Charlotte Urban Housing, 2016

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Our project consists of a maze of narrow, 3,70 m wide, translucent volumes on the ground floor, that host public and semi-public functions as well as community living spaces of private houses and create a series of intimate and interconnected open spaces. Some of these open spaces form an urban plaza, a community plaza, a commercial boulevard and a playground, typical for an urban fabric, while others are gardens that are reminiscent of the open spaces of the suburbs.
On top of the maze, residential volumes have been placed. In this way the buildings at the same time define the open spaces and create a "porous" fabric, where volumes are penetrated by various walkways and passages that connect squares and gardens.

A new wave of inhabiting, a new sense of community.
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Project: Charlotte Urban Housing, North Carolina, US
Status: Competition, second price; Architizer Awards 2017, winner
Program: Housing, Work/Living dwellings, Public Facilities
Client: American Institute of Architects North Carolina
Key Team Members: Marco de Piaggi, Weronika Wawrzyniak