Campagnuzza: between the Village and the Jungle. Vulnerabilities and inclusive spaces in temporary and collective housing

The pamphlet accompanies the 2025 exhibition showcasing the results of didactic activities from the Master’s Degree Course in Architecture at the University of Trieste. It presents ten housing models and ten game boxes developed through an exercise in serio ludere, reinterpreting the Campagnuzza area in Gorizia — a site suspended between the historical Villaggio dell’Esule, built for Istrian-Dalmatian refugees, and the riverside woodland known as the “Jungle of Gorizia,” a temporary refuge for migrants along the Balkan route. The area embodies an exceptional concentration of diverse forms of dwelling — from emergency military shelters and refugee settlements to contemporary social housing for young adults with disabilities. These layered traces of transitory and stabilized inhabitation have hosted vulnerable populations excluded from the traditional housing market. Through architectural design, interior architecture, and technological detail, the students explored inclusive and sustainable models for collective living. The projects respond to the complexities of temporary housing, proposing spatial solutions across scales — from urban systems to domestic interiors — in dialogue with the social, historical, and environmental specificities of the site.