Exhibition curated by Greta Allegretti and Carola D'Ambros
Municipal Library of Paullo

From a perspective of recovery and revitalisation of the pre-existing building structures of the city of Paullo (MI), the exhibition "Living/Sharing" presents a didactic experiment on the reconversion of the use of Villa Moncucca.

As part of the Interior Architecture Design Laboratory (Degree Course in Architecture Design, Milan Polytechnic), led by Professors Imma Forino and Francesca Rapisarda with Architects Greta Allegretti and Carola D'Ambros, some young designers have planned the reuse and redevelopment of the former religious building Villa Moncucca, envisaging as its intended use residences (Social Housing) for people with social, economic or refugee fragilities, requiring a low welfare intensity, in a perspective of shared living and wellbeing. In addition to individual flats with different floor areas, at least two co-housing units have been designed for families' temporary or permanent co-housing with some communal rooms to encourage shared experience (living room, kitchen, dining room, studies). At the same time, the building opens up to the city by offering spaces for cultural associations already operating in the area, such as course and exhibition rooms, workshops, co-working areas, and bars, which interact with the courtyard and green sites surrounding the building.

In coherence with the Sustainable Development Goals (in particular SDG3-Good Health & Wellbeing; SDG5-Gender Equality; SDG8-Decent Work & Economic Growth), the projects aimed to build relationships of social inclusiveness and opportunities for training and creative work.

Projects:
Marina Abdel Malex - Beatrice Baroni - Margherita Basaglia - Gabriele Bianchi - Riccardo Biondani - Lucrezia Bonaiti - Virginia Bottolo - Agnese Buzzelli - Davide Cattaneo - Gaia De Luca - Rebecca Dell’Oro - Matteo Giobbo - Gaia Livon  - Giulia Maffei - Daniele Mazzucchetti - Elisa Meshini - Greta Nizza - Camilla Olzer - Nora Pagano - Chiara Pagliaro - Diletta Palandri - Jasmine Parodi - Valeria Ragagnin - Irene M. Righino - Roberta Risi - Claudia Rubattu - Marta Scaramuzza - Alessia Scartozzi - Anton Scherer - Lora Stefanova - Federica Tripari - Chiara Verpelli - Martina Zaccaria - Filippo Zandonà - Rebecca Zani

Exhibition Design: Francesca Rapisarda
Organisational collaboration: Nicolò Asfinio

Event promoted by:
Comune di Paullo (MI)
Dipartimento di Architettura e Studi Urbani DASTU | Politecnico di Milano
Scuola di  Architettura Urbanistica Ingegneria delle Costruzioni | Politecnico di Milano
Interior Reuse Lab | DASTU

Initiative consistent with the #NewEuropeanBauhaus objectives