Milano - HangarBicocca / Fondazione Pirelli
Bicocca | Via Chiese
Breda mainly manufactured railway carriages, electric and steam locomotives, boilers, farm machinery and equipment.
One of these factory buildings was Pirelli HangarBicocca, which at the time was divided into blocks of different types, origin and size.
In 1955 Breda Elettromeccanica e Locomotive enlarged its premises with the addition of a cubic barrel-vaulted building which is now the Cubo exhibition space of HangarBicocca.
The huge building which is today called "Le Navate", was constructed between 1963 and 1965 for the transformers department.
In the early 1980s, Breda was taken over by the Ansaldo Group and, almost at the same time, the historic industrial areas gradually began to be decommissioned.
After a decade of neglect, HangarBicocca (formerly known as Ansaldo 17) was purchased by Prelios, the former Pirelli RE, which in 2004 decided to turn it into an exhibition space for contemporary art.
To see full set on HangarBicocca:
www.flickr.com/photos/129231073@N06/albums/72157660133567542
Milano - HangarBicocca / Fondazione Pirelli
Bicocca | Via Chiese
Breda mainly manufactured railway carriages, electric and steam locomotives, boilers, farm machinery and equipment.
One of these factory buildings was Pirelli HangarBicocca, which at the time was divided into blocks of different types, origin and size.
In 1955 Breda Elettromeccanica e Locomotive enlarged its premises with the addition of a cubic barrel-vaulted building which is now the Cubo exhibition space of HangarBicocca.
The huge building which is today called "Le Navate", was constructed between 1963 and 1965 for the transformers department.
In the early 1980s, Breda was taken over by the Ansaldo Group and, almost at the same time, the historic industrial areas gradually began to be decommissioned.
After a decade of neglect, HangarBicocca (formerly known as Ansaldo 17) was purchased by Prelios, the former Pirelli RE, which in 2004 decided to turn it into an exhibition space for contemporary art.
To see full set on HangarBicocca:
www.flickr.com/photos/129231073@N06/albums/72157660133567542