Residence theme park: Minimal housing for an advanced society

Firenze, 2008

Project
Alberto Breschi, Andrea Branzi, Barbara Camocini, Giovanni Todesca

 

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Within the general framework of social housing, the overall objective of the proposed intervention is that of triggering a process that overcomes the limitations and minimum quality parameters linked to the typology in question, directing its efforts towards the construction of a true and valid residential alternative. The scenario for the project therefore introduces the concept of social housing, no longer as a single possible solution for the lower social strata, but as the choice for a life based upon the sharing of advanced services, environmental sensitivity and civil responsibility. In this process of re-functionalising, two intervention typologies are identified: a new linear structure and the rehabilitation of the existing one. The first is configured as a temporary residential structure for the inhabitants that will have to leave their homes due to the rehabilitation works. The re-qualification of the buildings is carried out through interventions related to the re-definition of the urban layout, to the renovation of the sanitary services and other installations, as well as to the compliance with anti-seismic regulations, energy saving and the use of solar energy.