SHARED SQUARE METERS A new paradigm for shared living in Milan [by Laura Doardo, 2014]
Set within the context of contemporary Milanese housing, the project questions the reduction of living space to fixed typologies and predefined dimensions. By observing how media, objects, events, and human relationships increasingly shape domestic environments, the thesis explores shared living as a flexible and evolving condition rather than a stable architectural form. Through the idea of “shared square meters,” housing is reimagined as a relational system - open, adaptable, and capable of accommodating changing practices, temporalities, and collective uses beyond traditional residential models.
OLTRE IL MURO Growth, development and value of the former Paolo Pini Psychiatric Hospital [by Francesco Covelli, Elisabetta Martelli, July 2014]
Set within the former Paolo Pini Psychiatric Hospital in Milan, the project focuses on the shared ground that connects the many activities now inhabiting the site. Conceived as a collective and open park, this common space becomes the key element through which social, cultural, and spatial relationships are strengthened. The proposal works to dissolve physical and symbolic boundaries, weaving new connections between the interior of the complex and the surrounding city, and redefining the site as an active, inclusive landscape for the wider community.
Set within the transnational territory of Venezia Giulia, shared by Italy, Slovenia, and Croatia, the project addresses landscapes marked by unresolved ethnic conflict. Rather than preserving memory as a static record, the thesis proposes its re-activation through architecture, engaging traces embedded in soil and geography. The work confronts forms of removal and silence surrounding traumatic histories, using spatial interventions to reopen processes of collective recollection and reinterpretation.
Ritorno all’AgriCultura Return to AgriCulture: Revitalizing an Abandoned Farmstead in the Iblei Mountains [by Carla Monaco, 2014]
Set within the rural landscape of the Iblei Mountains in Sicily, the project addresses the progressive abandonment of agricultural land and traditional farming structures. Through the recovery of an abandoned masseria, the thesis explores a contemporary reinterpretation of agriculture as a cultural, social, and productive system. The proposal combines architectural restoration with agricultural reuse, focusing on sustainability, local identity, and culinary heritage, and positions rural regeneration as an active tool for reconnecting landscape, memory, and everyday life.
