Along the rails around Etna is a redevelopment project of an abandoned railway line as a sequence of public spaces and landscapes of slow travel, which interacts with the sicilian territorial context through the reuse of abandoned buildings and architecture, the valorization of the suburban agricultural landscape and local productivity and the creation of different spaces and activities along its line.
Can we give a new life to plastic waste? Why don't we do it recycling them into smart devices to improve our daily studying and working routine? Designed by four dreaming architects during the pandemic lockdown, DeskoⓇ is a piece of innovative and circular urban furniture made out of recycled plastics that allows you to work or study outdoor even with electronic devices. It has solar power for that!
PlayTortona is a social inclusion project in collaboration with cultural centre BASE Milano that aims to create connections between the past, present and future of the Tortona neighbourhood.
BASE becomes a repository of memories and an experimental laboratory for residents to create future scenarios and keep the identity of Tortona alive. PlayTortona offers the possibility of strengthening social bonds and exploring future possibilities.
Phos is a lighting system for home design, consisting of two transportable parts that generate and store energy through heat. A bioethanol burner generates electricity through thermoelectricity during its operation, where the fire is a source of light and heat. The energy produced by the thermoelectric generator is stored in a battery lamp. Two transportable light bulbs, where Fire and Light are inextricably linked, in which thermoelectric energy is produced, stored and used.
Developed from the perspective of a young European citizen, the proposal for a EUROPEAN CITIZEN HOUSE presents a manifesto for an alternative form of representation for the European institutions themselves. Thereby the project addresses the necessity to provide places of encounter in the immediate context of citizens' everyday environments – aiming to promote local civic engagement and strengthen citizens' sense of belonging to the European idea and project – our collective future.
Piece to Whole-Sagrada project aims to transform the surrounding area of Sagrada Familia and adapt its environment to the new sustainable era. Star shape consists of three arms looking at Sant Pau Hospital, Arago street and Plaça de Mossen Jacint Verdaguer that are most dense three zone around Sagrada Familia. Therefore,Sagrada Familia will be focus point of people through the new star shape.Conception of the piece to whole aims to divide volumes into small pieces without losing whole picture.
Clay or loam have been used to built housing since the neolithic period. The material can be found almost everywhere on the planet. Studys have shown, that living in a house made of loam has several positive effects. It absorbs excess humidity, toxines and acoustic noise.
Regional and self-assembled loam was used to create objects, that have the maximum absorbtion qualitys in the material, and are distinguished through their maximum surface for optimal use in rooms, that are not made of loam.
The project idea is about a collaborative and digital platform for the exchange of services and performances in a circular perspective, where sustainability and digitalization meet creating opportunities for all the territorial stakeholders of the production system, who become the driver of sustainable territorial innovation.
The platform is an independent and impartial intermediary between those who offer and those who seek a service, in order to reactivate cross-scale cooperation processes.
BiodiverCity is a masterplan in the city of Barcelona that brings the biodiversity-including plants, animals and insects-to the urban context, focusing mainly on the leftover spaces.and discusses how urban agriculture and technology can help people engage in food production in urban public spaces to create a communal productive lifestyle.
The Agro Biomaterials Kit consists of the necessary ingredients to make bioplastics at home. Only water and organic residue should be added.
