URBAN POROSITY | GALYNA TOLKACHOVA The project stands on the intersection of two opposite urban concerns - land consumption and an increasing amount of abandoned spaces. Against many years of urbanization the project considers urban porosity as a way to solve these two problems at the expense one of another in order to achieve effective land use. The concept is approached at the under used area in South-Western part of Milan.
CONTEXT | UNDER-USED AREA IN MILAN
CONTEXT/URBAN DENSITY Continuous Urban fabric Larger Urban Zone, Urban Audit 2004 EEA land use map (European Commission 2011)
In the last few decades in Italy, there has been massive urbanization disproportionate to the demographic increase, and mostly in the Po Valley (including Lombardy Region), where each day 200.000 m2 are urbanized, “about 30 soccer fields” (Legambiente Report, 2011)
URBANIZATION GROWTH IN THE LAST DECADES IN MILAN
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35%
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Due to urban sprawl, URBANIZED areas has grown_ far beyond the city limits and displaced nature_
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The whole railway leading to P.Genova will be DEMOLISHED_ It will move the flow of COMMUTERS and train-metro INTERCHANGE_ closer to S.Cristoforo and future line M4_
The whole railway leading to P.Genova will be DEMOLISHED_
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4 km of the project area are bordered by Naviglio Grande, an ancient water canal, leading from Lambro river to the Darsena in the city centre. Two secondary canals, cross the area which imply to be uncovered in the direction of Expo 2015 are also crucial for the project.
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New water way “Via DELL’Acqua“ will be created_ connecting Naviglio Grande to Expo 2015_
SITE ANALYSIS/MAIN AXES
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URBANIZED ARTIFICIAL LAND
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URBANIZED ARTIFICIAL LAND
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Areas where natural land has not been Land used for urban functions Surfaces with replaced by artificial materials or covered. It in- - parking, storage areas etc. Also buildings or cludes private gardens, urban green and left- includes abandoned and underused building ruins non-green areas. over empty areas.
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MAKE URBAN FABRIC MORE COMPACT AND EXTEND GREEN ZONES
CONCEPT / URBAN POROSITY IN CITY SCALE
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Reactivate underused urban Frame new Extend environmental system into the areas by densifying industrial (fordevelopments urban areas. Create and preserve natural areas mer railway areas) and naturalizing inside already inside the city. public areas (ex. open market) urbanized areas.
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VACANT AREAS
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Naturalization by RESTORING native plant communities
URBANIZED ARTIFICIAL LAND NATURAL SOIL
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Naturalization by CREATING native plant communities
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RESTORE the building and redesign it for another FUNCTION. KEEP EXISTING ELEMENTS as respect to architecture style.
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RESEARCH BLOCK
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2. Equipment Storage
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2. Ticket office
2. Administration office
3. Service room
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3. Cloack room
3. Lecture room
4. WC
4. Research lab
5. Security room
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4. Technical room
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Garden equipment storage
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FLOWER SHOP
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PROJECT / OLD & NEW STRUCTURES / DETAIL 1
OLD NEW
frameless glass
cable support system EXT.
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bearing strusture
articulated bolt system
+18,400 4 Story
+13,800 3 Story
+8,000 2 Story
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PROJECT / OLD & NEW STRUCTURES / DETAIL 2
existing concrete wall
NEW OLD
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+18,400 4 Story
+13,800 3 Story
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+3,800 1 Story ±0,000 0 Ground Floor -1,800
PROJECT / OLD & NEW STRUCTURES / DETAIL 3
NEW OLD
window unit
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window unit
+18,400 4 Story
+13,800 3 Story
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BRING NATURE BACK TO THE CITY