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Roelof Verhage* and Corinna Morandi with Lina Scavuzzo and Mario Paris Participants Jacopo Ascari Federica Benedetti Silvia Maria Caser Spolaor Francesco Castelli Heidi Corti Dorota Agata Kotz Freeda Jane Madius Fiorella Nataly Medina Zambrano Michele Nuzzolese Mario Sgargi Xuezhu Sun Giulia Temin Maria Vassileva Leila Zamperoni
* Roelof Verhage is lecturer in urban planning and development and director of the
Institut d’Urbanisme de Lyon – Université Lumière Lyon 2. He is member of the research institute CNRS UMR 5206 Triangle. He has conducted applied and more fundamental research projects in France and the Netherlands, for the account of ministries, local authorities and research councils, and has published on these topics in English, Dutch and French professional and scientifc journals and books.
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Opening an enclosure
Placemaking exercises
The ex-Macello site is the result of the summing up of two regular rectangular areas, separated by an east-west heavy traffic road. The two areas (132.00 mq) are now surrounded by a continuous wall, interrupted only by the transparent fences which connect the Liberty buildings along viale Molise. The characters of the site are related to the condition of enclosure of the area, due to the destination of slaughterhouse and wholesale food market, activities dismantled since the ninenties, which have caused the almost complete abandonment of the buildings realized during the decades from 1912 following an orthogonal grid. A common goal of the workshop activities has been to re-create a new urban neighbourhood able to darn the compact fabric at the western border, the new developments at north related to the European Library program and, on the eastern side, the huge monofunctional precinct of the Ortomercato, waiting for future transformation. A general approach was followed, referred to the idea of placemaking, focusing on the role and features of the public realm involving planning, design, management and programming tools in its definition and enhancement. The expected outcome of the workshop was not the definition of a masterplan, due to the current condition of uncertainty of several elements and to a methodological approach which focuses on the exploration of alternative solutions which try to keep in account the
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different expectations of the public and private actors which could be involved in the transformation, the time that it could take and the need to forecast the phases of implementation of the program of rehabilitation of the site. A framework of common guidelines was defined: restauration of the Liberty buildings and of the Galleria; opening the wall to enhance the integration of the new fabric in the existing urban settlement; realization of a significant (for size and morphology) green open space as a part of the system of parks and gardens of the eastern sector of the city; providing a good amount of different typologies of public housing; necessity to establish a program of implementation by phases. Three alternatives of conceptual layout have been proposed, exploiting different focus, such as the creation of public and private functions and facilities able to create a new vibrant and lively fabric (FEEDING THE NEIGHBOURHOOD); the answer to the demand of facilities for the Universities and high level education institutions which are a prominent resource for the city of Milan (CAMPO/US); the relation with Expo 2015, by means of the “foretaste� of small scale but significant reuse of part the site in coincidence with the exhibition, in the perspective of future transformations which could represent its legacy around the city (LEA(I) VING EXPO).
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group 01
feeding the neighborhood
the project intends to rehabilitate the site of the ex-macello as a new active core for the area, envisioning a future where families can go to work by foot, by fresh food directly close to their home and enjoy services, entertainment and green spaces. A new heart for a shared life preserving the abandoned building maintains and retains part of the history of the site, giving it unique image.
group 02 lea(i)vExpo
the project, based on 5 different concepts, aims to create an “open green” platform where the theme and the elements of Expo 2015 will be explored also in the post event years. Organized along the “Diagonal”, connection between the transportation and the public centre, ex Macello area will host a bussines park, social housing and a big Science food students’ village, where the young scientists can make research and show to everybody their results. Core of the area will be a big green space, where the most beautiful Expo pavillions have their “Milanese accomodation” once the event will end. The best way to make the message “feeding the planet, energy for life” live.
group 03 campo/us
The idea behind our project CAMPO/US is to create a series of residences and common spaces for students, workers and residents in the area of Ex-Macello in Milan. We have chosen to create a campus that is accessible to almost all universities in the city by public transportation and mainly by the Passante railway connection. Also, we would like to relate to the cultural value of the site - CAMPO or food production by creating a central common park space, which could host leisure activities, agricultural experience and in the same time improve the bike network in the neighbourhood.
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STUDENT HOUSING
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feeding the neighborhood WHAT? SOCIAL HOUSING
NEW PRIVATE INVESTMENT
WHY?
STUDENT HOUSING
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WHAT?
public investment
SOCIAL HOUSING
STUDENT HOUSING
PRIVATE HOUSING
potential of this area
SOCIAL HOUSING
NEW PRIVATE INVESTMENT
NEW PRIVATE INVESTMENT
Social gaps
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services provided by joint venture of public and private investments
development of the project
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WHAT?HOW? public investment
private investment
SOCIAL HOUSING
sense of local community
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SOCIAL HOUSING
PRIVATE HOUSING
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services provided by joint venture of public and private investments
JOBS
(co-working and spaces for rent)
MARKET
(direct commerce)
SERVICES
(for the whole family)
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LIVING THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH SLOW, PLEASANT AND SAFE CONNECTIONS
area
Direct commerce
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SERVICES
(for the whole family)
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Local services SOCIAL SERVICES FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND ENTERTAINMENT FOR A BROADER PUBLIC
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Palazzine liberty as a gate and container of the services for the area
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HOW?
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lea(i)vExpo
ANALYSIS AND CONNECTION
PHASE 2 - 2020
PHASE 3 - 2030
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BUSINESS DISTRICT
SOCIAL HOUSING
FOOD MARKET
STUDENT VILLAGE
MAIN GATE
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campo/us WHY?
social housing
50%
CAMP O
big families
small families
students
free market
The free market portion would make the project viable through the construction of:
private housing
50% 50% WHAT?
Following the city regulations, the proposal for the area is developed according to the programme:
commercial activities
50%
€ three main strategies
Social Housing
Free Market
PRIVATE HOUSING
SMALL FAMILIES BIG FAMILIES
COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES
Viale Molise the Main Street
New Facade
SERVICES SHOP
PERMEABILITY BICCOCA
Re-connecting: Barrier with Ortomercato
STUDENTS
Entrance: New accessibility: Barrier:
POLITECNI CO DI MILANO
40ʼ
Open the area (breaking the wall) to create accessibility and relations to the neighborhood.
Residential: Private Housing + Social Housing + Commercial Activities + Offices + Services Mixed Use: Park + Multiuse Spaces
MA RANGONI CATTOLICA STATALE DI MILANO BOCCONI NABA IULM
40ʼIED
SAN RAFFAELE
45ʼ
30ʼ BRERA
NEW USES
50ʼ
50ʼ
POLITECNI CO DI MILANO
30ʼ 25ʼ 30ʼ 25ʼ
Students: Dormitories + Co-working + Services
Create new uses for existing buildings and add new buildings with different functions.
NETWORK Existing open spaces New open spaces Circular open spaces
Green areas connected through bike lines
The good accessibility of the area by public transportation enables the activation of an important central point for the universities of Milan.
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HOW?
1 demolition and preservation of existing structures
phases of implementation
2 realization of the residential urban facade
3
4
completion of blocks with tertiary functions
final layout
future scenarios