Cantiere Futuro tackles housing crisis with '10-euro-a-day' home model

Key facts

• Cantiere Futuro is in its fourth edition, organized by Ceramiche Marca Corona for ART CITY Bologna 2026.
• Ceramiche Marca Corona is the oldest company in the Sassuolo ceramic district, active since 1741.
• Franco La Cecla delivered the opening lecture titled 'Addomesticare l’architettura.'
• Two roundtables were moderated by Pierluigi Molteni, architect and professor at the University of Bologna.
• Emily Marion Clancy is deputy mayor of Bologna and councilor for housing policies.
• Porto 15 is the first fully public cohousing in Italy, located in Bologna.
• Bologna is one of 17 European cities in the Mayors for Housing network, alongside Rome, Milan, Florence, Paris, Athens, Amsterdam, Barcelona, and Warsaw.
• In May 2025, mayors presented the 'EU must act now: European Housing Action Plan,' calling for a €300 billion European fund for accessible housing (at least €100 billion in grants).
• Marco Battaglia is project management head of Investire SGR, active in social housing, senior housing, and student housing.
• Investire SGR is transforming Florence's Villa Monna Tessa (a former hospital pavilion disused since 2018) into a student residence by the 2027/2028 academic year, with partners including Fondazione CR Firenze.
• Marco Marcatili is director of Lombardini22 and president of CAAB-Centro Agroalimentare di Bologna.
• Lombardini22's 'house at €10 per day' model aims for affordable housing by activating unused urban assets, both public and private.
• Davide Tommaso Ferrando is an associate professor at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano.
• Ferrando called Airbnb 'the main urban planning agent of the last twenty years.'
• Stefano Betti is vice president of ANCE (National Association of Building Contractors).
• Stefano Pujatti founded the studio ElasticoFarm.
• Ferrando and Pujatti collaborated on the design of Ferrando's home in Turin, which will be documented in an upcoming publication.