Corte Sant' Andrea: Agricultural Hub

Corte Sant’ Andrea: Agricultural Hub

Design and Construction Studio

Politecnico di Milano 2020/2021 Architecture |Built Environment| Interiors

Professors: Marzia Morena, Tomaso Truppi, Francesco Mazzola

Team: Kruti Patel, Alina Akinfieva, Anamika Gupta, Neda Seedat, Soheil Mahmoodi

Corte Sant’Andrea is a small settlement in the municipality of Senna Lodigiana and is located along the Po River, considered among the most productive territories of Italy. It is also located on the well-traveled pilgrimage route of “Via Francigena” connecting Rome with Lombardy, extending to Switzerland, France, and England.

The starting point is to maintain the area, including currently abandoned industrial and farm facilities, as well as ruined housing. The aim is to create a vital community in Corte Sant’ Andrea by combining tourism, ecological farming, and smart working. The approach is to adapt the existing built environment and transform it into a productive one, by integrating sustainable energy and land use strategies.

Masterplan and landscape strategy

by Alina Akinfieva, Anna Zhelezova, Kruti Patel

“Agrohub” is dedicated to agricultural education. The intervention includes the existing building and its new additions. An inner courtyard is created, which invites the vegetation inside. The ground level connects the inner classrooms with the community gardens allowing for education more engaging with the productive landscape.

Agro Hub Building

by Kruti Patel

Residences in Corte Sant’ Andrea

by Neda Seedat, Soheil Mahmoodi

Corte Sant' Andrea exterior visualisation

by Anna Yordanova Zhelezova

Corte Sant' Andrea exterior visualisation

by Anna Yordanova Yordanova Zhelezova