Falletti, Cristina De Paoli), which successfully revitalized this modern architectural landmark while preserving its original character. This achievement was made possible by the sensitivity and dedication of the villa's owners, Flavia Zarba and Niccolò Bellazzini, both passionate admirers of Olivettian architecture.

Villa Rossi: Rethinking Modernity tells the story of the villa's restoration through the publication of previously unseen materials, including original drawings preserved in the technical office of the Municipality of Banchette, GStudio's project documentation, interviews with the clients and architect Enrico Giacopelli, and a specially commissioned photographic essay by Paolo Mazzo.