Civitas Dei. Complex Housing Systems

Authors

Cherubino Gambardella, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli ; Efisio Pitzalis, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli; Mariateresa Petino, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli; Noemi Scagliarini, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli; Marcella Zanchetta, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli

Keywords:

Civitas, home, Le Corbusier, community, open spaces

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Editor: DADI_ PRESS

Series: A/Research: architectural research : editorial series of Master degree course in Architecture

Pages: 286

Language: Italian 

Abstract: The publication presents the work conducted by faculty members, doctoral candidates, and students of the Intensive Design Workshop for the academic year 2024/2025 on Le Corbusier's Unité d'Habitation Transitoire. Through a process of experimentation and adaptation, students have developed architectural proposals that reinterpret the individual plots conceived by Le Corbusier. The design approach seeks to balance density, spatial quality, and sustainability, with particular attention to the relationship between residential units and shared spaces. The outcome is a collection of projects that explore new modes of habitation, integrating typological experimentation with livability, envisioning the city as a dynamic, inclusive, and open organism.

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Author Biographies

Cherubino Gambardella, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli

Cherubino Gambardella (Naples, 1962) is an architect and professor of Design at the at the Luigi Vanvitelli University. He has won international awards, participation in the Venice Biennale and the Milan Triennale. His projects are exhibited in global museums and published in magazines. He has written over 15 books, directed Compasses and now directs Dromos. He created the Biomediterranean Cluster at Expo 2015 and won the Archmarathon 2015 in Beirut.

Efisio Pitzalis, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli

Efisio Pitzalis, full professor of Architecture at the Luigi Vanvitelli University, researches the modernist roots in classical sources. His experimentation focuses on urban architecture and landscape, with studies on multifunctional buildings, squares, parks and schools. His works are published in magazines and catalogs and exhibited in shows.

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Published

March 28, 2025

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ISBN-13 (15)

978-88-85556-40-9

Date of first publication (11)

2025-03-28

doi

10.6093/978-88-85556-40-9