Conversion in Cuneo
- Jakob Schoof
In the early decades of the 20th century the Italian railway service built housing for its employees all across the country. Also southwest of Turin, in Cuneo, along the Via Luzzatti, where an ensemble of these railway worker's houses was created: L-shaped in plan and with a gently sloping hipped roof and a single storey for dwelling, accessed by an unusually tall exterior staircase and featuring a small terrace. The attic space was unfinished. Due to the elevation of the entrance level, the excavation work for the basement required digging only one metre deep, which saved construction costs and reduced problems with moisture.
