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Agroecological foodpark A bet for food security in urban contexts and periurban areas
School Of Urbanistic, Architecture and Construction Engineering MSc. Landscape Architecture, Land Landscape Heritage Open Space System and Parks Design Studio 2020-2021 Prof.Lionella Scazzosi, Prof. Branduini Paola Nella Prof. Darko Pandakovic, Prof. Giovanni Sala. Aux. Prof. Hang Lu Stu.Alice Dasco, Stu. Bilge Kobak, Stu. Güneş Idil Altun, Stu. Karelia E. Díaz, Stu. Luis M. Ocampo
Theoretical and contextual frame World urban-rural dynamics
| urban-rural dynamics
Italy urban-rural population dynamics
Lombardy urbanization processes 1954
Milan urbanization processes
2008
1954
2008
The urbanised landscape of Milan underwent alterations in the last century due to the increase from about 500,000 to 4 million inhabitants over an area of about 1600 km2. The importance of parks and peri-urban sites has therefore increased enormously. Considering the Italian and European urban-rural dynamics, we aim to interpret the relationship between urban habitation and residues of the agricultural landscape in South Milan.
European countries urban rural dynamics Data from: World Bank (2019) and https:// ec.europa.eu/eurostat Italy urban rural dynamics Data from: World Bank (2019)
Target SDG
Sustainable Development Goals SDG as navigation chart
Lombardy Nolli Plan Data from: Lombardi region open data (2021)
Milan Nolli Plan Data from: Lombardi region open data (2021)
Zero hunger
Quality education
Sustainable Development Goals SDG Source: ONU (2015)
Clean water and sanitation
Industry, innovation and infrastructure
Sustainable Responsible cities and consuption and communities production
Climate Action
Life on land
Partnership for the goals
| Regional landscape structuring systems Water network
Ecological system
The portion of the Po Valley that we define as the Milanese metropolitan region is a place of human settlements for thousands of years due to the extraordinary abundance of water. The role of regional water connectivity is important for our project vision.
Active fontanili
South Milano park is a wide semicircular belt located along the southern perimeter of Milan. The prevailing environmental matrix is constituted by a typical rural habitat, by a network of channels, hedgerows and a few natural habitat fragments.
Inactive fontanili 7km
Topography
Inaccesible fontanili
Regional water system Data from: Lombardy region open data (2020)
7km
Special protection areas National regional patches
Regional ecological system Data from: Lombardy region open data (2020)
Topography, from the Alps to Po Plain Data from: Lombardy region open data
Lombardy is divided physically into 3 parts from N to S, a mountainous Alpine&pre-Alpine zone; gently undulating foothills zone; and alluvial plains zone sloping gently to the Po River in the south. The Alpine division reaches 4,049 metres in the Bernina.
| Surrounding landscape History and heritage
Ecological context
Chiaravalle town is still today separated from the urban fabric, remaining surrounded by the countryside; in fact the neighborhood is more similar to a suburban fraction of the capital and it maintained its peculiar agricultural aspect over time. It has has a very rich heritage in terms of agricultural practices such as “marcite” which are lowland wet meadows flooded in winter. The original settlement formed in the middle ages, and was centered in the Chiaravalle Abbey founded by the Cistercians in 1135.
Currently, the Protected Areas System covers about 26% of Lombardy. The total protected area included in the system is 98,000 ha, corresponding to about 54% of the regional parks located in the southern Lombardy plain. The extension of the unprotected buffer belt (control areas) is 80,000 ha. Lombardy Protected Areas System had a real effect on conservation of natural habitat and landscape features in the Lombardy countryside, despite a widespread process of habitat alteration. Our project statement aligns with the standards to preserve nature and protect the richness in biodiversity.
The town is crossed by the old route of the Milan-Genoa railway, still visible, while the modern rails run further east. On the original route there was a station serving Chiaravalle, which was then abandoned together with the old tracks. .
Agricultural practicas timeline, Data from: Parco Agricolo Sud Milano, Food Policy Milano, Granapadano, Emilio Sereni, History of the Italian Agricultural Landscape, Princeton Univ Press, (1997).
Graphic of the variation in the average annual temperatures from 1900 to 2020. Data from: https://www.eea.europa.eu/
Historical analysis, urban growth and demographic evolution timeline. Data from: Mappe Storiche (Stagniweb.it), Lombardy Open Data, Milano Open Data, http://italia.indettaglio.it/.
Ecological context and Conservation-production surroundings. Data from: mixed dynamics Lombardy region open data (2020) Prioritare areas for biodiversity conservation
Fontanili and springs functional scheme. Data from: Open spaces and Parks Design Studio Lectures, Politecnico di Milano.
National regional patches
Historical growth Permanences Settlements Roads Urban fabric Residential Productive
Cementery
Healthcare
Touristic
Industrial
Cascinas
Military
1031
1908
2007
1980
2018
2020
Urban Growth 1871
1859
1881
1901
1911
1921
1865 1335
2011 1956
1987
2219
2890
4766
5728
2012
1999 1026
Chiaravalle Inhabitants by census
GENDER
AGE 50-64
Peak
65+
0-9
35-49
10-14 15-19 20-34
female: 518 male: 513
Cultural heritage
Chiaravalle associated vegetation and fauna. Data from: https://www.valledeimonaci.org/parcodella-vettabbia
Migratory movement of the Grey Heron. Winter visitor of the area. Data from: https://worldbirdsblog. wordpress.com/