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PORTFOLIO 2020 Daniele Verga

e: danieleverga1994@gmail.com issuu: issuu.com/danieleverga phone: (+39) 346 1219271 place of birth: CantĂš (CO) date of birth: 18.02.1994

Via Antonio Fogazzaro 28 Mariano Comense, 22066 Italy

A PROCESS OF RESEARCH AND DESIGN

This portfolio aims to illustrate what are the issues and the thematics that mostly attracted and enriched me during my educational experiences, considering them into a process of research and design, in which discovering new knowledges is considered the key element to better understand territorial issues, to open questions and to learn about the environmental, social and economic features of the contemporary geographies.

During the bachelor in Geography I started to be attracted by what could be defined as the urbanism universe, both in a theoretical and in a practical dimension. Some exams, studios and practical experiences convinced me to focus on a thesis that has been a bridge between geography and urbanism, looking at the urban transformations of the alpine cities caused by the mountain tourism.

What have been the two following years of Master in Urban Planning and Policy Design could be described as a continuous and deep attempt to focus on the large territorial dynamics and how they affect cities, landscapes and micro spaces of every day life under environmental, social and physical points of views. This was supported by the attempt to understand what are the challenges and the main questions that planners and designers should face, understanding how the dialogue across disciplines is nowadays fundamental and essential.

These thematics are reflected in the selection of the works presented, that chronologically ends with the master thesis and the project of Tracciaminima. Into the thesis, intended as a strategical proposal for a peripheral valley in the Western side of the Como Lake, I tried to match personal interests, theoretical studies and practical experiences, focusing on contemporary issues: peripheral areas, landscape valorization, resilient economies. Tracciaminima instead is a project proposed with a group of friends during the lockdown caused by the Covid-19, as an opportunity to discover and valorize the peripheral territories of Lake Maggiore through the slow tourism.

CURRICULUM VITAE

EDUCATION

EXPERIENCES

2018 - 2020

2020 - on going, Lake Maggiore

Polytechnic University of Milan

tracciaminima project

MsC Urban Planning and Policy Design 110/110 magna cum laude

2019 (June-July), Milan

thesis title: “ Regenerating peripheral territories.

OPENFABRIC

A proposal of diffused hospitality to valorize

Internship

the landscape and reactivate local economies” 2019 (March), Copparo (FE) 2013 - 2016

TERRAVIVA workshop

University of Milan Bachelor Human Science of

2017 - 2019, Mariano Comense (CO)

Environment Territory, Landscape

private lessons

108/110 thesis title: “Il turismo montano.

2017 (March-June), London

Le trasformazioni della città alpina”

study experience

2008 - 2013

2013 - 2020, Giussano (MB)

IIS Enrico Fermi Cantù (CO)

Zio Pizza

Scientific High School

employee

81/100 2012 - 2103, Mariano Comense (CO) Penna Nera Cooperativa Sociale Onlus volunteering

LANGUAGES AND SKILLS

CERTIFICATES

Italian: native

2017 TOEIC

English: fluent

grade: 835/990

operating system: Mac OS X

2017 Speak Up London grade: excellent

software: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Indesign, Adobe Photoshop,

2013 PET

Office 365 package, QGIS

grade: 70/10

SUMMARY

01 SELECTION OF UNIVERSITY WORKS 011 Adriano: a node between three territorial figures 012 A proposal for the Llobregat’s delta 013 Shifting Lambro 014 Corvetto: a rurban corridor 015 Canapaland 016 Regenerating peripheral territories

02 OTHER EXPERIENCES 021 Tracciaminima 022 Il Parco Ponte Genova 023 Skate-park Demets 024 Valira’s Hanging Gardens

To better understand the projects presented, elements produced together with third parties or made mainly by third parties have also been included.

These elements are at pages: 13, 15 16, 27, 29

011 ADRIANO: A NODE BETWEEN THREE TERRITORIAL FIGURES Polytechnic of Milan, 2018 masterplan design studio prof. Patrizia Gabellini, Giulia Fini tutors: Alexandra Chivikova, Stefano D’Armento, Valentina Gingardi with: Farzaneh Changizi, Francesca Mazza, Arda Sedat

Adriano is a neighborhood in the Northern Eastern of Milan that, due to a series of failed attempts of new developments, is nowadays (2018) living a situation of marginality, and it is engaged in the program of “Riformare Periferie� held by the Municipality of Milan. At the same time the neighborhood is located in a strategical position, dealing with different city and landscapes: Parco Lambro, the system of Navigli, Cascina Gobba. The project, parallel to the ongoing strategies already approved by the Municipality, aims to provide a new scenario for the area, considering Adriano as a node between 3 territorial figures, identified as main vector of sustainability and livability, challenges of the contemporary city issues. The tram line figure, the green ecological figure and the Martesana figure define strategic spaces and places of intervention working both at the metropolitan scale and at the city scale. Between those spaces identified, one becomes the central element to define a scenario, trying to imagine and understand the future dynamics that will characterized the area.

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Between masterplan and scenario

Masterplan: focus areas

The proposal takes place from the on going projects (2018) in the area: ReLambro, the reopening of the Navigli, the regeneration of Greco Pirelli railways station and identifies three strategical figures. The orange figure takes form along the tram line 7, that runs from the Parco Nord to Cascina Gobba, activating some abandoned or underused spaces. The green figure aims to expand Parco Lambro through a series of punctual and linear actions. The blue figure is developed along the Martesana

ReLambro canal where there is a huge presence of small potential spaces that connect the neighborhood of Adriano to the city center, in order to develop micro public spaces.

STRATEGIES ADRIANO a node between 2 connection using orange three territorial figures 1 new infrastructure ReLambro project aims to expand the green from the Lambro to the surrounding areas to create an ecolgoical system that can include also the built up areas. This system of green spaces with different uses (agricolture, sports, leisure, forest) and actors could incorporate the new centralities such as Città della salute e della ricerca that will be built in the former Falck area. This new important center will be characterized by the importat role of green related with the health system; the hospital and the other buildings will be surrounded by parks, leisure spaces and some spaces for planting trees and creating orchards.

line FIGURE Scenario appears as the tool able to imagine possible stories of the future, dealing with the territorial, Tram economic and social dynamics. It describes three different

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hypothesis that open a reflection on the huge (and not always clear) possibilities of development of peripheral areas, trying to answers to the needs of flexible and multiscale strategies. It’s applied in one of the most problematic areas (1), due to the2huge percentage of large abandoned spaces. infrastructure expansion

using

green

green ecological figure

Scenario A: temporary actions proposed by the three strategic figures become permanent and define a long-term strategy. This could be considered the natural future

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SUPPORT AND REVITALISe USING BLUE INFRASTRUCTURE

development of the area following the proposed strategy.

MARTESANA FIGURE

3

Adriano Green expansion

Reopening Navigli

Greco Pirelli

Archi verdi di connessione privilegiata

The reopening of the system of Navigli (reuse parts of the Navigli system that are currently undergrounded), supported by the the project of Parco Lineare del Naviglio Grande, could improve our strategy to bring nature to Adriano working both at the regional and at the local scale. These projects aim to create a water network and to reconsider the role of Martesana as a blue and green corridor. Along this system it wll be possible the creation of a network of public and green spaces that cross the Municipality to give an important role to the water.

Adriano

The requalification of Greco Pirelli station will incorporate the surrounding area to the station. The aims of the Municipality is to regenearate the station and to adapt it the the oridnary and contemporry infrastrucutral requests and to provide a safe and well working access from the estern part to the eastern part. But also the Municipality aims to provide new residential areas (especially for students) in order to create a new important connection with Bicocca.

Rete ecologica of Municipality provides a system of ecological connections (”archi verdi di connessione privilegiata) in order to improve weak corridors that link important green areas such as Parco Lambro and Parco Nord. In addition it underlines some peripherical areas that need to be improved ecologically (Adriano belongs to these).

This is relevant because it makes Adriano in a strategical position for its ecological role, as it is also seen in the project of ReLambro.

Scenario B: the Municipality becomes the main strategic promoter, defining and completing the projects proposed in the last years. This option is based on the new role Tram line figure

Green ecological

played by thefigure Municipality.

DEFINING the three FIGURES

Intervention areas

Martesana figure

Intervention areas

Parco Nord

Existing green areas

Adriano Marginal area that needs to be improved ecologically Weak connection that will be improved

Infrastructures

Intervention areas

By pass road

Existing green areas

Primary roads

Parco Nord

Scenario C: an external and private stakeholder will purchase the area and will develop one of the projects that were designed for the neighborhood.

Existing green areas

Marginal area that needs to be regenerated Mobility interventions

Green expansion

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Adriano street

Metropolitan

Areas currently under project

Cascina Gobba

Railways

Legend

Existing tram 7 line

M5 Bignami

M1 Precotto

Metro stations

Fulvio Testi street

Greco Pirelli station

Infrastructural interchange node

Strategy: 3 territorial figures

Sesto San Giovanni

Strategy and goals

Actions

Create a new connection between Parco Nord and Parco Lambro, using the main element of the tramline in order to valorize, connect, and regenerate the crossed abandoned and underused spaces.

Improve public and sustainable ways of transport

The strategy aims also to overcome the fragmentation of green areas, providing a new connection but also to bring attraction and new social life into a peripherical context.

M5 Ponale

Padova street

Monza street

Regenerate abandoned or underused spaces and buildings introducing new attractive uses

Spaces for enterteinment (cinema, iceskating)

Central public square

Extension tram n.7 from Via Anassagora to Cascina Gobba Park Improve and develop slow mobility reconnecting fragmented existing paths

New built up Strategical spaces of interventions Inner cycle and pedestrian paths Cycle paths Tram line

Retrain and redesign infrastructural nodes

Area for orticultural activities

M1 Precotto interchange area School complex

Green cycle and pedestrian bridge to overcome railways

Outdoor sport hub

Cycle path along tramline

Greco Pirelli station access

Strategy and goals

Parco Lambro

Greco Pirelli station

M5 Bicocca

Tangenziale Est

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The strategy aims to the extension of Parco Lambro into the urban context and the built up space in order to overcome the fragmentation of the urbanisation and connect green spaces inside the neighborhood. The idea is also to bring natural elements (elements of the Park: green and water) into the city.

M1 Villa San Giovanni

Adriano street

Actions Cernusco sul Naviglio Vimodrone

Regenerate abandoned or underused spaces and buildings introducing ecological and environmental uses Linear park

M1 Precotto

Urban forest M2 Cascina Gobba

Create slow mobility connections to link green areas New cycle and pedestrian paths Strenghten linear ecological connections improving streets liveability

M1 Gorla

M2- Crescenzago

Green and trees strips along the street Valorize green ecological areas introducing attractive compatible use

Scenario A

Adventure park

Re-activate unused green existing areas introducing attractive uses

M2 Crescenzago

Scenario B

Parco Lambro

Padova street

Scenario C

Palmanova street

Local commercial area

Strategy and goals

Legend Tram line figure Intervention areas Existing green areas Areas currently under project

RENT

The strategy aims to revitalise the Martesana Canal, perciving it not more as a barrier, but as an active sysyem of puntual public spaces. The idea is also to create new relationships and meeting places in which rediscover and regain the lost contact and relation with water

Adriano street

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M2 Cimiano

Actions Regain and redesign the relationship with Martesana canal New waterfront along Martesana

Green ecological figure Intervention areas Existing green areas

Regenerate abandoned or underused spaces and buildings introducing new punctual uses

A. Open urban forest B. Closed urban Exhibition forest area C. Public orchards and spaces for school activities and events Orticultural spaces D. Entertainment temporary area with open air cinema or ice skating

Martesana figure Intervention areas Existing green areas

RENT

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Area for water sport

Retrain and redesign infrastructural nodes Meeting point

Improve trasversal accesses along Martesana

P

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Car and bike access Cycle and pedestrian bridge

E. ReLambro project completion: permeable area incorporated in the fields with periodic maintenance and rows Develop slow mobility to improve the connection between Martesana and Adriano of trees F. Municipality project: completion of the park (via Tremelloni) Cycle paths G. Public orchards expansion

P

H. Sport center: swimming pool, gym, related facilities I. Park and residential buildings J. Offices, commercial areas K. Car road

Padova street Palmanova street

012 A PROPOSAL FOR THE LLOBREGAT’S DELTA Polytechnic of Milan, 2019 contemporary landscape: theory and practice prof. Miriam Garcia Garcia with: Francesca Mazza, Maria Laura Galassi, Anna Evangelisti, Fabio Cassingena, Valeria Ozuna

the future scenario if we will not do nothing...

The Llobregat is the second longest river in Catalonia, Spain. It runs for 170 km and its delta is located not far from Barcelona and its metropolitan area. The delta is nowadays suffering a multiple system of hazards, due to the infrastructural, social, economic, demographic development and to the rapid impacts of climate change: sea level rise, erosion, salted water infiltration, temperatures increase, floods. In order to offer a livable delta, the project proposes a resilient strategy that assumes the point of view of the people who live in the delta: farmers of the agricultural park, citizens of the city of Barcelona and the small rural settlements, the ecological guides of the natural places of the coast, tourists that every year visit these places. Trying to understand the needs and the issues that come both from a punctual observation and from the complex landscape where the Llobregat river runs into, the strategy proposes a set of actions (pills), able to act both at buildings scale and at the territorial level, and classified into 4 typologies: structural, non structural, natural, natural based. 6 pilot areas follow the resilient strategy to show example of how technically those pills act.

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our strategy Strategy for a new Llobregat scenario

AGRICOLTURE

a remedy for the llobregat's delta

to ensure that the agricultural park resists instead salt intrusions and favors the biodiversity of the place

main objective:

TO ACT IN THREE AREAS “AT THE SAME MOMENT”

SEA

to make sure that the sea, in its unstoppable progress, does not accelerate or cause damage to the territory

llobregat’s delta

RESILIENT and LIVABLE

(this is the delivery that the promoters gave us during the workshops we did)

RIVER

make it livable and usable for resilient actions on the river and the sea

what is for us resilience? the changes are about unavoidable but how can we limit the damage and work to react, how can we adapt us and adapt the territory?

WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT...

Llobregat river

Barcellona

Parque Agrario del Bajo Llobregat

airport El Prat

Mediterranian Sea

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PIlls for the Llobregat delta

6 pilot projects

Tidal park is one of the pilot areas. The

A a.

area, characterized by a huge presence of

punctual actions related to the river

biodiversity, both in the sea water and in vegetation on the beach is nowadays suffering the pressure of the airport, the presence of the sea level rise and the development of residential areas.

B B.

4 main pills are proposed for this area.

waterfront

Flooding treatment wetland: it aims to create small floating spots were specific plants and animals can find a shelter.

Wetland restoration: it is characterized by the

C C.

attention, maintenance and preservation of the

tidal Park

variety of flora and fauna present in the park.

Planted pockets: it focuses on the plantation

D d.

of specific typologies of plants that are now

E E.

subjected to a strong reduction.

crops modifications

actions related directly to the beach

Tidal park: it aims to create a series of paths, F F.

connections and panoramic spots that can

dune actions related directlyman to the seamade restoration dunes

offer to the visitors the opportunity to observe this precious ecosystem without creating damages.

C. Tidal Park

D. Actions related directly to the beach

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geotextile tubes

013 SHIFTING LAMBRO Polytechnic of Milan, 2018 urban design and planning studio prof. Antonio Longo, Matteo Motti tutors: Talita Medina, Matteo Joseph da Lisca with: Ismat Jahangirova, Matteo Marconi, Keval Sakaria

selected for the project RI-FORMARE PERIFIERIE Scuola AUIC 2018 “spazi e corridoi verdi di rilevanza ecologica e paesaggistica - asse Lambro”

Como Lecco

Monza

Milan

Lodi

Pavia

Lambro River runs for 130 km in the Lombardy Region through a complex palimpsest, where 4 different territories coexist together, related to the geographical, economic and social features: the Mountain territory, the Pedemontana territory, the Metropolitana territory, the Bassa Pianura Irrigua territory.

Nowadays Lambro is recognized as an element in background and the opportunities of its Valley are hidden and underused. In each of these territories it’s possible to understand the relations between the river and the surrounding landscapes, that describe an unstable and uncertain dialogue, a complex equilibrium, underlining a series of issues, that become central questions for the development of a new scenario for the Valley of Lambro: the role of infrastructures, the green and blue resources, the soil quality and the flood risk. Starting from the relation between the river and the landscape, where water is identified as the resource to rediscover the river and to reflect for a new development. 3 strategies are set according to the different roles that water can play in the strategical areas to define a multi-scale approach and a long term visions of some strategical areas as examples of strategy’s development.

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From close to open

1. Cascinazza Cascinazza is a small agricultural island in the dense urban area of Monza, along the Villoresi canal. The strong relation between the cascinas and the river emerge as the strategic binomial to develop a project of peri-agricultural reality in one of the most urbanized areas of Italy.

From out to in

Legend

1

From not-working to net-work

Existing elements Residential and public existing green Areas (buildings) involved in the strategical areas Flood-able areas

Project elements Agricultural fields Urban orchards Leisure green areas AT: rescaling the size of the building for temporary activities AT: new train station AT: food production Water collectors in high flood risk areas Main canal to bring water to cascinas Canal for water’s distribution

2 Strategy: towards a new Valley of Lambro “Water, a path towards new developments” becomes the

2. Rubattino

opportunity to rediscover the hidden values of the Valley

Rubattino is not far from the city center and it is characterized by a huge percentage of residential buildings. Rubattino

reconsidering the water from a problem to an opportunity

appears as a node with a strong relationship between the city and the river and at the larger scale it works as a door for the

and shifting the river as the main actor of the Valley.

Northern and Eastern connections of the metropolitan system.

Starting from the questions 3 strategies define the main proposal, according to the role that water can have.

Along Lambro is proposed to overcome the isolation created by the infrastructures and to enhance an ecological and green system that runs along the

To Lambro

river. To Lambro proposes interventions related to the transformations areas of the Valley, to rethink their position, their functions and their relationships with the urban surroundings through the water management.

From Lambro is proposed as a punctual set of interventions directly related to the flood risk, to shift

Along Lambro Legend

it into an opportunity for agriculture, leisure and water

Existing elements Parco Forlanini and Parco Agricolo Sud Areas (buildings) involved in the strategical areas

sensitive areas.

Project elements Green areas: parks, public spaces, playgrounds, pedestrian areas AT: big scale events (concerts, festivals) AT: Lambrate station and new connections towards CIttà Studi AT: new services and facilities related to the university campus AT: new production of renewable energy (solar energy) Water sensitive square and public spaces Water collectors in high flood risk areas Water collectors for rain water Bridging spaces: new spatial connections Green corridors: promenades

From Lambro

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014 CORVETTO: A RURBAN CORRIDOR Polytechnic of Milan, 2019 energy and urban planning studio prof. Eugenio Morello, Stefano Pareglio tutors: Nicola Colaninno, Ahmed Eldesoky, Israa Mahmoud, Federica Rotondo with: Francesca Mazza, Doruntina Zendeli, Mariami Shaishmelashvili

Corvetto is a neighborhood in the Southern part of Milan, historically characterized by an high number of social housing and by an high presence of foreign population. Even if it is closer to the city center and to important infrastructural nodes such as Porta Romana and Rogoredo FS is considered one of the peripheral areas of the city, due to a lack of services and a multitude of social and economics issues. The neighborhood can be considered a in-between area, due to: the presence of urban and rural patterns; the presence of local cooperatives and the absence of supra local initiatives; the lack of safety; the accessibility to city center and the impermeability of its tissue.

The proposed project aims to transform Corvetto into a sustainable Rurban corridor that will connect scattered places and segregated communities to each others. The 3 main pillars of the strategy aims to transform Corvetto into a natural catalyst, into a sustainable neighborhood and into a connector of livable communities. These pillars are addressed by 10 principles and 23 actions that work in a multidimensional way and are developed in a 10 years framework.

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Corridor as a natural catalyst 1.Healty attractive environment 2.Rurban dynamics

Improve environmental conditions Improve urban design and housing quality Improve placemaking Reinforce the role of cascinas

Corridor as a sustainable neighborhood 1.Closed loop metabolism 2.Boost local economy

Increase reuse and energy production Reducing energy consumption

NEW GREE

Promote local enterpreunarship Improve community gardening and horticulture Create activities for multiethnic communities

EN

AN TR

Connector of livable communities 1.Social cohesion and recognition 2.Vitality

N

Promote youth engagement

CE

Strategy: defining a rurban corridor 3 main multiscale pillars define a series of actions, policies and NBS solutions, related to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Corridor as a natural catalyst focuses on upgrading the overall conditions of the area by improving physical aspects and boosting attractiveness and safety. Corridor as a sustainable neighborhood relates to the interrelation between energy and economy: it focuses on the sustainability of the neighborhood, working on a closed loop metabolism. Creating a connector of livable communities aims to increase vitality of the area and boost social cohesion by involving different social and ethnic groups in the process and create a new image of the neighborhood.

A RURBAN CORRIDOR

paces and communities

ral catalyst

x dynamics of

GAT

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grading overall

proving phys-

ctiveness and

CORVETTO DYNAMICS Abacus of actions

eighborhood

IMPROVE STREET SECTION

SHADE PROVIDED BY VEGETATION PUBLIC MEETING SPOTS

ENHANCE THE MAINTENANCE OF

SOCIAL GRANDPARENTING

TRANSFORMABLE

POROUS PAVING

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GREEN WALL

CES

ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC SPA-

PRIVATE GARDENS

e current one

NQUJOFTT PG

CAR SHARING

NANO GARDENS

STORAGE

BICYCLE PARKING

he process

he neighbor-

SAPCES

social cohe-

ving different

NEW PLAYGROUND IN POCET

s to increase

COMMUNITY GARDENS

FACILITIES FOR

SHARING ACTIVITIES IN CASCINAS BLUE BUS SHELTER

CREATE SPACES FOR TEMPORARY URBAN FRUIT TREES

able com-

ECO URBAN FORNITURE

LIVING WALLS

to boost

osed loop

HUB

CREATE COMMUNITY COMPOST

ACTIVITIES IN COURTYARDS GREEN NOISE BARRIER

ocusing on

hborhood

RAIN WATER HARVESTING ADN

USES PERMEABLE SURFCAES

pic and econ-

015 CANAPALAND Polytechnic of Milan - Copparo (FE), 2019 TerraViva workshop prof. Richard Ingersoll tutors: Eugenia Bolla, Stefano Lardera, Alesa Micacchi, Toufic Rifai, with Francesca Mazza, Michel Zouein, Gema Dimaityte, Andrea Guzzetti

The agricultural areas that surround the city of Copparo are historically related to the element of the canapa (hemp). Considering heritage as key element, a strategical area in the Northern part of the city is the starting point of a larger scale approach that, moving from the Eurovelo 8 bike-path (that runs from Spain to Greece), aims to attract people in Copparo offering an alternative and engaging place to rest and to recover, but at the same time to enjoy time and discover the historical features of the city.

The idea of the project starts from the observation of some touristic supplies that, in the most different and diversified places around the world, try to offer an alternative touristic experience: overnight stays in creative units such as gigantic dogs, igloos, wreckages. Along the naviglio, that streams in the Northern part of the city, Canapaland provides a base-camp for bike tourists with wild tents absorbed in canapa fields, a natural green area characterized by a strong biodiversity of plants and trees, a museum of the history of the city that hosts rooms for people that will work the fields and services and facilities to enjoy the uniqueness of this place, strictly closed and linked with the city center and at the same time open to the rural landscape of the agricultural fields.

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Masterplan: from European spaces to local places The masterplan, following the ancient traces of hemp cultivation, proposes 3 strips, from the border of the

second strip

residential patterns towards the river. The strips are characterized by different functions. The most external strip will host large dense trees in order to create a buffer zone and guarantee relax and calmness to the tourists. The in-between strip will be characterized by a strong variety of vegetation, in terms on colors, dimensions, flowers and benefits, creating a mosaic of biodiversity during the entire year. The third strip will hosts tents and some trees, in order to guarantee shadows and repair from high summer temperatures.

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third strip first strip

Mosaic of vegetation

Typologies of tents The 3 typologies of tents proposed reflect

Albero di giuda

A

24 different typologies of trees, shrubs and

the willpower to be totally inserted into the

Bagolaro

B

flowers, including evergreen trees, perfumed

Canapa

C

plants, different flowers give origin to a multi-

Carpino

D

Ciliegio

E

Gelso bianco

F

Gelso nero

G

Leccio

H

Melo

I

the presence of colors vegetations and

The last one, with larger dimensions and a

Pioppo bianco

J

biodiversity during the entire years, changing

simple roof, is oriented to a large variety of

Pioppo cipressino

K

shapes, colors and smells.

Platano

L

territorial context. They are simple and easy structures, composed by different layers of hemp. The first typology of tent reflects the most traditional form and it is suitable to the overnights. The second one, half-moon shaped, is dedicated to collective moments.

activities.

July - August

Naviglio

Waterfront

August - October

Naviglio

Waterfront

Grass area

Grass area with dry canapa

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Roverella

M

Rusticano

N

Palla di neve

O

Sambuco comune

P

Sanguinella

Q

Tamerice

R

Aglio angoloso

S

Aspraggine volgare

T

Centaurea minore

U

Erba spagnola

V

Tarassaco

W

Tasso barbasso

X

colored vegetation mosaic, surrounded by the cherry trees fields on the other bank of the river. The selection of the species aims to be based on the attempt to guarantee

Biodiversity area

Sleeping tents

Path

Buffer area

Biodiversity area

Sleeping tents

Path

Buffer area

016 REGENERATING PERIPHERAL TERRITORIES A proposal of diffused hospitality to valorize the landscape and reactivate local economies Polytechnic of Milan, 2018 master thesis supervisor: Prof. Andrea Arcidiacono co-advisor: Silvia Restelli with: Francesca Mazza

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Lago di Lugano

Milano

Lecco

Lago di Varese

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Lago Maggiore

SYSTEM OF ALPS, PREALPS, MILAN METROPOLITAN REGION

Lugano

Lago di Como

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Lago d’Iseo

Lago di Garda

The design area of the Western side of Lario, historically known for the balance built on the reciprocity between lake and mountain territories, since the second half of the Twentieth Century has been exposed to processes and dynamics that have damaged this relation: abandonment of agricultural and pastoral practices, depopulation of the mountain areas, growing urbanization of the valley floor, polarization of commercial activities and services and increasing touristic flows. These phenomena have transformed the mountain areas in peripheral and isolated territories. Into the territory of Alto Lario, the Valley of Livo emerges as the area in which defining the strategic proposal, whose main goal is to redefine the historical integration between lake and mountain, valorizing the landscape and reactivating local economies, through the development of the diffused hospitality, that on the territory is shaped through five models strongly related to the environmental, landscape, settlements and infrastructural system in which they are located: Livo Borgo diffuso, Argesio Agriturismo diffuso, Baggio Monte diffuso, Alpe Inghirina Rifugio diffuso, Gravedona Glamping. These ones emerge as the central areas of the design proposal in which the goals and strategical guidelines are translated into specific actions of spatial transformation.

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Alto Lario: the emerging context from the demographic and socio-economic analysis In the territory of the Alto Lario context all the critical issues are combined in a perspective of a possible further development of the area: depopulation, urbanization, loss of agriculture, loss of commercial activities, lake overtourism. The selection of Alto Lario is not only supported by the results of the statistical analysis, but it is also based on a set of features related to the physical, geographical and geomorphological dimensions of the area: the geographical position of mountain municipalities of Alto Lario, the cross border relation with Switzerland and the system oh historical paths, which historically have defined the development of Alto Lario; the state of conservation of historical architectural heritage in the

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10%

LOSS OF AGRICOLTURE

Average of the demographic variation from 1951 to 2018

URBANIZATION

Alto

DEPOPULATION

Average of the number of commercial local units variation from 1981

area, characterized by the permanence of traditional features of settlements which highlights their stratification according to the elevation.

Territorial and thematic analysis: retracing the historical landscapes Alto Lario emerges as an articulated and scattered framework of consolidated and persistent issues and opportunities, identifying two areas with the highest concentration of issues as well as opportunities: Albano Valley and Livo Valley. A thematic approach, operating a reconstruction of the ancient traces and practices that historically characterized the relation between lake and mountains, provides a comparison (1954-2020) with the contemporary conditions of these elements. The nature of this approach is visible also in the name of “transversal landscapes�, related to the morphological and physical territorial structure of development of the valleys and the flows and to the dynamics and functions that historically characterized the two valleys: economic activities, fostering, pastures, migration, abandonment and degradation of the historical settlements. What emerges are opportunities to reconsider strategic developments, oriented towards the regeneration and valorization of Albano Valley and Livo Valley (selected one).

Livo Valley: historical transversal landscape structure (1954)

A

Livo Valley: current transversal landscape structure (2020)

L lto

ario

Livo Valley

Liro Valley Legend Commercial and productive transversal elements Built up Historical cross-border paths Antica Regina path Historical trade waterways Ancient ports Crests main pass Productive rural buildings

Legend Built up Historical settlements Abandoned alpeggi Active Alpeggi Transformed maggenghi Intact maggenghi Transformation areas Chestnut grove (2018) Wineyards and orchards (2018) Pastures (2018) Fields (2018) Reforestation Car streets Landscape paths

Agricultural transversal elements Historical settlements Permanent settlements Alpeggi Maggenghi Historical paths Chestnut grove (1954) Wineyards and orchards (1954) Pastures (1954) Fields (1954)

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Strategic proposal: regeneration of a peripheral territory: Livo Valley

Valorize the landscape

Reactivate local economies

definition of the strategical proposal that takes form through 5

Livo Valley

Landscape

Landscape

Landscape

Landscape

Landscape

of alpine pastures

of woods

of ancient plantations

of terraces

of waterfronts

5 integrated, diversified and diffused models of diffused hospitality Rifugio Diffuso

Monte Diffuso

Borgo Diffuso

Agriturismo Diffuso

Glamping

Alpe Inghirina

Baggio

Livo

Argesio

Gravedona

Lake

Strategy: 5 landscapes of Livo Valley The 5 landscapes aim to give shape to local resilient economies: resilient means that they are not feasible only through the touristic supply of the diffused hospitality, but also thanks to the presence of complementary and autonomous activities and practices. The 5 nodes of the diffused hospitality represent 5 different alternatives characterized by a diversified touristic supply, structured as an integrated network. Integrated because it’s able to shape itself according to the specific features of the place but also because it works in synergy with the resources of the territory. The landscape of waterfronts aims to create a system of public spaces integrated with the touristic sustainable development, along two main axes: the shore of the lake and the edges of the river. The landscape of terraces aims to valorize and make productive again the historical rural infrastructure of cultivated terraces. The landscape of ancient plantations re-activates the ancient plantations of rye and potato and intervenes on the existing built up system in the “Pian del Gorghiglio”. The main goal of the landscape of woods is the social, economic and environmental valorization of the chestnut groves, that in the last 50 years started to fall into processes of abandonment and degradation. The re-activation of the production of alpine milk and cheese with the introduction of a new touristic model based on the diffused hospitality is the goal of the last landscape, the one of alpine pastures.

LANDSCAPE OF WATERFRONTS

LANDSCAPE OF TERRACES

LANDSCAPE OF ANCIENT PLANTATIONS

LANDSCAPE OF WOODS

LANDSCAPE OF ALPINE PASTURES

Spaces of interventions Transformation areas, underused green areas Buildings Historical paths, cycle paths, MTB routes

Spaces of interventions Terraces, underused fields, aggregation spaces Buildings Paths between historical settlements and terraces Panoramic terraces Existing elements Fields Wineyards, olive groves Buildings Argesio Agriturismo Diffuso

Spaces of interventions Fields, historical public spaces and paths Buildings Paths between fields, woods and woods Panoramic points on fields and orchards Existing elements Agricultural fields with seminatives Fields Buildings Livo Borgo Diffuso

Spaces of interventions Chestnut grove, historical settlements (“monti”) Buildings Paths between chestnut grove and pastures Panoramic points on the valleys Existing elements Chestnut grove Pastures/fields Baggio Monte Diffuso

Spaces of interventions Alpine pastures (alpeggi) Buildings Paths between pastures and crests Panoramic points on crests and valleys Existing elements Pastures/fields Alpe Inghirina Rifugio Diffuso

Existing elements Campings Beaches Green areas Agricultural fields Buildings Gravedona Glamping

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Landscape of woods

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Each individual strategy has been structured through the identification of the actions (planimetry), the specific interventions (axonometric projection), the relationship between spaces (schematic territorial section), the definition of multiple policies and the selection of the different stakeholders involved.

Argesio agriturismo diffuso (D)

Parking area of agriturismo diffuso (F)

Historical paths crossing terraces (B) Fruit trees, grapevine, olive groves (C)

Historical aggregation spaces (E)

Terraces infrastructures (A)

Panoramic

Abacus of actions

point of views

Valorization A. abandoned historical rural productive infrastructures B. degraded historical pedestrian paths Coltural variation C. simplified cultivated areas Agriturismo

Regeneration D. abandoned or underused building heritage E. underused aggregation areas

Recovered Public and

Agriturismo

Strengthening F. parking areas G. landscape panoramic areas

Collettive

Diffuso

activities on terraces

Thematic path

Wine producers

through religious

and farms

architectures

MTB routes

Activities on terraces

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aggregation spaces

terraces

Panoramic terraces (G)

3. Livo Borgo Diffuso: masterplan

5 models of diffused hospitality

*

3 (Argesio, Livo, Baggio) of the 5 models proposed have been

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selected to develop a masterplan. The main motivations that structure the selection of these three models are: the important

Livo Borgo diffuso has been here chosen as example. All the 3 proposed models of diffused hospitality have been structured through the proposal of the masterplan. It shows the goals and the project indications related to the the spatial transformations of the built up heritage, public spaces, agricultural and environmental areas and it supported by schemes and quantifications related to the functions and the cubic meters involved.

Alpe Inghirina - Rifugio diffuso

role of the action of regeneration that plays a central role into the territory of the Valley of Livo; secondly the settlements

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of Argesio (nowadays abandoned), Livo and the “monte� of

Baggio - Monte diffuso

Baggio represent three similar but different contexts within which experiment different models of diffused hospitality; the third reason is identified in the consideration of the model

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proposed for Gravedona and Alpe Inghirina. In both these contexts, is in fact possibile to identify the presence of an already existing touristic supply. For this reason the priority is to

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Livo - Borgo diffuso Argesio - Agriturismo diffuso

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define and to develop firstly the previous selected three models

Legend Built up heritage Building regeneration (soft or hard) Demolition and reconstruction

Gravedona - Glamping

Public spaces Regeneration of existing squares Creation of new spaces of relation Creation of panoramic and equipped points Creation of pedestrian paths Renovation of existing pedestrian paths Regeneration of pedestrian and car streets Creation of new parking areas Creation of bike sharing areas

(Livo, Argesio, Baggio).

Agricultural and environmental areas Creation of collective orchards Restoration of historical plantations (rye, potato) Accessibility Private bus for tourists Driveway and pedestrian accesses Private accesses for residents Higher panoramic point

materials of pavements

luserna

granite

gravel

color perception materials of pavements Aroma panoramic point

Thematic path throught the wood

wood

gravel

land

color perception

Thematic path throught the fields

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021 TRACCIAMINIMA

Lake Maggiore, 2020 - on going with: Simone Foscarini, Aurora Mercatali, Caterina Salvo website: http://www.tracciaminima.it/http://www.tracciaminima.it/

Tracciaminima is a community project of slow tourism, created by the idea of 4 friends that during the lockdown period caused by Covid-19 have tried to reflect and think about the opportunities to discover and at the same time valorize the Lake Maggiore and its landscape, due to their different relations with the lake and this territory. Tracciaminima works towards the creation of a circular walkway around Lake Maggiore: it’s located on the border between Lombardy and Piedmont, while it’s Northern part belongs to Switzerland. The area is particularly rich concerning the environmental and cultural heritage: it stretches from the Parco Lombardo della Valle del Ticino in the Southern part to the Parco delle Bolle di Magadino in the Northern one, passing by the Parco Nazionale Val Grande and the Unesco site of Sacro Monte di Ghiffa, the Isole Borromeo, just to name few. The project vision is threefold and aims at: fostering a participatory governance of the local heritage; a slow and younger tourism in the area, while promoting a connection between inner and mountain areas and the lake banks and bathing waters; a transformative development not only for the users, but for the territory itself, with an eye towards sustainability and circularity.

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Stages 1

Sesto Calende - Lesa 25,5 km

2

Lesa - Feriolo 19 km

3

Feriolo - Novaglio 20 km

4

Novaglio - Cannobio 16 km

5

Cannobio - Locarno 18,5 km

6

Locarno - Gambarogno 19 km

7

Gambarogno - Maccagno 19 km

8

Maccagno - Luino 16,5 km

9

Luino - Laveno 23,5 km

10

Laveno - Ranco 28 km

11

Ranco - Sesto Calende 14 km

Altimetric sections of the stages

6 5 4

3

7 1

8 9

2

10 2

2

3

11 1

3

4

4

5

Legends natural elements river Ticino, river Toce water stream natural park protected area mobility and infrastructures highway main road secondary road railway train station lake port cable car national custom national border municipality border elements of interest value settlement value element panoramic point drinking fountain routes, paths, hiking elements gpx route 5-15 August 2020 existing paths:

110 - 3V Biegno - Maccagno

111 - 3V Maccagno - Luino

111A variante Monte Venere (CAI)

131 Bassano - Musignano

141 A PinoLM - Bassano

152 Maccagno - Agra

155 Maccagno - Agra

Anello di Santa Caterina

Anello Fornaci

Giro del Sole

Mulattiera di Casere

Sentiero Alto Verbano

Sentiero dell’amore

Sentiero del Varim

Sentiero Careton

Sentiero Novara

Sentiero Romano

Via del Verbano

R30 Via delle Genti

VL2 Belgirate - Stresa

VM4 Stresa - Baveno

VM6 Baveno - Feriolo path that should be verified: not asphalted, not pedestrian, ...

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6

6

7

7

8

8

9

9

10

10

11

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022 IL PARCO PONTE GENOVA OPENFABRIC, 2019 Competition

The final part of the Val Polcevera can be read as a palimpsest of signs, within which emerges Parco del Ponte. The proposal defines an articulated system able to respond to the complexity of the Val Polcevera and to structure future scenarios. Among the 5 parks proposed the Productive park answers to the industrial morphology of the right shore of the Polcevera. It’s crossed by 3 open spaces with different functions: the Expositive Park, the Reuse Park, the Recovery Park. This last one shows a huge variety of botanic species, selected for their capacity to absorb and delete contaminated and toxic elements, through the process of phytodepuration.

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Scheme of the phytodepuration process

pianta

contaminante

tempo

fitorisanamento 0 anni

Achillea millefolium

10 anni

20 anni

30 anni

Ag

Brassica juncea

As Brassica oleracea

Cd Cerastium arvense Cucurbita pepo

Cr

Digitalis purpurea

Cu

Eichhornia crassipes

Hg

Festuca arundinacea

Ni

Helianthus annuus

Pb Lupinus albus Medicago sativa

Zn

Morus rubra

DDT

Panicum virgatum

MTBE

Populus nigra

PAH

Robinia pseudoacacia

PCB Salix alba Thlaspi caerulescens Trifolium pratense

LegendLegenda esposizione necessaria Sun exposition pieno sole full sun ombra parziale partial shadow piena ombra full shadow

Quantity of water soft moderate intense

TCE TPH

Phytodepuration processes conseguenze per l’uomo modalità di fitorisanamento Negative effects on humans fitovolatilizzazione irritazione cutanea lieve skin irritation danni agli organi interni fitoestrazione moderato organ damage fitovodegradazione danni al sistema riproduttivo intenso damage to the reproductive system

annaffiamento necessario

Typology of phytodepuration phytovolatilization phytoextraction phytodegradation

18 species of plants have been selected as examples for their abilities to reclaim contaminated soils. Plants have been selected according to the sun exposition and to

Le piante assorbono i contaminanti che vengono trasformatoi o degradati all'interno della pianta in uno stato meno tossico e poi rilasciati nell'aria.

Le piante assorbono i contaminanti con le radici e li accumulano in grandi quantità. Nel caso di contaminanti inorganici, è necessario rimuoverli (o rimuovere direttamente la pianta) meccanicamente.

the amount of water needed. They have been related to the specific contaminants they are able to cure and to the possibile negative effects that those contaminants could

Le piante assorbono e decompongono i contaminanti attraverso il rilascio di enzimi e processi metabolici. Gli inquinanti organici vengono degradati e incorporati nella pianta o scomposti nel terreno.

have on humans. Successively plants have been linked to the typology of phytodepuration they are able to offer: phytovolatilization, phytoextraction, phytodegradation.

Lastly the time needed to clear completely the soil has been shown. Phytovolatilization: plants absorb the contaminants that are transformed or degraded inside the plant in a less toxic status, and later they throw them off in the air. Phytoextraction: plants absorb huge quantity of contaminants through their roots. In this situation with inorganic contaminants it is necessary to manually remove them (or directly the plant). Phytodegradation: plants absorb and break down the contaminants through their enzymes and metabolic processes. Organic contaminants are degraded or throw off in the soil.

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023 SKATE-PARK DEMETS OPENFABRIC, Lagado Architects, 2019

The project is focused on the design of a new skate park area in the city of Bruxelles. The skate park is composed by 4 main forms: the main rectangular park under the roof; a a linear plank under the line of columns; a semi-circular amphitheater with the skate pool; an ecological landscape triangular park.

The project proposes 22 different elements and possibilities of skating actions and stunts, 3 typologies of smooth concretes, stabilized gravel and grass and the plantation of a variety of plants and trees, in order to offer a public spaces that could be use both during the day time and the night time.

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Design sketch: Cross-sectional scale 1: 200

Lower Skatepark

Higher Skatepark

Bowl/Amphitheater

Park

Lower Skatepark

Higher Skatepark

Bowl/Amphitheater

Park

Ontwerpschets: Doorsneden schaal 1:200 Design sketch: Cross-sectional scale 1: 200

Ontwerpschets: Doorsneden schaal 1:200

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024 VALIRA’S HANGING GARDENS Stefano Boeri Architetti, OPENFABRIC, Transsolar KlimaEngineering, Esa Engineering SCE Project, Studio Laura Gatti, 2019 Competition by invitation

The project aims to proposes in Valira (Andorra) a hierarchy of elements, squares, streets and routes that configure the kind of urban fabric that one can find in our cities. Valira is proposed as a new model of relationship between Nature and Urban Environment, where nature-based solutions, low energy consumption, carbon storage, pollution reduction, soil remediation, air circularity nourish an eco and self-sufficient system and town. It will be a valley, a place where the ecologies of two mountains meet and intersect in order to guarantee the ecological continuity.

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Masterplan: axonometric projection of 4 project areas

Masterplan: planting

Abies alba

Alnus glutinosa

Betula pendula

Fragaria vesca

Prunus dulcis

Sambucus racemosa

Quercus sp

Fraxinus excelsior

Pinus sylvestris

Juglans regia

Malus domestica

Prunus domestica

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Daniele Verga

e: danieleverga1994@gmail.com issuu: issuu.com/danieleverga phone: (+39) 346 1219271 place of birth: CantĂš (CO) date of birth: 18.02.1994

Via Antonio Fogazzaro 28 Mariano Comense, 22066 Italy

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