DESIS Showcase Helsinki 2012

1. University of Bologna | DAPT
“Pilastro District” | Bologna
Key words: household | community
building | cities | cultural activities
Together in the box
A place to make community
more on: https://www.facebook.com group: together in the box _ percorsi sostenibili

2. Context:
Social exclusion and frustration, lack of cultural
identity are the main elements that prevent the
actions of regeneration in social housing

3. Project:
The start of
participatory
process promotes
the awareness of
the individual as
“being community”
• To provide
spaces for work/
meeting
• To promote
trans-
generational
contacts
• To provide
opportunities for
new relationships

4. Design
Role:
To encourage
sustainability. The
social start-up
begins with the
provision of open
spaces where
people can design,
make products or
give new life to
objects. Activities
are divided into
categories and
housed in
containers [box]