Social housing and places of sociality. Zoia, a case study in Milano

Journal title ARCHIVIO DI STUDI URBANI E REGIONALI
Author/s Vincenzo Marrone
Publishing Year 2018 Issue 2018/122
Language Italian Pages 22 P. 53-74 File size 128 KB
DOI 10.3280/ASUR2018-122004
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The paper focuses on the social mix topic and shows the chief outcomes of a ex-plorative research conducted in a social housing context in Milano: Zoia. From the fieldwork analysis and face to face interviews an unexpected detail emerges: the emphasis on supportive tools to neighbourhood’s sociability could erode the spon-taneous exchanges among neighbours. This threatens the dialogic dimension, am-plifying the lack of communication among people.

Keywords: Social mix; social housing; Zoia; social status; space of exchange.

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Vincenzo Marrone, Spazi di socializzazione nel social housing. Il caso Zoia di Milano in "ARCHIVIO DI STUDI URBANI E REGIONALI" 122/2018, pp 53-74, DOI: 10.3280/ASUR2018-122004