Residential complex Casa Valdieri
“Rethinking urban décor”
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words by Francesco Pagliari
phots by Carola Ripamonti
The corner building of a city block in downtown Turin, north-east Italy, stands on the site of a now demolished low-rise building. It is emblematic of how quality residential housing can trigger innovative regeneration of its wider urban fabric. Any meaningful residential program has to take into account the complex weave that exists between architecture, its particular…