Places: archivi viventi di storia, cultura e memoria, e l’architettura ne è parte integrante. Il progetto diventa un atto di trasformazione attraverso la lettura delle tracce spaziali e culturali a diverse scale, dal paesaggio al dettaglio, dalla memoria costruita a nuova vita. Non si tratta di replica, ma di reinterpretazione, reimmaginare, riutilizzare e riparare l’esistente, dalla circolarità dei materiali al riuso adattivo, dando forma a una visione unica per ogni contesto.

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Urban mining

All processes of recovering raw materials from waste materials destined for end-of-life are configured as "urban mining." In this new view, waste generated by cities and urban environments is looked at as a valuable resource, aiming to use anthropogenic production rather than geological resources to meet the demands of the construction industry. Commonly, "mining" refers to the recovery of precious metals from "technological" waste. However, to date this term has been used more generally to refer to the recovery and monetization of any material from any waste stream, including construction and demolition waste. Our new project MI.C is one of the first building in Europe to implement an urban mining approach in its construction process: we will reuse part of the existing concrete to build the new structure and most of the existing façade to clad part of the interior spaces.