Life after sunset

Gratosoglio-Milan

Housing and Neighborhood studio

School of Architecture Urban Planning and construction Engineering

MSC in Urban Planning and Policy Design

Professor:

Bricocoli Massimo and Sabatinelli Stefania

Teaching Assistants:

Tutors Matteo Fischi, Antonio Salvador, Anna Tagliaferri

Team members:

Kousha Afarin, Siavash Memar, Weronika Jonna Wehr, Edoardo Rivolta

Gratosoglio current nightlife

•Picchio cafè until20:00

•Pizzeria Tramonti 19:00-23:30

•Time break cafè until 20.00

•Family cafè until 20.00

•Marrakech restaurant until 22.00

•Lounge saponaro XXXVI cafè until 20.00

•Ronchettino restaurant 20.00 22.00

•Pizzeria da Kimo until 00.00

•Capo Verde cafè until 20.00

•Amaranta Club (dance club)06.00- 23.00

•La capannina cafè until 23.00

•Lucky cafè until 01.00

•Colibrì cafè until 00.00

Proposal for the outside

Eyes on street

• New home for Artists

• Art on facades

• light art exhibitions

• Involving young people to join art community

• Integration with school

• Use Art Light to share culture

• Increase sense of safety with lights

• Increase more attention to spaces

Light lane integrated solar panels having an energy storage, making it possible to have lights in a more environmentally friendly way.

• Smart Lighting solutions aim to make cities feel safer, make lights more efficient, poles multi-functional and push costs of maintenance and energy down among others in various ways.

These lamp posts enable the ability for added security with CCTV cameras, and SOS emergency button, Public Wi Fi and occupancy sensor integrated in the pole itself.

Today, the bus stops are not adequate and not lit as they should be. As a consequence of this, catching the bus, in particular during night hours, is not very enjoyable, in a dark neighbourhood like Gratosoglio.

This is why with this project, we want people of all ages to be able to catch the bus in a safe way, during all the hours of the day and without any problem. To do this, our idea is to provide a new sustainable system of lighting for all the bus stops, combined with efficient solar panels located on the top of the roof, and also to provide an SOS emergency button to be used in case of need.

Except on the major streets, such as Via Baroni or Via dei Missaglia, the secondary roads connected with the residential building are or not well illuminated and are totally dark. The idea of a capillarity of light is related to the fact that from the principal street there are a lot of branches of secondary streets to reach the different buildings. The idea is to create a new sustainable path, creating light without street lamps, but with an asphalt coat that during the day absorbs the solar energy and releases light in the dark hours.

Events

Creating new space for meeting in the neighbourhood through new events, that aim to involve the entire population of the Gratosoglio, is another strong point of our strategy. We have seen that in the area there are lots of outdoor spaces that are not well used today, such as the space between the tower or the various green areas in more affluent spaces of the neighbourhood. The fundamental role played by these events will not only give more attractiveness and make the Gratosoglio much more -“dynamic and vibrant”-, but also attract people of all ages, such as children, elders, and anyone who wants to join. It could be interesting, for example, to organize events according to the different cultures and lifestyles of the world. Another important aspect of this strategy is the economic one, in fact through these events our idea is to involve the local activities present, such as cafes, shops, and others in order to give them the possibility to sell their products and to increase their earnings and advertise their local activities.

Philipine and Eygept have the most number of imigrants in Gratosoglio and here we lists the number of availabe events which have the potentional ofour goals.

• Ati-Atihan – Kalibo (3rd Sunday of January)

• Panagbenga, Baguio Flower Festival(February)

• Obando Fertility Rites(May 17 to 19)

• Pintados Festival( June 29th)

• Kadayawan Festival(3rd week of August)

• Masskara –Bacolod(the weekend closest to October 19)

• Higantes Festival(23rd of November)

Philippine Eygept

• Abu Simbel Sun Festival (22 February and 22 October)

• Egyptian folk dance

• Sham Ennessim

• Ramadan

The square

To look at the other side of the neighbourhood, north Gratosoglio, in which we have an unnamed square without a clear design. This square is not pedestrian-friendly and it is now oriented to cars moreover. It is not even enough for cars due to lack of respect to traffic direction during some hours of the day.

The idea is to create a pedestrian-friendly square and an urban space to bring communication to it. Inspired by some good references and examples around the world we designed the square and kept the current circulation traffic. The middle space with stairs is a part of an urban space that can introduce space for people to sit down and enjoy their free time. The design is inspired by the “buildings directions” around the square to create a familiar shape.

The area of around 1500 sq2 meter seems enough for the neighbourhood public and open space. It is not only an idea for after sunset and keeping awake the neighbourhood at night, but it is also the ideal space to be used during the day time.