Modern architecture
Modern architecture arrived in the upper Susa Valley in the first half of the twentieth century following the development of tourist resorts and the ever-wider spread of winter sports. The modern technologies for ski lifts developed in those years allowed new tourist settlements to be freed from the valley floors and locations accessible exclusively by car and railway, enabling the birth of the first high-altitude stations such as Sestriere.
This - realized through an impressive economic and real estate operation coordinated by Giovanni Agnelli and architect Vittorio Bonadè Bottino - was conceived innovatively through an integrated project of architecture, settlement, and ski area, characterized by the centrality given to the overall architectural image and the careful planning of functions in relation to accessibility and vehicular traffic.
