{"id":54498,"date":"2018-03-26T11:04:04","date_gmt":"2018-03-26T09:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.area-arch.it\/en\/?p=54498"},"modified":"2018-03-26T11:03:48","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T09:03:48","slug":"cell-as-small-flat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.area-arch.it\/en\/cell-as-small-flat\/","title":{"rendered":"Cell as Small Flat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Comparing with great designers\u00a0from the\u00a0XX century has always required architects a significant effort, especially when dealing with places with an\u00a0architectural character or a special impact\u00a0on urban scale and social environment.
\nTrough\u00a0a\u00a0contemporary approach, the architectural practice\u00a0Eutropia Architettura<\/a>\u00a0has brighten up a small apartment inside the\u00a0famous residential complex “La Nave” by Leonardo Ricci, located in Sorgane, the Florentine social housing neighborhood, designed by Giovanni Michelucci\u00a0in\u00a0the 60s.<\/p>\n

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photo by Eutropia architettura<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ricci’s complex consists of a very complicated system of paths, connections and common spaces, aimed to let the residents meet and benefit of public spaces, in a way according to the concept\u00a0by Le Corbusier in the\u00a0Unit\u00e9 d’Habitation.
\nEutropia Architettura decides\u00a0to accept the old structure, approving some of the principles of Ricci’s original project, while\u00a0addressing its\u00a0weaknesses.
\nIn fact, the proposal shows a\u00a0living space that looks out to the shared yard, opening up\u00a0in a balcony, and maintains the several connections\u00a0to\u00a0the common areas of the complex, like\u00a0to the\u00a0staircases, to the corridors etc.
\nBetween the living space and the sleeping area there has been placed a huge library, like a filter, singular and distinguish element of the whole flat.<\/p>\n

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photo by Eutropia architettura<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The cell has standard dimensions, meant to be repeated and inserted in any structural frame.<\/p>\n

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photo by Eutropia architettura<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The main goal of this small renovation is the reactivation of the\u00a0living space in order to give a new life to Sorgane, enhancing the quality of the residential district, considering the urban scale and not only the architectural project.
\nThe architects want to overcome the “closed ghetto”, proposing a more open urban vision, where the flat is the manifest of the residents’identity, showing honor and respect for its\u00a0original designer.<\/p>\n\n