UNSQUARED PIXEL | Davide Coluzzi DAZ

STUDY The city of Capelle aan den Ijssel presents an interesting urban layout situation. Here middle-sized architectures coexist with towers of considerable size (hoven1) and houses with access from the road, like in the northern district of the study (....), communication ways enclose the lots onto themselves, there aren’t important connections between the inhabitants because of the lack of few openings to the city center and the nearby metro station. The district has a tremendous amount of parks and water, but lacks a rationalization of these resources, there is no integrated system of maintenance among the residents, the trend is: private management and public use. Unfortunately, the spaces are too large for the private management of paths and courtyards where you highlight the aesthetic and social degradation. The cars have a dominant role in the town scenario and hide the pedestrian and cycle paths. Capelle aan den IJssel is a city that has mass-produced settlements and architectural quality obsolete following a fixed pattern with low permeability between collective spaces. The new settlements of Hoven 1 are characterized by high density with tall buildings up to 16 stories high, located on a strip of parking lots and a shopping area, the new city district is open to the town, but doesn’t communicate with the residential neighborhood of low houses . Hoven 1 towers have a rotation to the south side to increase the solar energy, but a lack of green space, provides a partial permeability. GOALS The aim of the new complex is to give the city a very dense residential area, with about 85 units per acre with a high percentage of households with access to ground level and a proper balance between public and private spaces. The new system seeks to increase the density of habitation on the ground floor with the occupation of areas degraded by creating green homes, privately owned gardens alternating with common green areas. The houses take into consideration the people’s lifestyle, allowing a comfortable life thanks to the projection of a viable system for pedestrians and transportation with the complete removal of vehicles. The street front on the way — it is considered as a city landscape, is made up of towers and parking raised in connection with the buildings of Hoven 1. Greenery subtracted from the new plant is shifted with roof-top garden on the roof of the parking lots designed as an urban park. The entire complex on the road, hosting services for the community and commercial areas in relation to Fluiterlaan and the metro station. Hoven 2 Is considered both a place that welcomes different targets by age or by certain needs through a study of the various housing systems: 2 storyes small houses, single-story small houses and apartments in the towers. The different typology of life are based on the inhabitants various lifestyles, but everybody has a good quality of life. UNSQUARED PIXEL The project concept was created by the overlap of the two prevailing directions that dominate the urban system and continuing adjacent axes converge and intersect in the direction of Hoven 2. The grid breaks generated the idea of the square meter, the module fixed 1×1 pixel. The breaking of the rule was created the word “unsquared”. The coating chosen for the facades, a system of prefabricated elements and multi-colored square, underlines the choice of the name UNSQUARED PIXEL. The grid is created which breaks the idea of a square meter, the fixed module 1to1, the pixel. The breaking of the rule was created the word “unsquared”. The facades are made of a system of multi-colored precast panels, not square, underlines the choice of the name UNSQUARED PIXEL The project concept was created by the overlap of the two prevailing directions that dominate the adjacent urban system and pursuing directions that converge and intersect in the area Hoven 2. The grid which is generated breaks the idea of a square meter, of a pre stabilized module 1×1, of a pixel. From the breakdown of the rule is born the word “unsquared”. The coating chosen for the facades, a system of multi-colored prefabricated element.