LECTURES, MATERIAL HARVESTING, DESIGN & BUILD WORKSHOP
RE-USE.EU test run our educational module in Napoli, Italy. The lecture and following workshops have been organized in collaboration with Archintorno, a local bureau of architects dedicated to the city’s regeneration.
RE-USE.EU has managed the program and designed the communication regarding the three stages of the initiative called RIUSO e AUTOCOSTRUZIONE.
The activities were led by local architects Andrea Abita and Clara Bernardo in the fantastic location called ‘Le Scalze,’ the vacant church of S. Giuseppe at Pontecorvo.
After staying vacant for many years, the building was damaged during an earthquake and became the association's headquarters devoted to citizens’ initiatives.
Archintorno has been focusing on regenerating the spaces according to the local community's needs.
A beautiful example is the rehearsal room, which was realised with a site-specific acoustic study using only up-cycled materials.
SLIDESHOW: the rehearsal room was designed and built by Andrea Abita in collaboration with Archintorno.
THE SEMINAR
Introduced by co-organizer architect and workshop leather Andrea Abita, the seminar approached the theme of reuse in architecture and design and divided into three modules:
.Inspirational session led by Denis Guzzo, which introduced creative reuse across history and cultures, showing an overview of documented projects and best practices.
.Intervention by Antonio Cerbone, president of the Regional Bound of Architects.
.Intervention by Paola Manfredi, RE MIDA, Napoli.
.Regulatory session by Ph.D. Paola Altamura explained recent developments in regulations regarding reuse in architecture with several comparisons between European directives and Italian rules.
.Introduction to material harvest by Elisa Saturno, introducing the concept of adaptive design and the approach to geo-tagged material harvest platforms.
TAVOLO 448
Designed and built by Andrea Abita, this table is called '448' reflecting an Italian way of referring to something that can be done quickly.
Realized before the workshop, the TAVOLO 448 is a good example of the flexibility that can implement the limited space of Archintorno's headquarters.
WORKSHOP
FOUND MATERIALS
Thanks to the material scouting and a 'Call for materials-video' placed online, soon connection started to form to provide resources for the prototyping. As often happens when designing with reused materials, dismissed publicity create the opportunity to source durable and colourful objects.
[Archintorno] 's headquarters, located at the top floor of the building, consists of a long space of 50 square meters. By mapping the local waste streams, the workshop's main aim is prototyping and producing interiors that allow a flexible use of the space, to be built with locally sourced resued material.
All designs © courtesy of Andrea Abita.
A first cataloguewas created to divide different elements into groups of functions and proprieties; to be then applied to the design needs for the space.
PROTOTYPING
REALISED DESIGNS
Below: documentation of the Archintorno's headquarters improved thanks to the workshop.
A brief look behind the scenes to better understand Superuse's approach to design and architecture. This photo series was captured at Superuse's headquarters, the Slaakhuis.
Below: documentation of the realized prototypes, courtesy of © Archivio dell'Arte by Pedicini fotografi, Napoli | IT
