Performative Housing for Self-Sufficient Communities

The straight connection between architectural design and energy in the past, and more than ever in contemporary society, is the key to a valuable energy transition. Energy justice highlights the urgency of reconsidering the distribution system, access to raw materials, and people’s needs in relation to resources. Therefore, this research investigates how to develop energy and water-sufficient community housing solutions, evolving the traditional bioclimatic design principles and integrating advanced methods in architecture. The research focuses on an infrastructural system as a device to produce, stock, collect and share energy and water for the community needs. The envelope of the collective housing (called e.co housing) is a structural and multifunctional apparatus instrument that combines systems and environmental aspects. With this premise, the research started with a case studies analysis and is working on a case study project in Milan.