. between design and law .



      Ubi lex voluit. Dixit. Ubi noluit. Tacuit


there are laws for homeless that protect their rights to have residency and documents,
but these laws are not always applied
correctly throughout Europe and particularly in Italy. The interpretation of these laws is often made arbitrarily because laws themselves are not always defined and sufficiently detailed.


Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)
Article 2 
Everyone is entitled to all rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction
shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it is independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty. 
Article 6 
Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law. 
Article 7
 All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are entitled to equal protection against any discrimination
in violation of this Declaration and against any incitement to such discrimination.

Article 13
1. Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state. 
2. Everyone has the right to leave any country, including
their own, and to return to their country. 
Article 15
 1.Everyone has the right to a nationality.
2. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality
nor denied the right to change his nationality. 
Article 25
1. Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate
for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness,
disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control. 
2. Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection.



Art 43: Domicilio e Residenza, Codice Civile Italiano
“(…) The domicile of a person is in the place where he has established the main location for his deals and interests. The residence is the place a person regularly lives”.