Italy Case Study Report 2: Milan
Italy Case study report 2, June 2017 PICH: The impact of urban planning and governance reform on the historic built environment and intangible cultural heritage ITALY CASE STUDY REPORT 2: INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE ‘LA GOCCIA’ IN BOVISA, MILAN Authors Prof. Enrico Fontanari, IUAV (coordinator) Remi Wacogne, IUAV Dr. Julia Rey Perez, Universidad de Sevilla (visiting researcher, IUAV) 1 Italy Case study report 2, June 2017 2 Italy Case study report 2, June 2017 0. Introduction This report focuses on the area Gasometri or Goccia, in the north-western Milan borough of Bovisa. An industrial area of regional and national importance through the XXth century, which in particular centralised gasworks of the Milan area, its plants progressively shut down until the complete closure of a large part of it in 1994. Meanwhile, Politecnico di Milano, a leading architecture and planning university, settled a new campus in the remaining area, introducing new uses in the former industrial buildings. This research explores the role played by the area’s industrial heritage, both in its planning and management and in citizens’ sense of place. 1. La Goccia - area Gasometri di Bovisa 1.1. Location of the study area and more sub-area – with location map of the city and the specific case study areas. Fig. 1 The area Gasometri or Goccia, situated in the Bovisa borough in North-West Milan The area Gasometri or Goccia is a former industrial area situated in the north-western peripheral Milan borough of Bovisa, itself part of the municipio (ward) 9 along with those of Garibaldi-Isola, Istria, Dergano, Bicocca, Ca' Granda, Niguarda, Affori, Bruzzano and Bovisasca- Comasina.1 Framed by the Villapizzone borough to the West and by the rest of Bovisa to the East, by the borough of Quarto Oggiaro to the North and that of Ghisolfa to the South, it covers about 850.000m², roughly divided in two parts: the southern one is now occupied mainly by the Engineering campus of Politecnico di Milano; the northern one is still dismissed and inaccessible to the public.
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