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STRATEGY Very
often the historical memory of an area is not an obstacle to construction, but
rather an added value for the arrangement of public places, an irreplaceable element
of urban quality, fruit of the long sedimentation of fragments of social life.
And the historicity of a place itself already enfolds the solution for the integration
of the new housing needs with connections at an urban level. The
quality of life is frequently measured in terms of chances to enjoy moments, places,
areas to us familiar, in which we feel part of a community. The choice to maintain
part of the existent buildings, almost as to form an ideal "backbone" for the
neighbourhood, with all its ramifications, is aimed at recreating a meeting point
for the residents in which everyone can identify oneself. A place where specific
personal needs are tied to the not less important urban needs, i.e. to connect
the main business road to the national urban park and the school district. GENERAL
PROJECT GUIDELINES The
aim in reconverting these structures is to create a line of buildings having both
public and semi-public use, such as a restaurant, shops, offices and collective
work areas for the residents. Such work areas are connected through glass corridors
to the house units located in the new residential buildings, in order to establish
a close relationship between the residential area and the work place. People can
live and work within the same neighbourhood - also thanks to telematic lines -,
go shopping just round the corner and relax in their private garden. However,
in addition, this microcosm is a place of interaction with the city that surrounds
it, as here everyday life 'enters' the house context not only metaphorically,
but also physically thanks to a pedestrian road full of shops and laboratories
for young people, families and the elderly. All this sets down the conditions
for a well integrated blend of life styles. First
of all the settlement meets the requirement of being a sort of "theatre stage"
with respect to the main optical cones marking the entrance to the neighbourhood
and the adjoining public places, without 'squeezing' the existent urban fabric
with its volume. Secondly it meets the need to exploit natural light all the year
round thanks to modular heights and well oriented facades. The
pedestrian precinct has been improved by setting it back on ETELÄPUISTO Street,
by exploiting the existent traffic-free road within the neighbourhood, and by
creating services that attract social exchange fluxes. For
this reason, buildings A and D have been converted and B and C demolished. In
the light of a future completion of the area, the demolition of building G and
the salvage of the remaining buildings have been planned. The
intervention on ITSENÄISYYDENKATU street consists in the realization of a new
building in direct contact with the already existent stone one (D), designed for
offices and businesses, as well as a work place for residents. The ground floor
will host shops and business activities within a traffic-free pedestrian precinct,
but closely linked to traffic roads. HOUSE
MODEL The
objective of this project is that of offering a new housing model able to establish
new social relationships among different generations and different life styles.
We have conceived five different basic typologies of houses (duplex and simplex)
with their related variations, to offer residents the best solution to their needs.
Besides the different apartment sizes that vary according to the requirements
of the family groups and the possible work spaces, some other elements enhance
the quality of the domestic space, such as double heights, small different levels,
terraces, and the fact that many duplexes overlook different floors. Some houses
have been specifically designed for families with children and elderly people
so that they have direct access to the internal garden. However the innovative
aspect is given by the 'horizontal tree' distribution system: access to the apartments
on the ground floor is possible through a corridor ("the trunk"), while through
private stairs ("the branches") to the apartments on the upper floor. Thanks to
this system, the corridors have a variable section, with double and triple heights
that contribute to creating a complex and articulated space, characterised by
empty areas to favour liaising among residents. Some hybrid typologies of duplex
houses have been designed in order to create a constant variation in the perception
of the surrounding space by providing a continuous change in both heights and
horizon lines. This has been achieved thanks to the symbiosis of the distribution
system internal to the housing block with the one of every single living unit.
The composition of the residential
block is achieved through a complex and ramified combination of various types
of houses (such as one-roomed flats, duplexes, and penthouses), giving rise to
variations in standard typologies. CONSTRUCTION
SYSTEM The
construction system is based on a steel supporting structure, with inspectionable
floors through which system ducts, inserted in the interstitial spaces of the
main corridors, pass. All the facades are in low thermal dispersion glass, with
solar light regulating systems. The apartments are provided with integrated telematic
lines that enable telework from home. TRAFFIC
AND PARKING During
the first phase traffic outside the neighbourhood will remain unchanged, while
in the second phase the neighbourhood will be directly connected to the urban
park. The parking lots belonging to business activities and residents are arranged
on three floors, two of which underground, in compliance with the standards requested. Access
roads to properties are on Mikonkatu road, facing north, where another access
to the parking lots of the adjoining building (J) is already existent. FUTURE
DEVELOPMENT It
is possible to extend the urban settlement model also to the remaining part of
the neighbourhood, subject-matter of the study, by prolonging the "backbone" on
ITSENÄISYYDENKATU Street, hence creating an urban core. This can be achieved thanks
to the partial salvage and reutilization of the existent buildings associated
to the completion of the eastern part on ANTINKATU Street. By
replicating the model used for the project area, a private green area can be created
in the courtyard that now comes into being. Such green area may be enlarged by
reusing the two-level portion of the existent building J as a "roof-garden". Donner
-- Sorcinelli Other
projects by Donner-Sorcinelli: Sistemazione
architettonico-ambientale del centro storico di S. Elena -- Comune di Silea (TV) |
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Esito concorso: SELEZIONATO architetti:
_Luca donner _Francesca
sorcinelli collaboratore: _Matteo
Donner localizzazione:
_Pori - Finlandia cronologia: _febbraio-maggio
2003 _progetto di concorso dati
dimensionali:_superficie residenza e servizi (fase 1) 18816 mq _superficie
parcheggio (fase 1) 8184
mq _superficie
residenza e servizi (fase 2) 2278 mq _superficie
parcheggio (fase 2) 1980
mq _area
di studio
15000 mq _area
di progetto 10000 mq programma: _residenza
_servizi _viabilità _parcheggi |
