L’AUTOCOSTRUZIONE NELLE SCUOLE DI PROGETTAZIONE ARCHITETTONICA

This book is the staging of a story that tells the conception, development, and construction of an architecture: the Self-Sufficient Housing Module for Cycle Travelers and Walkers (MAACC), self constructed by the Recyclo student team of the Politecnico di Torino created at the headquarters of the Parco delle Lame del Sesia in Albano Vercellese. The MAACC represents a multidisciplinary in-depth study on the still little-explored theme of architecture dedicated to tourism based on the practice of active mobility. The story uses the structure of a play. Seven “scenes,” separated by six “intervals,” consisting of essays that explore some of the general issues that this experience has brought to light, punctuate a story that also makes use of some “pictures” containing the contributions of the various “actors” involved. The play illustrates a way of teaching which focuses on autonomy, responsibility, and the passion of the students: the real protagonists of this story.