Abstract
This research aims to address the relationship between “the city of care” and interior spaces in relation to the health care emergency that has partially—or substantially—changed our understanding of the design of spaces.
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These aspects were highlighted as part of the course The city of care, by professors Anna Anzani and Francesco Scullica, with Giulio Capitani, Elena Elgani, Emilio Lonardo, held since the a.y. 2020–21 at the School of Design of Politecnico di Milano. Within the framework of these course through the contribution of specialist speakers from different disciplines, it emerged not only the importance of the topic in relation to design, but also the fundamental role of connection and integration that design is called to play toward other disciplines.
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One particularly interesting example of loft in the Italian context is that designed in an abandoned theatre by Lissoni & Partners from 2006 to 2008 in Monza, Italy. More information and pictures are retrievable at this link: https://www.lissoniandpartners.com/en/interiors/residential/europe/completed/private-loft-monza/35.
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The theme of interconnectedness in the house has been explored in Italian architecture since the 50 s: architect Giò Ponti, especially in his apartment in Via Dezza (1957) but also in many other of his residential projects, used to imagine apartments as a single, vast room (only the service rooms are closed off) that in Via Dezza comes to encompass even the bedrooms and the study, in the unbroken continuity of the reinforced open floor plan of the same diagonally striped ceramic floor.
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An interesting approach to (partially) overcome this issue comes from flexible spatial layouts obtained by moving walls or other elements: a case study in that regard is the 29 sqm Taaac! apartment in Milan, where a moving wall with integrated furniture continuously redesigns the fruition of the space. https://atomaa.eu/it/taaac/.
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Among many other examples, we can cite the concept sofa L20 by Jak design studio, where the couch can easily become a secluded workspace or large bed according to the needs of the dweller https://jakstudio.co.uk/l20-sofa/.
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In this regard, architect Carlo Ratti and his team designed a portable wardrobe ozone purifier (not yet in production), perfect to be placed in entryways, called Pura-Case. https://carloratti.com/project/pura-case/..
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The cited online conference “New Digital Art Day: il ruolo del design nell’era digitale” took place on the 20th of November, 2020. https://www.eventi.polimi.it/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/NEW-DIGITAL-ART-DAY-programma.pdf.
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An important case study on imagining new green spaces in buildings is The Commons, by Breathe Architecture, in Melbourne (AUS): it is a multi-residential property that, through shared amenities and spaces such as the green roof, aims at creating a community of dwellers. https://thelocalproject.com.au/galleries/commons-breathe-architecture-project-architecture-east-brunswick-vic-australia/.
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Giò Ponti’s Finestra Arredata was his way to regain as habitable space the “fourth-wall” of a room; the furnished window was first designed in the first half of the 50 s, and reached its maximum expression in his house in Via Dezza, Milano. For more information and pictures: https://www.gioponti.org/it/archivio/scheda-dell-opera/dd_161_6227/progetto-di-finestra-arredata.
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Scullica, F., Monchiero, U. (2023). Post-COVID Interiors in the City of Care. In: Anzani, A., Scullica, F. (eds) The City of Care. Springer Series in Design and Innovation , vol 26. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14608-4_3
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