Rethinking the city and society with Social Housing.
The research intends to focus on the possibility that Social Housing, as a formal vision of the so-called public city, can become a tool of
regeneration: in fact, the new building interventions can be seen as valid
elements of virtuous densification not only of volumes but also of
uses, meanings and socio-spatial relationships.
The new Social Housing
buildings have all the potential to be seen as interventions aimed at
renovating large areas of the city and, through careful planning not only for
housing but also with criteria of quality and livability, and through a well-defined social project as well as urban-architectural, they can offer
specific local services and collective spaces adapted to the needs of a society
that is suddenly changing.
Social
Housing must be seen as a unique opportunity to define a new
habitat capable of guaranteeing human and social relationships and not
only as a tool for providing a service.
See also Housing Europe
The Housing Europe Observatory, the research branch of Housing Europe, presents the latest edition of its report ‘The State of Housing in the EU - 2019’ that has become over the last years the biennial compass of Europe’s housing sector.
Kaohsiung Social Housing by Mecanoo
Located between the new green corridor and the existing neighbourhood along the railway, the Housing Complex will be a kick-off project part of a larger urban redevelopment with mixed-use buildings for the whole area.
Alejandro Aravena: My architectural philosophy? Bring the community into the process
Alejandro Aravena, (born June 22, 1967, Santiago, Chile), Chilean architect known for his socially conscious building projects that attempt to break down economic inequality in urban areas. In 2016 he became the first Chilean to win the Pritzker Prize. In this video from TED, with a chalkboard and beautiful images of his designs, Aravena walks us through three projects where clever rethinking led to beautiful design with great benefit.
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