Nuovi usi nella contemporaneità per Roosevelt Island e Smallpox Hospital a New York. Da luogo di esclusione dalla città a memoriale per le vittime di Covid

Smallpox Hospital represents a memory, a ruin to be returned to its community, as a place of meditation, a place for reflection and meeting with the natural component that takes possession of what remains of the building in a man-controlled manner. In this project, the complex was dedicated, followi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Novelli, Francesco
Other Authors: Cuneo C., Tamborrino R.
Format: Book Part
Language:Italian
Published: AISU international 2024
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/11583/2991793
https://aisuinternational.org/citta-che-si-adattano-adaptive-cities/
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Summary:Smallpox Hospital represents a memory, a ruin to be returned to its community, as a place of meditation, a place for reflection and meeting with the natural component that takes possession of what remains of the building in a man-controlled manner. In this project, the complex was dedicated, following the health emergency due to Covid, as a memorial in which the stories of the poor and excluded of the city settle the thoughts and memories of those affected by the current pandemic.