URBAN STITCHES
Politecnico di Milano | 2022
Landscape Design Studio
Professors: Sara Protasoni, Floriana Pergalani, Francesca Neonato
Tutors: Sara Barani, Davide Montanari
In Collaboration: Carine Abboud, Elissa Abdo, Satyasom Rout
Urban Stitches is a system of integrated blue-green infrastructure along the old marble railway, that aims at repairing the flood-afflicted landscape of Carrara’s coastal edge. Poor infrastructure and a lack of quality public spaces has pushed people further away from the city, leaving it abandoned. Inspired by the concept of Kintsugi, the project focuses on tying the existing imperfect nodes with lateral and transversal green edges. This facilitates a more permeable landscape, one which not only supports biodiversity but also helps reconnect people with nature.
Identifying Fragments
The green spaces are fragmented across the site and this is further aggravated by the impermeable imprints of the industries. A very important historical permanency is seen winding through these - the old marble railway, while its auxillary buildings remain abandoned.
Deliberating Hotspots
Activation of the seaside and the riversides are important to connect people with nature. River Carrione on the left is banked by abandoned buildings that can be revitalized. Other green spaces have the potential to become third landscapes or parks. These also serve as spaces to absord flooding.
Instigating Connections
Fragments of the old marble railway passes through the nodes of the site. A slow mobility pathway can flank said railway while a new road can connect the city to the promenade. Transverse connections are to be developed and green nodes are to be linked to form corridors. Bridges across the rivers can help link the city further.
RECONNECTING PATTERNS
Politecnico di Milano | 2022
Urban Environmental Design Studio
Professors: Matteo Motti, Giovanna Fontana
Tutors: Amina Chouairi, Asya Berfu Atalay
In Collaboration: Aysan Soltani, Linda Roggerini, Prarthana Ulaganathan
Reconnecting Patterns is a series of interventions, across scales - Territorial, Regional and Local - which aims at sustainably enhancing the land fabric of Piacenza, Italy. The focus of this project is to regenerate two canals which run along the North-South corridor of the province and in turn bring back an important connection of the land - Water. The regeneration of these canals is also what accelerates the shift from monocultures to polycultures while providing fabulous vistas for cyclists and other by-standers.
Improved Connections
Green Mobility
Polyculture Shift
Water Management
Water Element
Human Element
Green Element
MEANDERING CONTRASTS
Politecnico di Milano | 2021
Architectural Design Studio 1
Professors: Barbara Coppetti, Angela Poletti
Tutors: Raffaella Cavallaro, Fabio Santonicola
In Collaboration: Satyasom Rout, Sunaina Prasad
Meandering Contrasts is a series of regenerated landscapes that serve as an ecological corridor following the Lambro canal. In collaboration with ARTKADEMY, the design attempts to revitalize open and decayed spaces along the banks of the canal, including a series of arches under a nearby railway embankment. A new path meanders through these critical nodes and joins with a newly designed road by the railway. This ensures activation of these spaces in relationship with the surrounding settlements, much required for local transformation.
Grid as Marker
Grid of the context translates onto the site to retain the flow of the fabric and create transitional spaces. The positioning of elements within the site uses the same grid.
Landscape as Tool
Landscape as a tool to direct the user and also to create different textures within a single space - in the form grasscretes, tree lines, boulevards, clusters is envisioned.
Slow Mobility as Narrative
A slow mobility path which meanders along the Lambro river and through the different spaces within the site is required to narrate an experience.
Play Elements
Retractable Roofing
Upcycled Steel Members
Recycled Glass Panels
Trampolines and Sand
Upcycled Steel Members
Cafe Rest Areas
Concrete Flooring
