What’s Procar
Inside the first CasaGarage project is parked a Private Collection and the former Procar Rally Team which boasts of the official Subaru and Abarth status.
Architecture
What we know today as CasaGarage Procar was initially the old bolts called OSBA (Officina Specializzata Bulloneria e Affini).
This place was founded in 1954 as a workshop for the production of bolts and small metal parts, especially for the Fiat Group.
During the 1970s and 1980s, the complex was expanded by building other processing areas and a warehouse equipped with an overhead crane for loading and unloading goods.
Subsequently from 2018 for two years it was used as a warehouse for cars and workshop spare parts.
To pass on the history of the shed, we wanted to keep original elements such as: the floor, the color of the doors, the busway bars, the bridge crane, the burns of the heating and exposed air pipes.
Today, the site covers about 1000 square meters and in detail includes: an entrance hall, library, machine loading / unloading area, showroom, workshop, cup room, video library, archive and spare parts warehouse.
Design
In order not to make the machines static, it was essential to study how to get them out and in freely, calculating the steering angles and parking arrangements.
We have therefore created “road lanes” complete with indications and traffic dividers, enriching them with platforms in polished ash.
We thought of furnishing with custom-made furniture, with a “Green” spirit (using eco-sustainable materials, or recycled materials), desks with car bodies and supports with automotive livery colors.
In addition we have completed with furnishings of the same age as the cars in the garage, such as: B&B, Moroso, Martinelli, Kartell, Artemide, Planula, Guzzini, Anonima Castelli, Siarco, ArteLuce.
To “balance” the mechanical environment even more, we have laid inside some rooms bamboo flooring and soundproofing with exposed cork brushes, painted with water-based products and set up the whole shed with “exotic” plants that they manage to blend perfectly with the environment by flourishing and purifying the air.
Photographs by Massimo Mendola
