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Project BSc2-I: Housing

People

Juacaba C.

Teacher

Bailey M. T.

Assistant

Merz V.

Assistant

Monacelli Bani L.

Assistant

Description

During first semester we will try to construct an idea of ‘Casa Povera’. It should not be related to poverty but instead to synthesis: a synthesis of the apparent simple program of a single family house, where the essential idea of living will be discussed. The expression of materials will be regarded as the first step of imagination: a simple drawing can be understood as an action that carries an intention. The intention is to make students conscious of relations connected to a specific site, social context and cultural heritage. In addition, an understanding of sustainability will be discussed. During the first exercise, students, working in pairs, will be required to analyse two buildings and compare their cultural densities with respect to typology, context, distinction between public and private areas, routes through the spatial sequence of each building, structure, materials and other essential components (example: Vila Matilde, Brasil, 2011 - Villa Le Lac, Switzerland, 1923).

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