The city of l´Aquila, the capital of the Abruzzo Region and a place of cultural heritage of first order, got heavily demolished in a major earthquake in April 2009. After one year of evacuation, rescue work, and restoration, a major need for the city of l´Aquila are „Places for Socialising“. The earthquake had not only destroyed the physical structures of public living and housing, but before all social ones. Whereas the deficit of physical structures could be more or less resolved after one year, the need for social integration remains still acute. The government has build a number of new public housing areas in the vicinity of the city in order to a give a home to the dislocated – but more difficult is perhaps the „reconstruction“ of functioning social structures.
A simple yet effective small architecture for cultural events and socialising among young people – “Hot Spots” and “Cool Places” – shall be created. Whereas the first week of the workshop is for “idea making” by travelling across the scenic Abruzzo area and the cities and villages of the region, the second week is dedicated to actually building this mini-architecture. The most promising and realistic place for project work is the new location of l´Aquila University´s Engineering faculty (former CD factory) is. There is a clear demand for social places and services
for students and faculty. At the university, places for work and meeting are available for the studio and lectures sessions. – Further locations that invite meaningful intervention are the several villages around l´Aquila which had suffered by he earthquake as well.
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