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A symbol of industrial archaeology is reborn: Bini Shell's historic domes are given a new lease of life with a view to the circular economy
A past that returns, a sustainable future that takes shape.
In the heart of Isola Vicentina, within an industrial complex established in the late 1960s, laprima plastics has launched a unique historical and architectural reappraisal project: the recovery and enhancement of the two Bini Shell domes, a symbol of construction innovation and industrial vitality in the Vicenza area.
In fact, the current site of laprima plastics stands on the former factory of HF Filatura S.p.A., a cutting-edge textile company that profoundly marked the local economic and social fabric. The complex was designed by Vicenza engineer Luigi Fornasari Beltrame Pomè and is an emblematic example of 1970s Italian industrial architecture, combining functionality and aesthetic vision.
Among the most iconic structures are the two prefabricated reinforced concrete domes with hyperbolic geometry, built in 1971 according to the innovative Bini Shell technology, a solution that combined avant-garde engineering and speed of construction. Once used to store yarns, these domes immediately established themselves as a symbol of modernity and visual identity for the factory.
Today, these extraordinary architectures find new life thanks to a renovation project that, in addition to preserving their historical and stylistic integrity, integrates them into a contemporary vision oriented towards the functional and sustainable reuse of spaces. The project is part of the broader mission of laprima plastics, with the aim of promoting a circular economy model that in this case also includes the building and cultural heritage.
‘We believe that innovation must not erase memory, but feed on it,’ says Engineer Filippo Dall’Amico of laprima plastics. ’The recovery of the domes is a concrete example of how sustainability can and must extend beyond materials, to embrace also the places that host us and the stories they preserve.
This intervention is proposed not only as an act of industrial regeneration, but as a gesture of cultural and environmental responsibility: a new life for the domes, a new value for the community.
