“CasaNova” Social Housing

“CasaNova” Social Housing
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“CASANOVA” SOCIAL HOUSING

Cdm Architetti Associati

ARCHITECTS
Cdm Architetti Associati

ARCHITECT IN CHARGE
Edoardo Cappuccio, Giuseppe Donato, Tomaso Macchi Cassia

COLLABORATOR
Paola Seria

CLIENT
IPES - Istituto per l'Edilizia Sociale della Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
Lucio Bertotti

PHOTOGRAPHS
Andrea Martiradonna

AREA
20300.0 sqm

COSTO TOTAL
19.000.000 €

YEAR
2012

LOCATION
Via Nicolò Rasmo, 55, 39100 Bolzano BZ, Italy

CATEGORY
Social Housing

“CasaNova” Social Housing
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“CasaNova” Social Housing
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Text description provided by architect.

The project starts with a competition publicly announced by the Social Housing Institute based on a Detailed Plan for the residential expansion.

“CasaNova” Social Housing
© Andrea Martiradonna
“CasaNova” Social Housing
© Andrea Martiradonna

This is a tool the municipal administration has to face the need of social housing with an excellent settlement pattern clearly recognizable in the peripheral context.

The plan provides the creation of blocks, the “castles”, made of 3-4 buildings located around an open tree lined court.

“CasaNova” Social Housing
© Andrea Martiradonna
“CasaNova” Social Housing
© Andrea Martiradonna
“CasaNova” Social Housing
© Andrea Martiradonna

Following the numerous Plan restrictions, the building emphasizes the unity of the plot by working on the concept of block and by identifying a single kind of construction for the front.

In order to be able to see the whole structure as a uniform architectural element, a single plan of covering correspondence – considered as fifth view - has been created.

“CasaNova” Social Housing
© Andrea Martiradonna
“CasaNova” Social Housing
© Andrea Martiradonna
“CasaNova” Social Housing
© Andrea Martiradonna

The building, in energy class CasaClima A, is covered with panels of GRC.

“CasaNova” Social Housing
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“CasaNova” Social Housing
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“CasaNova” Social Housing
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“CasaNova” Social Housing
© Andrea Martiradonna


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