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The research of ‘in memory of the vicinato’ was carried out using a variety of methods. I used this project to experience different ways of gathering information and see this as a first step in design research, lingering between anthropology and architecture.
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With the help of two local architects and the library of Matera, I was able to collect old archived images of the vicinati, back when they were still alive and noisy.
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A study on the possible forms of a vicinato. By deconstructing the original floorplan (above), a potential space with the same essence was created.
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images: Pasquale Ettorre
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Experimenting with interventions in public space – to gain
physical and emotional understanding of the observed
in-between space, extension of the household.
One evening I invited a few locals to a hidden garden in the Sassi. Each time they shared a story or a perception, they were asked to draw on a big sheet of paper covering the table – this way we could observe and analyse the living constillations and draw possible conclusions regarding how they sensed the openness of the public space.