The area selected to activity of “International Workshop of Urban and Architectural Design” are connected to the area of Cerchiate, in Pero’s municipality, situated at the northwestern border of Milan. The area belongs to the historical urban system of Sempione and during the last years it has been involved by the displacement of the Milan trade fair and more recently by the programs related to the 2015 Expo. This area proposes itself as a well defined field of study, specifically delimitated by strong infrastructural marks. The place gives the opportunity to compare themselves with the aspects linked to the border of the contemporary town, to the relationship between the suburbs
construction and the structure of the area, to the construction of the infrastructures and to the settlements of new functions.
