Cohousing Fioravanti is a public collaborative-housing project at via Fioravanti 20 in Bologna, Italy. It was promoted by the Comune di Bologna as part of the city’s housing plan; Fondazione Abitare Bologna manages the building and supports the resident community. The source does not name an individual developer or construction contractor.1
The project brings 11 households—26 people in total—together in 11 homes: one studio, five one-bedroom flats, four two-bedroom flats and one three-bedroom unit reserved for public residential housing. The apartments can accommodate households of up to five people. Residents were selected through a public notice and a participatory process lasting almost three months. Average rent is approximately €420 per month, excluding running costs.1
The homes occupy the restored northern wing of the former Mercato Ortofrutticolo complex, originally built in 1936 and rebuilt after wartime bombing. Work began in November 2022 and finished in March 2025. The €4,689,266.11 intervention was funded entirely from the municipal budget. The building has been adapted to seismic standards and designed as a nearly zero-energy building, with air-to-water heat pumps, a photovoltaic system of up to 19 kWp and mechanical ventilation with heat recovery.1
Shared facilities include activity rooms, laundries, ancillary spaces and cellars, alongside an outdoor area of more than 2,300 square metres intended largely for a garden and vegetable plot. Residents are developing a charter of values and cohousing rules to guide community life and activities that may also involve the neighbourhood. The Comune officially inaugurated the project after residents had already moved in; the article does not identify individual project leaders.1