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Housing the Multitude

Since the beginning of human history the need for a house has implied latent meanings, from the bare “looking for a shelter” to the fulfillment of complex spiritual and social needs. Historically, a number of inhabiting solutions were imagined for the coexistence of individuals and families in collective dwellings, in order to provide an improvement in resource sharing, built terrain and infrastructural optimization and waste limitation.

Completely dissimilar visions of communal life and conditions of social stratification lay behind this group of projects, but all of them share the search for a density which doesn’t restrict the private sphere yet allows, in different degrees, room for shared activities destined to enhance the life of the community.

The Permanence of Form from Vernacular to Rationalism: Giuseppe Pagano’s “Architettura Rurale Italiana” at Milan Triennale (1936)

June 16, 2024 by Mariabruna Fabrizi Leave a Comment

Giuseppe Pagano was a central figure in Italian architecture of the first part of the 20th century. Along with his practice as a rationalist architect … [Read more...]

Architectural Narrative: “New York City: The Edge of Enigma” by Francisco Javier Rencoret (1991)

April 23, 2023 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

In 1991, Francisco Javier Rencoret, a Chilean architect and then Fulbright scholar at Cornell University, published New York City: The Edge of Enigma, … [Read more...]

Matmata: Underground Dwellings for an Extreme Climate

March 26, 2023 by Mariabruna Fabrizi Leave a Comment

The ancient Berber village of Matmata in South Tunisia, located between the Eastern coast and the desert, is characterised by settlements of dwellings … [Read more...]

Living Inside the Earth: the Yaodong, cave buildings in China

June 21, 2021 by Mariabruna Fabrizi Leave a Comment

The Yaodong (窑洞) is a type of architecture developed in the Loess Plateau in the north of China. The name literally means “cave building” and … [Read more...]

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