The residents at Luciano’s Pai’s residential development in Turin use messaging service WhatsApp to maintain a shared conversation for community living.
As the sharing economy gains traction, co-housing is becoming a commercially attractive proposition to developers, according to a recent article. Luciano Pia’s residential development, 25 Verde, in Turin shows a rigour that is hard to come by when architecture and plants meet and offers a paragon of a healthy, sustainable and community-building architecture. For them living in this green haven has become the norm, just as the wider architectural community is deciding this sort of thing must become the norm. In the centre of the development stands a raised garden teeming with birds though the intimacy of this space is dependent on the season but a mixture of deciduous plants and evergreens ensures shade in the summer and greater light penetration during winter. Beyond, a space has been turned into a miniature allotment for growing strawberries, in keeping with a fruit-growing theme that runs through Pia’s work regardless of whether the building is overtly ‘green’. Here, the residents have started to make their own jam. Back in the UK, debates around green architecture have been rekindled recently by the Green Building Council’s publication of the Demystifying Green Infrastructure report which aims to help architects view vegetation as more than a ‘fluffy optional extra’. They are all rich exercises in placemaking that share an interest in layers, but also plant life.
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