The lack of facilities and trees had turned Parco dei Salici into a run-down place in disuse. Communication with the neighbors’ association now in charge of its management was an essential part in the redevelopment of the space, where now all so
Though it is a pleasant green space, Parco XXII Aprile is in Crocetta, one of the most conflictive neighborhoods in Modena. This intervention aims to redefine small new spaces for leisure and for reunion that can gradually reactivate social life in t
Despite being one of the most populated neighborhoods in the city, Commenda Est only has one plaza. The project exploits the potential of several empty spaces to join them and create a quality plaza at the service of the area’s multiple realities...
The Affectivity and Maternity Module is a gathering space that replaces the conventional visiting rooms, anodyne and surveilled, for female inmates. This temporary construction of a family unit recreates the domestic dimension to favor future social
Se ha enriquecido la vida urbana del distrito incorporando nuevos usos privados, sin renunciar a las ventajas paisajísticas de la organización moderna mediante bloques y torres.
The housing crisis of the 1960s led to the construction in the northen part of the city of Bordeaux of the Cité du Grand Parc, a large-scale urban project that addressed the growing demand for dwellings in the aftermath of World War II. Now, in the f
Being circumscribed by three buildings, the esplanade became a large, abandoned space with no specific use. The new plaza comes to fill the void, stretching a green layer of bay leaf trees interrupted at the center by a circular seating area where ne
The poor fame of the neighborhood is a direct consequence of the lack of services and public spaces. The project sets out to change this by creating a place where play, leisure, and education become tools to overcome prejudices regarding the suburbs.
“You cannot change the world, but you can do small things that can change someone’s life.” This is one of Renzo Piano’s maxims, so when in 2013 he was appointed Senator for Life by the then Italian president Giorgio Napolitano, he did not hesitate t
The endeavor to improve the typology and energy properties of obsolete buildings, whilst preserving their formal virutes, defines an altogether new way of regarding heritage.
Architecture is center, life is periphery. We associate the European city with the medieval quarters and the extensions of the 19th century, but most of the population lives in the peripheries. The political and social will to improve the everyday li
Each year, Renzo Piano puts the salary he receives as a senator for life into developing projects addressing one of the major challenges of Italy’s cities: the degrading outskirts.
With a foreword by Norman Foster, Vishaan Chakrabarti’s book shows through intuitive diagrams the advantages of the dense city in terms of land and energy use, transportation and social cohesion.
Al sur del centro de Los Ángeles viven el cuarenta por ciento de los indigentes estadounidenses. Se concentran junto a los edificios de servicios sociales, alrededor de las tiendas y en plazoletas. Según las entrevistas, muchos viven aquí por elecció
