Residenze Seregno / Stefano Boeri Architetti
Architects: Stefano Boeri Architetti (Stefano Boeri, Gianandrea Barreca, Giovanni La Varra)
Location: Seregno, Italy
Client: Muinicipality of Seregno
Constructed Area: 2,700 sqm
Budget: 2,600,000 euro
Project Year: 2003-2009
Diagrams: Salottobuono
Photographs: Paolo Rosselli
A project for affordable housing
This housing block is conceived as an L-shaped building, strictly included by the area edges; three-dimensional articulation is obtained by alternating full volumes and voids over the given surface. The block is composed of patio-houses: voids generate and govern all different conditions of living, and give each dwelling an intimate relation to the outside. The building’s skin is made of metal panels, laid down in vertical stripes. In oder to let rain-water fow from the roof to the ground.
axo 01
perspective section 02
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- ground floor plan
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- first floor plan
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- second floor plan
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- roof plan
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- elevation 01
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- elevation 02
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- elevation 03
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- elevation 04
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- section 01
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- section 02
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- section 03
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- axo 01
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- axo 02
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- axo 03
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- apartment plan 01
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- apartment plan 02
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- perspective section 01
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- perspective section 02
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I love the Atelier Bow-Wow sections and plans.
something about this design seems heavy and opaque— the plans seem quite concealed and private…which i suppose could be a positive thing, but don’t know if it is working quite right. i like the notion of accommodating for a larger shared exterior space.
the internal planning of the units appears to be lacking. for example allowing ensuites in affordable housing, when in reality its rather a luxury – space can be better utilized in the living areas or bedrooms. moving through a laundry to access either the bedroom or bathroom also seems wasteful. in a single bedroom unit there is no reason why you cannot combine both the bathroom and laundry for better efficiency. It seems interesting but when the ‘parts’ are disengaged they don’t seem to work particularly well. However, I do like the idea of allowing a courtyard for each unit – nice touch if the budget allows in typical publicly funded low-cost housing.
Endlich! etwas neue.
elegant.