ReCoDe – Reshaping contemporary dwelling
[Thematic Design Studio – BA Architectural Design, Proff. Massimo Bricocoli, Gennaro Postiglione, Rodrigo Pemjean Munoz, A.A. 2016-2017]

During the 20th century the issue of dwelling in the city was mainly solved with the production of mass housing. At the turn of the 21st century this model shows patent signs of crisis. Not because of the obsolescence of the technical tools developed over time, but rather because of the fading away of its cultural premises, of the ideology that had shaped it, of the social project that defined its role and scope. In order to design forms, uses and interiors of contemporary dwelling it is, therefore, necessary to shift from the functional concept of dwelling as an object to the cultural concept of dwelling as an experience.
It is the renewal, re-use and transformation of the existing housing stock that could come to the front-scene, in order to answer in a more proper way to quantitative and qualitative needs of contemporary living.
What type of dwellings? What forms and uses? For whom? How to provide dwellings to those who share their life in more then one city or need to be temporarily accommodated? What are their conditions and needs? How to provide the elderly with appropriate, assisted and affordable housing solutions? How to transform existing structures in order to respond to unmet needs? New forms of dwelling and of contemporary living have been investigated and analised. 9 existing housing buildings in the city of Milano have been selected as case studies, redesigned and are now exhibited.

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