Hospitable City: a new life for an abandoned neoclassical hospital. A radical design experience between research and pedagogy

CHERCHI PIER FRANCESCO;GIANNATTASIO CATERINA;LECIS MARCO

2022-01-01

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Abstract

Hospitable City is a radical design experience between research and pedagogy that addresses the theme of the reuse of large historic buildings. Hospitable City is not merely intended to be a way to adapt old buildings for new pur- poses. Rather, it is an opportunity to develop new strategies that might link the city and its citizens to abandoned or unde- rused spaces committed to health, well-being, and improved sociality. Hospitable City tackles these issues, focusing on the case study of a late neoclassical nineteenth-century hospital in Cagliari, the principal city of Sardinia.