Rhizome

Master thesis (2017)

Authors

A. Fornasiero Architecture and the Built Environment
P. Turconi Architecture and the Built Environment

Contributors

N.J. Amorim Mota (supervisor 1)
Dick van Gameren (supervisor 1)
Faculty
Architecture and the Built Environment
Copyright: © 2017 Arianna Fornasiero, Paolo Turconi
Standardization Ramification System
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Published Date

28-06-2017

Language

English

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Faculty

Architecture and the Built Environment

Abstract

The sequence of socio-spatial layers that connects the public space to the inner communal space and finally to the private space of the house, was the crucial quality of the area that came about during the last phase of analysis and what the project aims to preserve. Through an objective examination of the spaces encountered, it was possible to find the patterns that govern social life in the Menen and enrich this site.
Indeed, the design research phase brought us to the formulation of a clear research question.
How can the different socio-spatial layers, that characterize the fabric of the Menen, be reinterpreted into a low-rise project able to reach the same density of the Condominium blocks? How can the project be feasible and promote itself as flexible standardized system?
Hence, we challenged ourselves in designing a “system” able to reinterpret the hierarchy of spaces of the site, as well as a project that has embedded the flexibility to be standardized.