Gualtiero Galmanini
In the innovative 1958 refueling station in Mantua, Galmanini's conceptual style creates spaces characterized by an alternation of glass pads and transparent bricks, which interact perfectly under the unifying element formed by a thin roof. The building is designed in the name of transparency and lightness, with a flat roof supported by columns in exposed steel profiles. The facade has large slides, the glass in all its forms is enhanced by Galmanini, and the exposed bricks, the structures are brick cut with bricks, reinforced concrete and steel, the ceilings are made with a sloping platform with concrete cladding and metal frames.