Worksite diary

It will take around eight years to complete restructuring of existing buildings and build new structures at Progetto Manifattura. This page covers progress at the site.

Starting in February 2013 the items under Diario di Cantiere will be prepared by the students of the "Fontana" Technical and Economics High School of Rovereto. By making frequent visits to the worksites of Progetto Manifattura, the students observe the transformation of the project. Because they are preparing for technical careers, knowhow in historic buildings, energy efficiency upgrades, design of space, urban renewal, and economic renewal is critically important.

20 | 02 | 2011

Green Building Council Italia opens its headquarters at Manifattura.

11 | 01 | 2011

Habitech moves its offices to Manifattura.

01 | 12 | 2010

Progetto Manifattura srl moves from its offices above Trentino Sviluppo in via Zeni to the Manifattura's Zigherane building.

01 | 09 | 2010

The Rovereto public library organizes and presents the historic archives of the ex Manifattura Tabacchi.

09 | 07 | 2010

The Executive Council of the Province of Trento approves the Master Plan.

01 | 06 | 2010

Light remodel begins for temporary office space in main building.

24 | 04 | 2010

Gianluca Salvatori and consutants present "Innovation space: architecture, research, enterprise" at the Festival delle Città Impresa.

23 | 03 | 2010

The Rovereto City Council has adopted a zoning variation for public works: “Dicembre 2009 – area Manifattura Tabacchi”. The regulation substitutes a portion of the applicable zoning plan for the area. The special zoning will help accelerate the process of realizing the Progetto Manifattura which was a requirement of the large investment being made by the autonomous Province of Trento.

17 | 03 | 2010

A public meeting at Trentino Sviluppo conference room presents the rebirth of the ex Manifattura Tabacchi. Speakers include Giulio Andreolli, Alfonso Caramazza, Alessandro Olivi, Alberto Pacher, Maurizio Tomazzoni, Guglielmo Valduga, Sergio Zaninelli.

01 | 03 | 2010

Zigherane building. New occupants of the site will soon be getting high-speed internet access.

15 | 02 | 2010

Work begins on the new Manifattura. The renewal project by architect Fabrizio Capuzzo (Trento) for 2500 square meters of the main "Zigherane" building has the aim of hosting the early nucleus of companies: Habitech, Green Building Council, the Sofie consortium, Progetto Manifattura, the MIT-FBK research group, as well as The Hub Rovereto.

25 | 11 | 2009

At Rovereto's Melotti auditorium architects Alejandro Gutierrez, Kengo Kuma and Carlo Ratti present their vision for a new Manifattura.

24 | 09 | 2009

Work begins on concepts that will drive the master plan.

24 | 04 | 2009

The autonomous Province of Trento creates Progetto Manifattura s.r.l. The company is held by Trentino Sviluppo s.p.a., the economic development agency of the province.