Conclusion The 15-min city is a concept in which daily urban necessities are within a 15-minute reach on foot or by bike. The 15-min city also means a kind of proximity, which calls for a return to a more local and somewhat slower way of life. It could provide a template for how to create stronger local communities and make residents happier. When the pandemic shuttered the city, it showed how important social links are. Through local identity enhancement, we will rediscover our way of living.
In Vimodrone, 15-min city is almost there where almost“everything” (services, retail, associations, good built environment, and canal) exists but does not work well together. Therefore, creating systems and synergies using pillars of commerce/services, mobility, and requalification is the key issue towards the target of 15-min city.
Commerce/service pillar aims at guaranteeing equal access to various kinds of commercial and public facilities to everyone. The mobility pillar focuses on improve walkability, accessibility and encourage people to travel in healthier ways. The requalification pillar promotes continuous use of the spaces. The process of projects themselves, using funding from various streams, can make local people more engaged inhabitants.
Apart from three-pillar themes, the actions and interventions are based on two operational dimensions: time and space. We defined 4 areas (Commercial system, Martesana, intermodal station and social housing west area) to be strategic spaces to trigger the change in Vimodrone. It is shown the physical project for the area, as well as the actions needed, the involved actors and their role, and the times and costs of implementation. The research of governance of the implementation and the management of the project, as well as the financing, is a quite complex issue and makes the feasibility clearer.
The sense of strengthened local community promoted by 15-minute cities may will rework the social fabric and could make people all happier. Through gradual changes, Vimodrone will become a more walkable, liveable, and vibrant neighborhood in the long run and fulfill dynamic social functions: living, working, supplying, caring, learning and enjoying.
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