Atmospheres for Living. Reportage between the Roman Houses

Abstract

The contribution investigates through the photographic tool the space between some Roman houses built in the early 1900s, in which a collective dimension of living can be found. Through the built forms, the materials and the possibility of passing freely and democratically in the intermediate spaces between the private domestic sphere and the public sphere of the city, the path through images stops the gaze on the public building settlements with the aim of recovering a dimension and a shared atmosphere of living. The covered passageways and the entrance thresholds, the drying racks and the green open space emphasize the importance of the empty space as a focal point of the collective architectural project. With particular reference to the fundamental role of proximity spaces, the goal is to feed an imaginary on collective housing that is not only speculative but perceptive, phenomenological, immaterial which does not only concern a space of consumption but a time and place democratic made up of daily actions.