SELF-SUFFICIENT RESIDENCES

The project involves the creation of a Social Housing model in Rome that promotes a rethinking of social living, through a comprehensive design that evaluates the aspects of living in the name of ecological sustainability that at the same time promotes socialization. Given the close proximity to the University City, the project has foreseen different user groups: disadvantaged families, the elderly, disabled, single parents and students (including those away from home) who can share spaces and support services for the residences within this complex.

The services, possibly managed by the municipality, are located in a reinforced concrete structure with a garden roof, above which the homes are designed with the lightest but most resistant technology in wood. Thanks also to its well-known breathability properties and its ability to absorb harmful gases and vapors, wood is very advantageous for today's widespread allergic disorders. The technological principle adopted, wanting to reconcile structural, formal and distributive needs, as well as energy ones, is based on prefabricated modules, which allow for total integration and versatility of the spaces and a reduction in the timing of the installation, ensuring safe, fast and more economical construction sites. Since the homes are classified in the A+ energy class, a reduction in the costs of construction of the wooden structure is expected, generally more expensive than traditional techniques, also thanks to the proceeds from the grid of the electricity produced in surplus by the integrated photovoltaic panels.

But what the thesis wants to underline is the perfect adaptability of this construction technique to hot climates, since the modular technology studied reduces to a minimum the formation of thermal bridges and allows, very importantly, to reach an excellent energy class before the dimensioning of photovoltaic systems and air-water heat pump generation.