The Industrial Village of Piovene Rocchette and the Workers’ Neighbourhoods in Torrebelvicino and Pievebelvicino developed on a smaller scale with respect to the one in Schio.

The Industrial Village(1) of Piovene Rocchette, including the Rossi Works constitutes a rather significant undertaking due to the particular organisation of space(2) and the quality of the accommodation. Between 1869 and 1881 Antonio Caregaro Negrin created the residential area for the employees, laid out on the left and right of the Astico torrent in two blocks with common green areas, later divided into individual gardens, as well as the Wool Mill Manager’s villa(3) with its romantic park and small church. Later on the Nursery and the Primary School, the railway station and the other workers’ dwellings(4) were also built. The living unit(5) reserved for the foremen was the only building from the initial operation(6) which survived the demolition carried out in 1973 to make room for the new Lanerossi Works, and the subsequent urban development on the left of the Astico in the area of Cogollo del Cengio. The building has rather simple architectonic lines, having two three-storey end blocks and a two-storey main body, the interior is divided into different types of apartments to suit the needs of individual workers and larger or smaller families.
Between 1883 and 1886, a Joint-stock Co-operative Society made up of personnel from the Piovene Rocchette Works erected long rows of terraced houses(7) along the plateau on the right bank of the torrent. The layout(8) of the dwellings(9) was divided between a lower living area having bathrooms and an upper sleeping area which were connected by means of an internal side staircase. The house-fronts(10) were all the same, the decorative intention was shown by the use of stone and terracotta around the openings, in the string-courses and the garret cornices. The public wash-house(11) was situated at the beginning of the complex. The uninterrupted rows of compact terraced houses, separated by small gardens with vegetable plots and narrow streets, were occupied up to the seventies and have been recently renovated.