Ecological park design Parco Nord in Milan, Italy

PARCO NORD The Flooding Park

Group 2 | Ecological Landscape Planning | POLIMI Ilda Vagge | Gioia Gibelli | Caterina Daniel Bunay | Deniss López | Lluís Marimont | Ludmila Passini Secchin | Joaquim Perea | Pierre Verraes

01 ANALYSIS

Parco Nord

The part of the park we investigate is located in the south of Parco Nord, situated in the northern zone of Milan. The zone is divided by a street which functions as a barrier and divides the area in two different zones.

The site is composed by large extension of vegetation of different sizes and it is surrounded by residential buildings and some industrial buildings.

Milano

In the southern part of the site, a water treatment plant is situated. Patches of forests are present with spontaneous vegetation like Rosa, Sambucus, etc. What is remarkable is that the edge between the forest and field is not fluent.

We agreed that this transition zone should increase in our future design as the biodiversity of both flora and its attracting fauna would increase.

MACRO SCALE Regional Parks A wide agricultural park The urbanized areas

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02 PROJECT STRATEGIES We wanted to create a Flooding park in the south part of Parco Nord, that can retain water during extraordinary rain.

Consist on a group of pounds, some have permanent water and when raining, the water passes through canals and retain the water. We have included a path for walking and cycling that can connect all the areas with the upper part of the park. There are 3 levels of ponds.

Ponds with Permanent water : contain on purifying plants that stay in the border of the pond and clean the water. It is also a habitat for small insects and plants.

Secondary ponds: Retain water after 30 mm rain. Keeps water for a temporal time.

The great pond : Total Flooding area that can retain 50 mm of water.

When there is no rain, the ponds stay dry with native vegetation.

PROPOSAL MASTERPLAN May forest Walking and Cycling paths Permanent pond Secondary pond The great pond

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Wood platform in the border of a lake in Vietnam. http://rendezvousailleurs.com/tag/conseils/

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Pond used as a public space in Martinelli en surco park in Lima, PerĂş. http://www.porlascallesdelima.com/2013/09/parque-tematico-martinelli-en-surco.html

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Pathway between vegetation. Turenscape wetland park in China. https://www.archdaily.com/446025/qunli-stormwater-wetland-park-turenscape

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Group of ponds, pathways and vegetation. Turenscape wetland park in China. https://www.archdaily.com/446025/qunli-stormwater-wetland-park-turenscape

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Ecotunnel , Proyecto Life in Huelva, Spain. http://www.faunarium.es/2017/11/nuevo-paso-de-fauna-para-el-lince.html

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ECOTUNNEL

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PONDS

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WATER INFILTRATION

WATER INFILTRATION Permanent Pond – First stage / no rain

Secondary Ponds – Second stage / 15 mm rain

The great pond– Third stage / 30-50 mm rain

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Ponds with permanent water

-water infiltration in the park from Residential and Industrial Buildings.

-Ponds keep water from Rainfall

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-Water from Residential and Industrial areas is directed to the ponds -The great pond keeps all the water.

POTENTIAL SPECIES

POTENTIAL SPECIES

PROPOSAL MASTERPLAN May forest Walking and Cycling paths Permanent pond Secondary pond The great pond

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SECTION A-A’

PROPOSAL MASTERPLAN May forest Walking and Cycling paths Permanent pond Secondary pond The great pond

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SECTION B-B’