This project is an innovative proposal to address chronic homelessness and substandard housing in Menorca through the design of a low-threshold housing resource (“Casa Zero”) that can serve as a transition between street life and stable housing. The facility will be implemented in a ground-floor unit of a public housing building.

The main objective of “Casa Zero” is to create a space that responds positively to the emotional and practical reality of sleeping on the street, transforming the memory of a permanent exterior into a place where one can sleep comfortably. “Casa Zero” will offer versatile and welcoming spaces that distance users from the marked homelessness atmospheres that typically characterize the care facilities they attend.

“Casa Zero” is a highly unique and specific project, in which the choice of materials, the definition of the functional programme, the operation of the installations, and the design of the furniture and construction details have all been carried out with the intention of promoting dignity, respect and inclusion.