La casa del balilla di Arborea. Storia della costruzione e indagini sul manufatto

"The “Casa del balilla” (house of the child) was designed in 1934 by G. B. Ceas. It was built in Mussolinia, Sardinia, (today named Arborea) and it represents an important example of reinforced concrete architecture. It includes a gym, a sports field and an outdoor pool. The pool is framed by four reinforced concrete lattice beams characterized by an upper curved profile. Their span is 21 meters and what is very interesting is the metallic rollers that realize the simply supported boundary conditions. In an intermediate position there are four pillars, coated with staggered bricks. They have no structural role and present deep vertical cracks, for their entire height on all sides. In this paper, we report the historical and experimental, investigation process, which led to the restoration of the whole building."