In contemporary cities, the crisis of the traditional housing model is intertwined with the emergence of a vast “archeology of the tertiary sector”: a silent web of empty office buildings, suspended in anticipation of a new vocation. In a context marked by growing precariousness and increasingly fluid lifestyles, living ceases to be a static and individual condition, affirming its intrinsically dynamic, relational, and collective nature. The vast built heritage, now obsolete, once intended exclusively for work, therefore holds untapped potential, capable of responding to this renewed urban urgency. This thesis investigates this convergence, identifying social housing as the privileged field for design experimentation. In this context, interior and spatial design goes beyond its purely technical and aesthetic dimension to become a critical device and instrument of transformation. The interior space becomes the vital trigger for a new quality of living, capable of promoting inclusion and activating forms of coexistence based on sharing and functional hybridization. Through critical analysis of collective living models, the theoretical investigation finds practical application in CORE, the redevelopment project for a former office building within the Milanofiori complex (Assago). Departing from urban-scale logic, the research delves into the domestic dimension with a comprehensive approach, choosing the residence as a spatial laboratory. The intervention aims to break down the rigidity of the standardized cell, anticipating a radical rewriting of distributive paradigms. The interior space is thus rethought beyond the fixed partition, towards an adaptive, fluid, and permeable spatiality, designed to accommodate the changing configurations of a real social mixité. Finally, the research suggests that the transformation of living environments can restore the quality of a living organism to the home.
Nelle metropoli contemporanee, la crisi del modello abitativo tradizionale si intreccia con l’emergere di una vasta “archeologia del settore terziario”: una trama silenziosa di edifici direzionali svuotati, sospesi in attesa di una nuova vocazione. In un contesto segnato da crescente precarietà e da modalità di vita sempre più fluide, l’abitare cessa di configurarsi come condizione statica e individuale, per affermare la propria natura intrinsecamente dinamica, relazionale e collettiva. L’ingente patrimonio costruito oggi obsoleto, un tempo destinato esclusivamente al lavoro, custodisce dunque un potenziale ancora inespresso, capace di rispondere a questa rinnovata urgenza urbana. La presente tesi indaga tale convergenza, individuando nel social housing l’ambito privilegiato di sperimentazione progettuale. In questo quadro, il progetto di interior e spatial design supera la propria dimensione meramente tecnico-estetica per configurarsi come dispositivo critico e strumento di trasformazione. Lo spazio interno si fa innesco vitale di una nuova qualità dell’abitare, capace di promuovere inclusione e di attivare forme di convivenza fondate sulla condivisione e sull’ibridazione funzionale. Attraverso l’analisi critica di modelli di abitare collettivo, l’indagine teorica trova compimento operativo in CORE, progetto di riqualificazione di un ex edificio direzionale all’interno del complesso di Milanofiori (Assago). Distaccandosi dalle logiche della scala urbana, la ricerca si addentra nella dimensione domestica con approccio capillare, eleggendo la residenza a laboratorio spaziale. L’intervento si propone di scardinare la rigidità della cellula standardizzata, anticipando una radicale riscrittura dei paradigmi distributivi. Lo spazio interno viene così ripensato oltre la partizione fissa, verso una spazialità adattiva, fluida e permeabile, concepita per accogliere le configurazioni mutevoli di una reale mixité sociale. La ricerca suggerisce, infine, come la trasformazione degli ambienti di vita possa restituire all’abitazione la qualità di organismo vivo.
Core: progettare l'abitare sociale, flessibilità e innovazioni tipologiche a Milanofiori, Assago
Milanese, Alessia
2024/2025
Abstract
In contemporary cities, the crisis of the traditional housing model is intertwined with the emergence of a vast “archeology of the tertiary sector”: a silent web of empty office buildings, suspended in anticipation of a new vocation. In a context marked by growing precariousness and increasingly fluid lifestyles, living ceases to be a static and individual condition, affirming its intrinsically dynamic, relational, and collective nature. The vast built heritage, now obsolete, once intended exclusively for work, therefore holds untapped potential, capable of responding to this renewed urban urgency. This thesis investigates this convergence, identifying social housing as the privileged field for design experimentation. In this context, interior and spatial design goes beyond its purely technical and aesthetic dimension to become a critical device and instrument of transformation. The interior space becomes the vital trigger for a new quality of living, capable of promoting inclusion and activating forms of coexistence based on sharing and functional hybridization. Through critical analysis of collective living models, the theoretical investigation finds practical application in CORE, the redevelopment project for a former office building within the Milanofiori complex (Assago). Departing from urban-scale logic, the research delves into the domestic dimension with a comprehensive approach, choosing the residence as a spatial laboratory. The intervention aims to break down the rigidity of the standardized cell, anticipating a radical rewriting of distributive paradigms. The interior space is thus rethought beyond the fixed partition, towards an adaptive, fluid, and permeable spatiality, designed to accommodate the changing configurations of a real social mixité. Finally, the research suggests that the transformation of living environments can restore the quality of a living organism to the home.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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