VILLA MATER
Reimagining a retirement home as a shared experience through a collaborative residence where architecture fosters community and care
Sossio de Vita, Archisbang (architecture) Tina Damiani (landscape architecture) Matteo Rosa Sentinella (sustainability consultant) morephōs (rendering)
The project aims at the restoration and adaptive reuse of the “Villa Mater – Riccardo De Angeli” complex in Rivoli, transforming it into a “collaborative residence for longevity”: a new form of housing for people over 60 who choose to share the progression of time within a stimulating and community-oriented environment. The project builds on themes related to mitigating vulnerability and loneliness associated with aging, proposing a new cultural and social hub. The design is guided by three key architectural and planning gestures: opening the park to the community in order to foster exchange with the city, through three large entrances leading to three public squares; the construction of a new building to accommodate shared spaces and private apartments; and the integration of the redevelopment of the complex into a broader social engagement strategy, based on collaboration agreements capable of involving both residents and the wider local community.
