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the building underwent a global internal restructuring and a careful conservative restoration commissioned by the new owner. From March 2008 to May 2013 it changed its intended use, becoming the container for the projects of the Franco Noero gallery, thus returning to the status of a private home in the summer of 2013, while maintaining contemporary art installations that can be visited privately.
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Listed among the buildings protected by the
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To dispel doubts about its stability and to challenge those who claimed that the building would collapse, Antonelli, with his wife, moved there for a few years to live. A further proof of its soundness was its ability to survive unscathed from the explosion of the royal powder magazine in Borgo Dora,
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The building, built entirely of stone and brick, is composed of a total of 9 floors of different heights, all connected by a narrow stone scissor staircase, for a total height of 24 meters. Seven floors are above ground, while two are underground and it is precisely the depth of the foundations that
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Having won this architectural challenge, Antonelli donated the building to his wife. The building, having now become the symbol of the district soon earned the nickname,"Slice of polenta," by virtue of the unusual trapezoidal plan and the prevailing yellow color. It also became known for hosting the
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Between 2007 and 2008 the interiors were radically restructured, enhancing all the original architectural elements of the
Antonellian project and maintaining some of the valuable decorative elements created by Mongiardino, including the niche on the top floor, which houses a unique masonry bathroom
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in 1979, the building was divided into an individual real estate unit for each floor. It was precisely by the
Mongiardino, a friend of the then owner, that the interiors and furnishings took on a homogeneous appearance. Mongiardino himself admitted that the final sensation was that of "living in a
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As compensation for his work, he was also given the very small lot on the left corner of the current Via Giulia di Barolo. Negotiations to buy the neighboring lot failed, perhaps as a bet or perhaps as a challenge, he decided to construct a building with an apartment on each floor on the very tiny
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decorations and pilasters with geometric reliefs repeated at full height. The showy frame on the fourth floor reveals its previous function as an attic cornice in the first phase of elevation of the building; altogether there are eight balconies.
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The narrowest side of the house measures just 54 centimetres (1.77 ft) wide, with the widest side of the house reaching a width of 4.35 metres (14.3 ft). The length of the building is 16 metres (52 ft) on Via Giulia di Barolo.
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gives the building its stability. On the side of 54 centimeters, to maximize space, Antonelli has made a shaft to place the flue duct, part of the water pipes and, originally, rooms for the toilets on all floors, for each apartment.
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which took place on April 24, 1852, and seriously damaged many buildings in the area. Moreover, it also resisted the earthquake of 23 February 1887, which damaged part of the neighborhood; finally, it was spared from the
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Antonelli paid particular attention to detail and equipped the building with large windows and numerous balconies; they are projecting out of the building as are the windows themselves, which appear as a
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covered in mosaic placed at the top of the last flight of stairs, the
Turkish bath in the second basement, the beautiful kitchen, the decoration of the stairs and other accessories.
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Holtzman, text by Carl Skoggard, Rizzoli International Publications, New York, 2006, pp. 224–237.
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lot despite the limited space available. He wished to recover in height what could not be exploited in width.
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632:(in Italian). Vol. 1. Società degli ingegneri e degli architetti in Torino. 1984. p. 450.
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687:[The "slice of polenta"] (in Italian). MuseoTorino.
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234:(known today primarily as the designer of the
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466:(in Italian). Milan: Clup. pp. 127–133.
347:Torino Magazine, estate 1989, pp. 42–44.
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401:Renzo Mongiardino. Décors et Fantasmagorie
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421:Omaggio a Renzo Mongiardino 1916-1998,
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653:"Nella casa più pazza del mondo"
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435:Vivere in una fetta di polenta
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428:A House of Three Corners
685:"La "fetta di polenta""
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154:Design and construction
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