Adaptive Housing Bergamo

Developed within the international studio context of an Erasmus+ exchange at Politecnico di Milano, Adaptive Housing Bergamo grows from a curved masterplan gesture that separates fast site circulation from the slower, planted courtyards it wraps around. The mass is defined in three steps: a stepped boundary form, a central circulation spine, and a final evolution from rigid volumes into the fluid, terraced massing seen on site.

The brief combines student accommodation, shared study space, and a small health unit into one hybrid program. Capsule-like modules are designed as replaceable and re-programmable building elements, so dwelling types can adapt as user needs change. Balconies, dwelling modules, and common areas are organized as a repeating function diagram along the curve, giving each unit direct daylight and cross-ventilation while stacking co-working, library, and lobby functions at ground level.

The technical layer is where the project is argued in full: wind roses across five years of seasonal data, before/after shadow-analysis grids at four times of day, an albedo study of the surrounding ground materials, and thermal-bridge simulations at every critical junction — roof-wall, slab-on-grade, wall-window, balcony, and basement. Each diagram feeds back into the envelope and massing decisions rather than illustrating them after the fact.