Vol. 1 (2019): Adalberto Libera a Trento. Il palazzo per l'Istituto Nazionale delle Assicurazioni (1936-50)

Cristiana Volpi

The book, also through unpublished materials, aims to illustrate the complex events that accompany the creation and the construction of the National Institute of Insurance building in Trento, to whose project Adalberto Libera dedicates more than a decade over World War II, trying to deal with the theme of living, on the one hand, and develop his research on modern architecture and the relationship with context, on the other. The building’s story is, furthermore, strictly related to the intense construction activity promoted by the insurance company in Italy, and to the new configuration that the city center of Trento assumes during the 1930s over the fascist government. Due to the changing political, social and economic conditions, in the aftermath of World War II the project undergoes a radical and inevitable rethink, and finally contributes to define a new image for the urban area in which it was built. - From the back cover