Gennaio 2020
Matr. 916613
Laurea Triennale in Progettazione dell’Architettura
Laurea Magistrale in Urban Planning and Policy Design Urban Planning & Design Studio
a.a. 2018/19
Proff. Longo|Motti
con C.Puime|G.Azunre|A.Mahdawi|A.Merlini
Masteplans Design Studio
a.a. 2018/19
Proff. Gabellini|Fini
con A.Mahdawi|M.Arkak|M.Venturi
Housing & Neighbourhoods Design Studio
a.a. 2019/20
Proff. Bricocoli|Sabatinelli
con C.Arriaga|L.A.Valles|N.Elahwal|Y.Abdalla
Laurea Triennale in Progettazione dell’Architettura 2014-2017
Laurea Magistrale in Urban Planning and Policy Design 2018-2020
La seconda parte del Portfolio è inerenti ai lavori svolti in ambito accademico durante la frequentazione del corso di specializzazione in Urban Planning and Policy Design.
The second part of the Portfolio is related to the work carried out during the academic field while attending the Master Degree Course in Urban Planning and Policy Design.
Viene dato risalto, come nella prima sezione, agli elaborati grafici principali eseguiti durante i corsi, accompagnati da brevi testi sintetizzanti i contenuti dei progetti. Quest’ultime descrizioni saranno presentate in inglese, lingua utilizzata durante l’intero Corso.
As in the first section, emphasis has been given to the main graphic works produced during the courses, accompanied by short texts summarizing the contents of the projects. The following descriptions will be presented in English, language used during the entire course.
I tre lavori proposti affrontano scale decrescenti del progetto urbanistico, da quella territoriale, passando a quella urbana e, infine, alla pianificazione di quartiere.
The three proposed works deal with decreasing scales of the urban project, from the territorial one, passing to the urban one and, finally, to the neighborhood planning.
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W A T E R
A N D
E N E R G Y
L I G H T
V E G E T A T I O N
N E T W O R K I N G
M O B I L I T Y
S O C I A L
R E N E W A L
LAMBRO: TOWARDS THE DYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM The Lambro plan provide a long-term process Valley has enormous potential as a result of the numerous water of intervention passing through sources the six to be utilized through canals for agriculture, main landscape typologies. It works the varied vegetation types in the parks, like system the and a themultiple-engine somewhat simplistic andwhere appealing topography. On the other hand, there intersections between the landscapes, are some problematic issues in the area generating the overall design of the that arise from anthropogenic activities plan. The main is toThese rebalance which require dire goal attention. issues people, environment and approached economic have been strategically in this report to a territory thatfor is development in design a sustainable vision ecologically rebalanced from all the problemthe entire region. stricken landscapes. Adopting a futuristic and sustainable approach, the area will be developed Towards a Dynamic Equilibrium. The high rate of urbanization in surrounding cities such as Milan has resulted in urban sprawl towards the valley and the river. As a result, the areas along the Lambro River are fast becoming urbanized.
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LANDSCAPE TYPOLOGIES:
1 - NATURAL PARKS
2 - URBAN AREAS
3 - SUBURBAN TOWNS
4 - INDUSTRIAL PARKS
MESOPHILIC WOODS INVASIVE WOODS WET WOODS MEDIUM ENVIROMENTAL IMPACT INDUSTRIAL PARK HIGH ENVIROMENTAL IMPACT INDUSTRIAL PARK
5 - RURAL AREAS
PREVALENTLY SANDY LAND PREVALENTLY ARGILLOUS LAND ARTIFICIAL IMPERMEABLE LANDS (ASPHALT, CONCRETE) 6 - ABANDONED AREAS
RECENT FLOODS (2000-2018)
N 1 km
1 km
500 m
500 m
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TAEGUS NOGYNA
A DEEPLY ANTHROPISED AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT
Two sides of the coin are observed in this territory. First, there has been a The water system of the Lambro Valley is a in complex ensembleofof concomitant increase pollution natural and artificial elements. The the river because offlow the growing rate original of Lambro river has been modified in many spots in the past of urbanizationdue andto the increase in control the urban development theriver. floodingOn risk. industrial activities alongand the the other side of the coin, there has also been an improved beautification and utilization in the territory as a result of the continuous production in space.
WATER SYSTEM AND INFRASTRUCTURES
OVERLAPPING OF BUILDINGS, ROADS AND IMPERMEABLE SOIL
NOT-PERMEABLE SOIL The intersections with the other rivers are a critical point that is artificially managed
The overlapping of high clay and The system of artificial low sand content soils make a lakes is a consequence The water system of the of the exploitation of the LESS PERMEABLE surface soil through nowdays Lambro Valley is a com- exhausted quarries Less permeable=More flood risks Intersection between the Lambro River and the Naviglio Martesana
Less permeable surfaces have more flood risks compared to areas with low clay content and high sand content. When there are impermeable elements, such as buildings and roads, built on these less permeable surfaces, the risk of floodings increase sugnificantly.
plex ensemble of natural and artificial elements. The original flow Less Permeable Soilof Lambro riv- There are many human er has been modified in alteration of the flow but + many spots in the past due those are of modest size Impermeable Elements to control the urban development and the flooding risk.
The Naviglio Martesana and the Seveso river are nowdays underground rivers with an almost good, the territory is totally modified shape.
Lago Centro Parco, Parco delle Cave, Segrate (MI)
Despite the facing and is projected to face dire environmental consequences owing to its magnetic pull of anthropization. The work of the planner and architect (in case the group), is to design attractive water basins east of the Lambro and adaptive The ways of transforming are exclusively artificial, with the exception of some pond. the territory to overcome thesporadic negative The main one is the Idroscalo, ex effects. seaplane base, that nowdays only
Higher risks of floods in areas with many buildings and roads (IMPERMEABLE ELEMENTS) Slight deviation of the flow of the Lambro river
The question about the reopening of the underground canals (Navigli), has fostered the Milanese debate for years
keeps its entertaining functions.
Naviglio Martesana (Laghetto di San Marco), 1920
IRRIGATION CANALS RIVER
ARTIF. LAKE
IRRIGATION CANALS Buildings and NAT. HighPOND Clay
ARTIF. ALTERATION Roads
DEPUR. SYSTEM Content(27%-32%)
UNDERG. FLOW 2km 1km 1km Low Sand Content(0%-23%)
VEGETATION SPECIES AND DISTRIBUTION
Overlapping of High Clay and Low Sand Content
HIGH-POLLUTION CORES AND RECENT FLOODS
LAMBRO VALLEY ATLAS - IMPERMEABLE SURFACES AND FLOOD RISKS
I N VASI VE VE G E TATI O N
The plant ecosystem of the Lambro Valley is extremely various, despite the problems related with soil and water pollution. It is possible to identify three main types of forests in the current system: wet areas woods, mesophilic woods and invasive vegetation woods.
TR E E S O F WE T AR E AS
TR E E S O F ME SO PH I L I C WO O D S
SPR I N G F L O WE R S
SH R U BBE R Y ILEX AQUIFOLIUM
CORNUS MAS
EUONYMUS EUROPAESUS
SAMBUCUS NIGRA
CORYLUS AVELLANA
PRUNUS SPINOSA
PUBLIC PARKS AND GARDENS
LAMBRO VALLEY ATLAS
- TYPES OF VEGETATION, URBAN GREEN AREAS
URBAN GREEN AREAS
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A new hypotetical large flooding event in these areas would be a regional dysaster for the entire ecosystem: the waters could carry the dangerous wastes of the productive sector in both the soil and the Po river, where the Lambro flows in, and then to the Adriatic Sea.
existing EXISTINGwoods WOODS new NEW woods WOODS existing lands EXISTINGpermeable PEREABLE LANDS new NEW permeable PERMEABLE lands LANDS urban reforestation URBANresidual RESIDUAL REFORESTATION biomass BIOMASSvegetation VEGETATION retention RETENTIONbasins BASINS
SOLAR energy ENERGY PLANT solar plant WASTE-TO-ENERGY PLANT waste-to-energy plant GEOTHERMAL PLANT geothermal plant BIOMASS PLANT biomass plant NEIGHBORHOOD WITH EXCESS OF SELF neighborhood with excess ofPRODUCTION self-production NEIGHBORHOOD WITH PARTIAL SELF-PRODUCTION neighborhood with partial self-production ENERGY-NETWORK CONNECTIONS energy-network connections
WATER AND VEGETATION MANAGEMENT A massive reforestation programme will be done to ensure the creation of new green areas in residential and wasted spaces. New green areas will be provided, new permeable lands to manage the floodings identified in the atlas, vegetation to help feed the biomass plants, removal of invasive vegetation and creation of retention basins in green spaces. Looking at the generic vegetation scenario, the lakes have been consistently connected with the green network in an effort to revive them and make them more accessible and attractive to the public.
ENERGY PRODUCTION AND NETWORKING The main goal from the energy point of view is to assemble an autonomous system of production and plant maintenance that does not need external inputs to maintain its efficiency. The project focuses on two directions: the energy self-production of neighborhoods and individual buildings (taking advantage of the low population density and economic incentive policies) and a system of small electrical systems widespread in the territory to compensate for the shortcomings due to the non-convertibility of some districts. To make the strategies effective on widespread territory, the networking strategy is equally important as the productivity.
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MOBILITY AND TRANSPORTATION OF RAW MATERIALS New pedestrian routes as well as bicycle lanes are provided. This is with the quest too encourage the use of green transportation. Also, the new parksystem around the Idroscalo necessitated the redirection of one of the roads to eliminate a rather redundant portion and creating a different connection. Roads and pedestrian paths are also furnished with green as already expressed in the design for green resources earlier on. The newly created M4 has been identified and incorporated with the design suggestions. New roads will provide connection between the productive fields for biomass woods and the related energy plants to improve their efficiency.
SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC RENEWAL The overall social transformation of the territory will help ensure a successful environmental rebalance and push towards a dynamic equilibrium and a improved indipendece from the city center of Milan. The renewal of public space, abandoned building and wasted fields but also the revitalization of certain strategic path throght new commercial and tertiary activities are the key-elements of this part of the project. For a better control of the local dynamics of the individual micro-communities civic centers are envisaged where citizens will be called to interct during the participatory planning phases.
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3D
2B 2A
1B
THE INTERCONNECTED ECOSYSTEM OF PILASTRO The development plan provideof aPilastro long-term process can be seen as a composition of many clusters, indipendent of intervention passing through the six from the others, as a result of a design stratification main landscape typologies. It works of the area in different periods. These clusters like multiple-engine the and haveacoused some issuessystem in termswhere of livability accessibility at the services and the possibilities intersections between the landscapes, that they could offer but, because of this premise, generating the overall design of the there are still unexplored potentialities that need plan. The main goal is to rebalance to be discovered. people, and the economic The mainenvironment reason behind cluster-like morphology of Pilastro is represented by the development in a sustainable vision for many barriers, differenciated in term of typology the entire region. and dimension, diffused within the entire neighbourhood. Therefore, Five Strategic Areas were selected and in each one the overall aim was pursued by showing the specific kinds of intervention, based on theT features of each part. The idea is to pursue an overall unity while taking into account the current diversity in each of the strategic areas, in terms of morphology, population, activities and potentialities. he idea is to pursue an overall unity while taking into account the current diversity in each of the strategic are
3A 4D
1A 1C
2D
2D
1D
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2D
CENTRALITY Developing the center of Pasolini park as a centrality able to host city scale events and facilities. Extending the function of the mall towards Pasolini park and allowing penetration from all 4 sides of the mall. Providing incentives for the activation of groundfloor activities. Transforming Lipparini into a public square, ensuring the existence of sufficient and suitable seating spaces. Provide easy crossing roads in front of university, the business core and the subway of via Larga. ENTRANCE Allowing a direct link between Meraville and Pilastro by removing the fences and trees at three specified entrances to Meraville. In the third entrance behind Virgolone, parking lots of Meraville have to be dislocated based on the design needs. OPENING Creation of an opening in the groundfloor of Virgolone, ensuring a direct link between Pasolini and Meraville. OVERCOME THE SEPARATION Creation of pedestrian bridge that connects the central spine to Pasolini park passing above the garages. Connecting Arboreto park to zona Roveri by a soft mobility bridge whose oneside is in Arboreto and the other side in the abondoned space, next to Bricoman material store NEW ROLE Equipping the boarder of Pasolini park with functions closer to the life of inhabitants of virgiolone and the towers ( such as seating facilities and removable shelters using light structures, Playgrounds for children etc.) SOFT MOBILITY CONNECTION Creating recreational stops( for example circular shaped areas whose margins are filled with fruit trees and sitting areas and other facilities such as bicycle locking stands,..) at certain distances from each other, starting from the north-most corners Arboreto park to the south-most corner of Vicenza Tanara park. Connecting all the recreational sports with a path dedicated to pedestrian and bicycle along which trees of different fruits are planted. IMPROVEMENTS Improving the intersection between Via Larga and Via del Pilastro and Via Alfredo Panzini to overcome the existence of parallel roads very much close to each other. Redesign of the inbetween green spaces of buildings surrounding Liparini square to overcome the seperation between buildings and walled green space. NETWORK OF PUBLIC ORCHARDS Creating a network of fruitful public orchards able to connect the new centralities in the neighborhood. INTERDISTRICT TRADE -OFF Creating a network of green connection by using the residual green areas beside the residential buildings of Roveri and San Donnino. Creating a network of green spaces around the industrial area’s of Roveri. RAILWAY RE -OPENING Using existing facilities to connect the eastern part of Pilastro directly to the city center. BUILDABLE SURFACE Providing accomodation for the students and also the related facilities to them.
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AREE ANNESSE SUD / PIOPPE: A CITY OPEN QUESTION
OPENING OF STUDY ROOMS, CO-WORKING SPACES AND RENTABLE OFFICES
CRISIS OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE BUSINESS CORE
The future of Aree Annesse Sud and Area Pioppe has been largely discussed during the last years. The development of a project able to meet the needs of the city is fundamental for the revitalization of Pilastro as a non-marginalized part of Bologna but as a new consolidated center, internally dynamic and well integrate with the rest of Bologna. The current approved masterplan partially provides these kind of solutions, through a 180M private investment:
CREATION OF A CITY-SCALE EDUCATIONAL NETWORK
NEW FACILITIES AND SERVICES FOR THE UNIVERSITY USERS
CITY-SCALE
OPENING OF STUDY HOUSING CREATION OF A NEW FACILITIES AND CRISIS OF THE OPENING OF STUDY ROOMS, CREATION OF A CITY-SCALE NEW FACILITIES AND CRISIS OF THEACTIVITIES OF THE QUESTIONS ROOMS, SERVICES FOR THE CO-WORKING CITY-SCALE EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES OF THE CO-WORKING SPACES AND SERVICES FOR THE UNIVERSITY USERS BUSINESS CORE EDUCATIONAL NETWORK UNIVERSITY USERS BUSINESS CORE SPACES ANDRENTABLE OFFICES NETWORK RENTABLE OFFICES
+ 600 private dwellings OF THE + 200 social housing affordable dwellings DIMENSIONS OPENING OF STUDY . NEW FACILITIES AND CRISIS OF THE OPENING OF space STUDY ROOMS, APPROVED MASTERPLAN + 83 500sm of designed open CREATION OF A CITY-SCALE FOR THE CRISIS OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE NEW FACILITIES AND ROOMS, CO-WORKING CITY-SCALE SERVICES CITY-SCALEUNIVERSITY USERS .000sm SERVICES FOR THE OF THE BUSINESS CO-WORKING SPACES AND EDUCATIONAL OPENING OF STUDY CORE HOUSING + 25ACTIVITIES of commercial surface CREATION OF A UNIVERSITY USERS BUSINESS SPACES AND RENTABLE OFFICES NEW FACILITIES AND CRISIS OFCORE THE ROOMS, HOUSING RENTABLE OFFICES CO-WORKING SPACES AND RENTABLE OFFICES
ACTIVITIES OF THE BUSINESS CORE
SERVICES FOR THE UNIVERSITY USERS
NETWORK CITY-SCALE QUESTIONS EDUCATIONAL QUESTIONS
PROGRESSIVE
CREATION OFDEMAND A CITY-SCALE INCREASE FOR EDUCATIONAL E.R.P. AND E.R.S. NETWORK
NETWORK
REDESIGN OF THE CITY-SCALE By including Area Pioppe in the intervention and providing a solution to the big issue of the currentPROGRESSIVE student housing BRIDGE LOCATED IN LACK OF CITY-SCALE HOUSING PROGRESSIVE crisis, including the Municipality within the project development group, the relation with PilastroDEMAND could beLACK an OF AFFORDABLE VIA DELLO HOUSING SMISTAMENTO AFFORDABLE DEMAND extraordinary chance of trasformation andCITY-SCALE improvement for both the neighbourhood and the current masterplan. QUESTIONS HOUSING FOR INCREASE FOR HOUSING FOR STUDENTS QUESTIONS INCREASE FOR E.R.P. AND E.R.S. HOUSING STUDENTS E.R.P. AND E.R.S. QUESTIONS
VARIANT OF THE
ACTIVATION OF THE PROCESS OF INTERRELATION ACTIVATION OF THE WITH ROVERI PROCESS OF INTERRELATION WITH ROVERI
The
REDESIGN OF THE NEW MASTERPLAN BRIDGE LOCATED IN NEW MASTERPLAN FOR AREA PIOPPE SETTLING OF NEW VIA DELLO ACTIVATION OF THE FOR AREA PIOPPE NEW OF POPULATION ACTIVATION OF THEPROCESS SMISTAMENTO AND ANNESSE SUD OFLAYERS OF SETTLING NEW MASTERPLAN LAYERS OF POPULATION PROCESS OF INTERRELATION WITHIN THE AND ANNESSE SUD FOR AREA PIOPPE WITHIN THE PILASTRO-CONTEXT INTERRELATION WITH ROVERI PILASTRO-CONTEXT WITH ROVERI AND ANNESSE SUD ACTIVATION OF THE SETTLING OF NEW PROCESS OF LAYERS OF POPULATION INTERRELATION WITHINOF THE WITH ROVERI SETTLING NEW PILASTRO-CONTEXT LAYERS OF POPULATION WITHIN THE PILASTRO-CONTEXT
SETTLING OF NEW LAYERS OF POPULATION INCREASED DEMAND WITHIN THE FOR DESIGN OF PUBLIC DESIGN OF TRASPORTATIONS PILASTRO-CONTEXT RESIDUALDEMAND EMPTY INCREASED RESIDUAL EMPTY AND ABANDONED FOR PUBLIC AND ABANDONED SPACES TRASPORTATIONS SPACES
IMPROVEMENT OF VEHICULAR PUBLIC TRASPORTATIONS
NEW MASTERPLAN FOR AREA PIOPPE IMPROVEMENT OF IMPROVEMENT OF AND ANNESSE SUD VEHICULAR PUBLIC
VEHICULAR PUBLIC TRASPORTATIONS TRASPORTATIONS
LACK OF PROGRESSIVE LACK OF PROGRESSIVE ACTIVATION OF THE AFFORDABLE DEMAND IMPROVEMENT OF REDESIGN OF THE PROCESS OF EXISTING NEW AFFORDABLE INCREASE FOR DEMAND MASTERPLAN IMPROVEMENT OF MASTERPLAN VEHICULAR PUBLIC HOUSING FOR REDESIGN OF THE NEW MASTERPLAN BRIDGE LOCATED IN INTERRELATION LACK OF PROGRESSIVE VEHICULAR PUBLIC TRASPORTATIONS HOUSINGBRIDGE FORE.R.P. INCREASE FOR STUDENTS FOR AREA PIOPPE AND IN E.R.S. LOCATED VIA DELLOFOR WITH ROVERI TRASPORTATIONS AFFORDABLE DEMAND IMPROVEMENT OF AREA PIOPPE STUDENTS VIA DELLO SMISTAMENTO E.R.P. AND E.R.S. AND ANNESSE SUD VEHICULAR PUBLIC HOUSING FOR INCREASE FOR SMISTAMENTO AND ANNESSE SUD TRASPORTATIONS STUDENTS E.R.P. AND E.R.S.
REDESIGN OF THE BRIDGE LOCATED IN VIA DELLO REDESIGN OF THE SMISTAMENTO BRIDGE LOCATED IN VIA DELLO SMISTAMENTO
LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR STUDENTS
SETTLING OF NEW LAYERS OF POPULATION WITHIN THE PILASTRO-CONTEXT
INCREASED DEMAND FOR PUBLIC TRASPORTATIONS
REOPENING OF THE SAN DONATO STATION AS AN INFRASTRUCTURAL STRATEGIC NODE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE EXISTING DESIGN OF PROJECT FOR THE RESIDUAL EMPTY INCREASED DEMAND TRAM LINE AND ABANDONED INCREASED DEMANDFOR PUBLIC SPACES FOR PUBLIC TRASPORTATIONS TRASPORTATIONS
CATALIZATION OF THE ONGOING PROCESS DEMAND PROCESS OF INCREASED REOPENING OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF REOPENING OF TRASFORMATION TRASFORMATION WITHSTATION A OFSAN THEDONATO FOR PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE EXISTING OF ROVERI ZONE RENEWED ATTRACTIVITY SAN DONATO STATION TRASPORTATIONS AS AN THE EXISTING PROJECT FOR THE FOR THE PRIVATE AS AN INFRASTRUCTURAL PROJECT FOR THE TRAM LINE SECTOR INFRASTRUCTURAL STRATEGIC NODE TRAM LINE STRATEGIC NODE
Central masterplan DIRECT RAILWAY Central masterplan LINE TO THE CITY Actions
Actions
CENTER
Central masterplan
Assumed dynamics/demands Central masterplan Assumed dynamics/demands
Central masterplan Actions
Actions
Actions Assumed dynamics/demands
Hypothesis of future indirect change Assumed dynamics/demands Hypothesis of future indirect change
Assumed dynamics/demands Expected consequences
Expected consequences
REOPENING OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF REOPENING OF THE SAN DONATO STATION DEVELOPMENT OF THE EXISTING DESIGN OF CATALIZATION OF THE SAN DONATO STATION AS AN THERESIDUAL EXISTING EMPTY PROJECT CATALIZATION OF FOR THE THE ONGOING PROCESS DIRECT RAILWAY DESIGN OF AS ANOF THE PROCESS OF INFRASTRUCTURAL REOPENING ONGOING PROCESS PROJECT THE TRAM DIRECT RAILWAYLINE TO THE CITY OF LINE DEVELOPMENT OF OF TRASFORMATION PROCESS RESIDUAL EMPTY ANDFOR ABANDONED TRASFORMATION WITH A INFRASTRUCTURAL STRATEGIC NODE SAN DONATO STATION OF TRASFORMATION TRAM LINE LINE TO THE CITY TRASFORMATION WITH A THE EXISTING CENTER ANDDESIGN ABANDONED SPACES OF ROVERI ZONESTRATEGIC NODE OF AS ATTRACTIVITY AN RENEWED ATTRACTIVITY OF ROVERI ZONE CENTER RENEWED PROJECT FOR THE SPACES FOR THE PRIVATE RESIDUAL EMPTY INFRASTRUCTURAL FOR THE PRIVATE TRAM LINE SECTOR AND ABANDONED STRATEGIC NODE SECTOR SPACES CATALIZATION OF THE Re-opened light railway Surfaces interested by the Variant Buildable soil Easy crossing points ONGOING DIRECT RAILWAY CATALIZATION OF THE PROCESS Light mobility pathsPROCESS OF ONGOING PROCESS OF OF TRASFORMATION DIRECT LINE TO THE the CITY mechanism of action-reaction that the development of Aree Annesse Sud PROCESS TRASFORMATION WITH A RAILWAY The map above synthetize OF TRASFORMATION OF ROVERI LINE TO THE CITY CENTER TRASFORMATION WITH RENEWED ATTRACTIVITY CATALIZATION OF THE A ZONE and Area Pioppe should follow, considering the many dynamics currently ongoing or expected in the next OF ROVERI ZONE CENTER mapONGOING above shows the hypothesis of modification to the approved plan (2017 v.FOR by THE Studio Tasca e Scagliarini) PROCESS RENEWED ATTRACTIVITY PRIVATE DIRECT RAILWAY PROCESS OF OF TRASFORMATION FOR THE PRIVATE SECTOR LINE TO THE CITY TRASFORMATION WITH A future. OF ROVERI ZONE SECTOR CENTER RENEWED ATTRACTIVITY FOR THE PRIVATE SECTOR
Expected consequences Expected consequences
Expected consequences Hypothesis of future indirect change Hypothesis of future indirect change Hypothesis of future indirect change
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SUGGESTIONS OF IMPLEMENTATION
The following pictures represent possible scenarios of development of particular points of intervention within the plan. The chosen design does not represent any kind of prescription but only a reflection of the possible performances of every action.
The new University-Aree Annesse Sud overpassing link The new footbridge which could connects the elevated platform of the Faculty of Agriculture and Aree Annesse Sud, where the development of the new settlement will take place. The chosen option shows the easiest way to design this link, a single roofed overpass that do not involve the fluxes of viale Fanin and not considering the option of creating a fork able to reach FICO. The students can reach Pilastro through a safe and fast passage, overcoming every existing physical barrier currently located in-between the cluster and the neighbourhood.
Virgolone’s ground floor opening and parking plots reappropriation In order to provide a direct link between Meraville and Pasolini Park the opening of the central ground floor of Virgolone is essential. This action opens few possibility of development concerning the in-between space from the residential building to the mall, involving, in particular, a partial redesign of the parking plots of it. In this scenario, connection has been developed through the transformation of the plots in semiprivate gardens and allowing the fluxes of people to pass through the bearing structure of the Virgolone building.
Pilastro Mall: crossing point centrality The expected improved relation between the neighbourhood and Maraville could provide a progressive departure of the commercial services provided by the central Pilastro Mall. This hypothesis can represents fundamental opportunity for redisegning this place and the relation of it with Pasolini Park and the Central Spine. The chosen option integrally keeps the existing structure, allowing an easy path between every side of the building. The internal space will be reformulated in order to amplify the commercial/service flexibility of it.
Meraville’s new accesses in direction of Pilastro: a reversal of the past relationship The past conflictual relation between Pilastro’s people and Meraville is, nowadays, a waning phenomenon that will be totally forgot in the next years. Following this dynamic, the existing spatial barriers will be eliminated and new points of passage will open, finally integrating Meraville within the neighbourhood life. The scenario shows a totally reversed situation in comparison with the current one, where the diffused public orchard penetrate the borders of the mall and the barriers, keepen
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"GRATO-SINA"
ILLUMINATED NEIGHBOURHOODS FOR A BETTER “GRATO-SINA”
The plan provide a long-term process “Grato-Sina” is a portmanteau referring to two critical neighbourhoods in Milan: Gratosoglio of intervention passing through the six and Comasina. Though both sites are very different main landscape typologies. It works in terms of composition and urban environment, like multiple-engine system where the theyashare a lot of commonalities. The combined case of Grato-Sina demonstrates the folly of intersections between the landscapes, rigidity and failure to adapt to the changing times. generating the overall design of the Furthermore, it represents the breakdown of a plan. The was main is to torebalance model that oncegoal envisioned be the ultimate people, environment andproblems economic solution during its heyday. The identified in this study are ultimately symptoms of deeper, development in a sustainable vision for underlying issues that are not so obvious at first the entire region. glance - particularly the many gaps or blind spots in the system that have been left unaddressed for the longest time.
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IMPLEMENTING A THREE-PRONGED APPROACH
THE VISION
Drawing from the mechanism of the “machine model’ with the three gears, the proposals in this study will be based on a three-dimensional approach in order to tackle the issues of both sites as holistically and comprehensively as possible. As illustrated in the scheme, all three dimensions - physical, economic and social - are interconnected in the sense that their respective outcomes are expected to trigger a chain of positive results.
By pinpointing and reviving the many different “shadow areas” scattered across both neighbourhoods, a network of hidden local strengths and untapped potentials can be traced, built and strengthened. The strategic identification, transformation and interconnection of these dispersed dim points will be the impetus needed to rekindle the synchronicity and harmonious efficiency that have lain dormant for decades in both neighborhoods. In other words…the ILLUMINATION of Grato-Sina. PARTIALLY ABANDONED FACTORY “CLOVER” SPORT VILLAGE NORTHERN COMMERCIAL AND TERTIARY HUB VIA NOVATE’S WASTELANDS
Reduced Criminality
Strengthened sense of belonging
“ARCADIA” COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL EMPTY COMMERCIAL ROOMS
RESIDUAL GREEN AREA OF VIA TEANO
“FERABOLI” PRIMARY SCHOOL
“COR JESÙ” ORATORY AND PRIVATE SCHOOL EMPTY GREEN SPACE NEXT TO PIAZZA GASPARRI
Social
SAN BARNABA PARISH
PIAZZA P. GASPARRI “GASPARRI” PRIMARY SCHOOL
UNDER CONSTR. SITE OF VIA SAN BERNARDINO
BANDONED COMPLEX OF VIA GRATOSOGLIO CENTRAL COMMERCIAL AND TERTIARY HUB GROUND FLOOR ROOMS OF VIA BARONI
RESIDUAL SPACE OF VIA VAL DI BONDO “SIRENEI” GARDEN
UNDESIGNED GREEN AREA ALONG VIA MISSAGLIA
Community Engagement
Overcoming Segregation
“BARONI” PRIMARY SCHOOL
NORTHERN ACCESS TO PAOLO PINI PARK I.I.S. “PARETO”
I.I.S. “LAGRANGE-BRERA”
NORTH TOWERS: EMPTY GROUND FLOORS SAN BARNABA ORATORY, SPORTIVE AND SOCIAL CENTER
“OLINDA” ONLUS PUBLIC GARDEN OF VIA IPPOCRATE TEATRO “LA CUCINA”
CENTRAL TOWERS: EMPTY GROUND FLOORS ABANDONED SHED ON LAMBRO’S RIVERSIDE
SOUTH TOWERS: GROUND FLOORS AND PLATEAU SOUTHERN COMMERCIAL AND TERTIARY HUB
PAOLO PINI PARK - FORMAL PSYCHIATRIC HOSP.
EMPTY ARTISAN WORKSHOP OF VIA BARONI “OKLAHOMA” COMMUNITY ONLUS
Physical
Job Opportunities
Enhanced Urbanity
Intergenerational Harmony
Economic Adapting to new lifestyles Education Prioritization Reactivation
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Existing lights
Existing lights
New lights
New lights
LOCKABLE GROUND FLOORS OF VIA BARONI
PINI'S ARTS DISTRICT AGES 6-20
The park of the former Paolo Pini psychiatric hospital is located in a prime location in Comasina; however, it is currently not used to its full potential. An active pilot initiative meant to improve the liveability of the neighbourhood in a way that would also benefit the youths is the Non-Scuola school of theatre. Since this park has a lot of potential and reusable spaces, also because of the presence of the theatre and the art exhibition, the idea of introducing an art district dedicated to design, multimedial and performing arts talents of the youth in Comasina could give to the area a strong enough identity to represent both a catalystist element for the social improvement of Comasina and a way to attract external users within the district.
The expected resizing of those services in the following years opens up the possibility to a radical change of use, in line with the proposal of creating the Art District. The shape of the architectures, flexible, simple but not banal, make it possibile to transform the interiors in workshops of different kind. According to the purpose of the Non-Scuola project, these action will make possible to expand the offer of extra-school activities for Comasina's young inhabitants in general, without any hard age division, allowing them to explore a variety of options for a cultural growth and entertaining. This will partially overcome the general lack of spaces and possibilities that Comasina has to offer to this marginalized and fundamental layer of population.
The project selects a specific part of the park, the farest from the main entrance of the site, along the main axis of it. The complex will branch out behind the existing Teatro Cucina, exploiting the presence of buildings currently used as storages of healthcare and urban cleaning services.
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The Gastronomy Hub will be a colossal “human-centered” project fostering social inclusion, fighting food waste, promoting nutritional education among youth and other members of the community through the power of food. In order to exploit the vastness of the wastelands located in the Northern sector of Comasina, and at the same time intervene by tackling the local issues of generational and ethnical separation within the neighbourhood, the Hub will be established as a landmark project. One that would signal a new era and fresh outlook on the next chapter for Comasina.
The Hub is envisioned to be a dominant element of the district, able to match the interests of the diverse social mix of not, just Comasina, but eventually the city of Milan – all through the uniting Development of the site will host not only the Hub itself, but a series of complementary services dedicated to neighbourhood life and linking the existing activities of the area with the Hub itself. The core of the Hub would co+mprise a culinary training center, restaurants, cafés, public gardens, orchards and greenhouses will be a meeting point an open space in juxtaposition with the physical closure of Comasina.
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A site where food education and discovery collide within the main building of the Hub. Conference rooms, flexible spaces, laboratories, expositions and an ethnic café will incarnate a main role into the integration dynamics between the different populations, not only of the neighbourhood but of the whole city.
In order to exploit the different cultures findable with the neighbourhood the education about foreign cousines will represent a key element for the interlacement between local and far traditions.
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Located at the ground level of the Hub, these private activities are the result of the interlacement between the milanese gastronomic tradition and the input coming from ethnical contaminations. A symbol of the integration between populations, a symbol of the new Comasina.
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Species that do not need a specific climate or technologies for their production will be cultivated in these public fields. Part of the lot will be rentable by locals in order to improve the self-appropriation of the Hub by the inhabitants of Comasina.
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THE PLATEAU AGES 6-13
Judging by the strong centrality of the oratorio (mainly due to the impact of citizen-engagement efforts led by Don Giovanni Salatino, parson of the local church and a proactive figurehead in the community), the adjoining plateau, which connects both the church and the BBPR towers, was identified as a prime site for transformation. Inspiration for this intervention was taken from the example of the “Archipelago Courtyard” in New York, comin 2010. Located at one of the most chaotic and symbol of pleted reinaissance
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the internal spaces of the he basement of the church, o make it a real Community , accessible for every ant of Gratosoglio. These ed below the church, will be ormed with the support of ts of the district, in order to appropriation of the place.
congested intersections in Brooklyn, the public courtyard was designed to provide passersby with a safe and quiet respite while doubling as a place for community and interaction. In light of the above, the plateau in Gratosoglio and all its surrounding facets could be maximized as a tool to bring all members of the community together, not only as a leisure/congregation/interaction space, but also to address the most pressing needs of the population.
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Children Digital Library
Renuvation of the towers’ ground floor as a place designed for the needs of the little inhabitants of Gratosoglio. The attractivity of the space and the quality INTERIOR of the equipment will be the keys for a successful interention, able to compensate the difficulties of living within a marginalized area.
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Trasformation of the existing slab into a space active 24h/day for aggregation and interelations, as the beating heart of the neighbourhood. Removable furniture maintein the current space-flexibility of the plateau, keeping it able to host event as a stage.
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Installation of ramps able to cover the difference in level between the sidewalk and the plateau. Accessibility is not only a necessity but a symbol of social openness.
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VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTER
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The Vocational Training Center will focus on offering valuable skills that will be useful to inhabitants of the neighbourhood searching for job opportunities – particularly those individuals who were unable to pursue tertiary-level education or acquire the necessary qualifications to match the needs of the job market. The center will offer a range of programs and courses that will enable enrolled students to explore different career options and develop skills and capabilities that will prepare them for industry-specific work or advanced education. These programs would not only prepare students for construction and manufacturing industries, but also for creative jobs in business, health services, arts and design, cosmetology, technology, auto mechanics, carpentry, masonry, small engine technology, etc. Courses offered would be selected according to the demands of the job market.
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