Con.temporary Borders Thesis Bachelor’s degree in Interior Design at the Politecnico of Milan, July 2012. Social Housing in Milan for immigrants and the elderly, two social figures apparently opposed to each other but in reality very complementary.
Theme/ Solitary man I started with a social research about solitary man: who lives alone in Milan? How many people? Why? .. Social survey 676.907
families composed by ...
244.677 219.428 333.395
married couples couples with children one person
1/2
1/4
FAMILIES BY 1 PERSON ...
... LIVES ALONE.
Once defined the Target, the elderly and regular immigrants, and after a careful research I presumed what are the needs of the individual and common and which are the “borders” to cross in relationships and in space.
Metaphor/ Con.temporary borders It is precisely the boundaries to be the metaphor of the project, which has as its basic objective to break down the boundaries between different cultures and ages.
Where/ Milan (Italy) Zone 9 _Niguarda Potentiality Critical Green areas
near the centre
Identity "The condition that trasforms someone in foreing."
ex-common
dormitory neighborhood
P.Zanini
lonely elderly
regular immigrants
divorced parents
young workers
Target and their needs
"The boundary is a line of indifference between two human spheres." R.Escobar
"The boundaries are drawn to create differences and maintain a spatial order."
LONELY ELDERLY
Border between linguistic realities
C.Levi-Strauss
REGULAR IMMIGRANTS
Border between identities realities
Border between physical realities
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con.TEMPORARY BORDERS from the border to the threshold. Encloses
Desire of communication
Desire of being included on society
Desire of autonomy
Learn the written and the spoken language
Express themselves / Build relationships
Taking exercise
Con.temporary borders
Border
Limits Protects
Threshold
Communication Passage Gap
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Project/Layout
/Plans 0 1 2 3 4 5m
0 1 2 3 4 5m
FRONT
SECTION CC
DATA Total indoor area Total outdoor area
4381mq 994mq
Total area
5375mq
Use of the internal space : Apartments 65% Common spaces 27% Semi-private spaces 8%
FRONT
0 1 2 3 4 5m
0 1 2 3 4 5m
0 1 2 3 4 5m
0 1 2 3 4 5m
SECTION CC
Total apartments : 55
FRONT
SECTION CC
Apartment's typologies : 23 11 studio apartments (one room) 8 two-rooms apartments 3 three-rooms apartments 1 Duplex
DATA
0 1 2 3 4 5m
0 1 2 3 4 5m
FRONT
5375mq
DATA
al space : ments 65% paces 27% spaces 8%
0 1 2 3 4 5m
SECTION CC
0 1 2 FLOOR FLOOR
Total area
5375mq
0 1 2 3 4 5m
GROUND FLOOR SECOND FLOOR
0 1 2 3 4
994mq
GROUND FLOOR
0 1 2 3 4 5m
Total apartments : 55
4381mq 994mq
ogies : 23 one room) partments partments 1 Duplex
SECTION CC 4381mq
Use of the internal space : Apartments 65% Common spaces 27% Semi-private spaces 8%
DATA
ments : 55
Total indoor area Total outdoor area
Total indoor area Total outdoor area
4381mq 994mq
Total area
5375mq
Apartment's typologies : 23 11 studio apartments (one room) 8 two-rooms apartments 3 three-rooms apartments 1 Duplex
SECOND FLOOR
0 1 2 3 4
Use of the internal space : Apartments 65% Common spaces 27% 0 1 2 3 4 5m Semi-private spaces 8% Total apartments SECTION CC
: 55
Apartment's typologies : 23 11 studio apartments (one room) 8 two-rooms apartments 3 three-rooms apartments 1 Duplex
LEGEND
GROUND FLOOR
0 FLOOR 1 2 3 4 5m SECOND
Common spaces :SECOND FLOOR GROUND FLOOR 0 1 2
3 4
0 1 2 3 4
0 1 2 3 4 5m
0 10 2 1 3 42 5 m 3 FLOOR FIRST THIRD FLOOR 0 1 2 3 FIRST FLOOR THIRD FLOOR
4 5m 4 5m
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square garden 82mq botanical garden 150mq Parties and meetings hall 165mq Handmade labs 82mq Logos room labs 82mq Reading room 82mq Passageways Inhabited landing 15-20mq each one Apartments : 3 4
0 1 2 each 3 4 5 m one 30-40mq THIRD FLOOR
0 1 2 3 4
Con.temporary borders
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Inhabited landing / “Live”the passage zone
SITTING ROOM a room in a private house or flat used for relaxation and entertainment of guests
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Japan China North of Africa
India
(architecture) The level floor between flights of stairs or at the head or foot of a flight of stairs.
Tea’s landing_ for a multinational tasting.
Giappone
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INHABITED LANDING
Infusion's landing
Chocolate's landing
Coffee's landing
Board game's landing
Cinema's landing
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Tea's landing
The space in which to stop is articulated in two ways: on chairs or on a common platform, there is only one table. In this way, those who tasted the tea sitting on a chair at the same table and will be “on the same level” of those who, by culture and habit, sits on the floor, turning the borders between different cultures in the threshold of the multi-cultural comparison.
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From the border to the threshold / Between the wall and the forniture Mini Laundry
Bookcase
Wardrobe/ Wall
Reclining table
Osmotic wall
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Drawers wall
Green terrace
Hangers hung to a sliding brackets system.
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Bookcase
Wardrobe/ Wall
Reclining table
Osmotic wall
Drawers wall
Green terrace
wooden shelves
Hangers hung to a sliding brackets system.
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