The evolution of contemporary lifestyles towards instability seems the result of both the pressure of ongoing transformations and the attraction they exert. On the one hand, capitalism is transforming ownership into access to services, things into experiences, but, on the other hand, this is precisely a scenario the anticapitalistic left strived for, as a modern outcome of freedom (from the constraints of place, family, religion, gender...) modernization was expected to deliver. 'Remote presence', that gained momentum in the last years, further accelerated this trend, disrupting the living/working divide and giving way to a number of possible ways to inhabit the gap. Everything is thus adapting to the new nomads and rising dwelling scenarios try to translate their needs and desires into architectural answers.
This studio focussed on the isolato Sant’Eligio, a block in the city centre of Turin where a recent design competition asked for proposals able to house fresh graduates, offering them the opportunity to remain in town and start to make a living here. Students probed, therefore, a programme merging a hotel (as a functional and economical backbone), a ‘dwelling incubator’ (for longer stay), and shared facilities. Since the envelope is the place where many architectural issues tend to concentrate nowadays, students had further explored in detail the interface between interior and exterior.
 

Groups and students:
_01 Eliza Haider, Fatemeh Jafari, Sara Zakipour. _02 Navid Kakavand, Mohit Vijay Purshotam. _03 Seyedeh Hanieh Alavi Zadeh, Alara Cagla Gergil. _04 Beril Avcioglu, Sofia Maria Bampatziani, Silvia Daniela Figueroa Martinez, Jonathan Esteban Hernandez Rojas. _05 Malek Azzam, Yaiza Martin Martin, Predrag Raskovic, Beatris Stoyanova. _06, Kai Bao, Nengchen Li, Tianhua Zeng, Xinwen Zhang. _07 Ines Beltran Cortes, Omar Castro Estevez, Alejandro Pascual Rubio. _08 Xiangyu Cao, Daoxiao Li, Yuzhu Wen, Jiahao Yu. _09 Wei Yee Michelle Choo, Sang Teng Sheena Ng, Yan Lin Sebastian Ng, Caitlyn Jing Lin Sih. _10 Apolline Marie Maelys Constant, Juanita Londono Robledo, Mariana Trinidad Solano Vasquez. _11 Paul Elliot Cottier, Nathan Charles H. Martin, Hugo Maynard. _12 Negar Ebrahimzade Fakhar, Saman Fatehi, Mahshid Hosein Pour Hormozi, Lidia Jintcharadze. _14, Hiroto Ishii, Mohammed Hafeez Shaik Dawood, Ewa Cyntia Walkowska. _15 Mehrnoosh Hamed Tabeei, Kasra Khosravan Jam, Sousan Moradichaleshtori, Behnaz Sadeghi. _16 Zichen Huang, Runze Tan, Ambra Wang, Jiahui Zhou. _18 Riham Nasrallah, Ledio Ollomani, Olga Ostojic, Vinay Gandhi Uppu. _19 Gimena Galloso Sabat, Paulina Ignacia Martinez Vasquez, Andres Arnaldo Suazo Ruiz. _20 Foroogh Mirnataj, Kimia Mohammad Ebrahim. _21 Dariya Amirova, Polina Vergunova.