Prefabricated, expandable and portable houses in the Italian magazine Domus from the Thirties

Prefabricated, expandable and portable houses in the Italian magazine “Domus” from the Thirties This research results from the analysis of the 88 years of the Italian magazine "Domus", founded by Gio Ponti in 1928 and directed by Gianni Mazzocchi, now come to the number 1000 (March 2016). The purpose of the essay is to demonstrate how the magazine, which was founded favoring bourgeois interiors and home living, will also soon demonstrate a careful observation of the new standardized construction techniques and their impact on interiors, circulating in Italy and documenting their evolution to the current solutions. Thus it is witnessed the development of the concept of sustainability first in the economic, social and, finally, energetic and environmental sector.