Scalo , Via Saccardo, Milan site

The Scalo Lambrate site is part of Milan’s are the railway-access of the south Milan) strategic plan for the regeneration of and it intersects the other subway-lines, disused railway areas. providing access to the main places of the Situated in the city’s eastern area, in city. Municipality 3, around 500 meters from the The site is set in an urban context in which Milano Lambrate Station, the site consists significant transformations have already of a marginal area of 7 hectares, outside a occurred and constitutes a valuable found railway belt, which separates it from opportunity for redesigning marginal the adjacent university campus districts, areas including the railway and for which includes the historic districts of repairing the existing urban fabric in Lambrate to the north and to the continuity with functions and public south. The presence of the railway-metro spaces, which are already present. hub makes this site highly accessible from The transformation plan should foresee an urban and metropolitan point of view. the development of a sustainable district, The M2 subway-line connects in a few which is integrated and permeable and minutes the main Milan stations includes social housing at accessible prices, large public spaces, (“”, which is a high-speed-train neighbourhood services and furnished hub, “Garibaldi”, which provides access to public green areas for almost 60% of the the district, “”, which Scalo Lambrate surface area. is the station of the historical centre of the city, “” and “”, which

Expected program: Social housing for sale Type of property transfer intended: The and rent, including student accommodation, site will be put up for sale, including the at accessible prices with complementary related building rights, with an approximate functions. Public spaces, green areas and price of € 5,700,000, set by the owner. related services. Deadline for the submission of the Site’s owner: FS Sistemi Urbani S.r.l. Expression of Interest: 5 June 2020 2 pm (FSSU) Milan local time (corresponding to 1 pm of the Universal Coordinated Time (UCT) Plot area: 70,187 square meters (sq. m.)

Presentation of the site and expectation for its development

The Lambrate site is a decommissioned involving seven underused railway areas (124 freight terminal used as storage for freight hectares), governed by a Programme trains and as logistics warehouse until the Agreement between the Municipality of Milan, 90s, when the concentration of activities in the the Region and Ferrovie dello Stato larger terminals led to the abandonment of Italiane (the Italian Railways Group) - owners numerous urban railway terminals. Today, of the areas. This agreement provides for the these represent the most important reallocation of investments deriving from the abandoned areas, which are available to give development of the areas, in order to improve shape to the future urban development in the the railway services in the Milan node and city of Milan. creation of the so-called "Circle-Line". The site is part of a strategic regeneration plan

abandoned railway area of Lambrate The programme provides for the represents an invaluable strategic opportunity transformation of the abandoned area of the to redevelop the district around the Lambrate low-lying terminal of Lambrate and the railway station, creating a new system of realisation of a new sustainable district, which functional and social relationships, will offer a mix of residential social housing at reconnecting the urban fabric, open spaces affordable prices and compatible functions, and existing functions, as well as improving green space and public spaces. The new connections in north-south corridor. complex will need to redesign the urban border facing the railway and provide new The site extends between via Saccardo and public spaces that will have to be integrated via San Faustino and is near the Lambrate with the existing district and its open spaces, railway station. The railway-regional services cycle paths, public services and functions, and the railway-suburbanS9 service provide which are there. numerous connections with the hinterland of As part of the project, the existing green space Milan. In addition, the subway stop on the M2 adjacent to the residential apartment buildings line, only a few meters from the railway in via San Faustino and via Crespi must be platform, ensures travellers can reach safeguarded. “Centrale” station (Milan Central Station) and the main areas of the city. Despite the relatively small size, the

Two different cities overlook the terminal. The Proper exploitation of the spaces, through the western side borders a city with a more organisation of outdoor activities and their consolidated character, with research and reconnection with routes across green healthcare functions of excellence; the spaces, will be the basic ingredients of a new eastern side borders a city undergoing a system of social relationships and guarantee major physical and functional transformation, the improved integration of the districts. where the focus is on new residential and service complexes and the old, disused In terms of uses, it is necessary to ensure an factories have given way to new forms of work appropriate social mixture, with a good and the establishment of a permanent system availability of residences at affordable prices, of workshops and exhibition spaces. the coexistence of diverse communities, The project will need to examine the methods including students and temporary (transient) of integration between these two cities, taking populations, such as those attending sporting into consideration the environment, traffic events. More specifically, the project will conditions and social aspects. increase opportunities for young people to socialise, as well as supporting the university vocation of the district.

Specific planning rules and regulations

The development of this site is governed by regulations for each site. the Programme Agreement for the urban According to the Agreement, the Lambrate transformation of disused railway areas, site, with a total surface area of 70,187 sq. m., concluded between the Municipality of Milan, must allocate 60% (42,122 sq. m.) for the Lombardy Region and Ferrovie dello furnished public green space, including paved Stato Italiane (the Italian Railways Group) - and furnished pedestrian zones, routes, available in the Data Room. The document structures and related services. and its annexes provide the general provisions for the regeneration of seven Development rights permitted on the site underused railway areas, including Lambrate, involve a maximum Gross Floor Area (GFA) together with specific urban planning of 24,000 sq. m. This space is intended for the

development of social housing and The Implementation Tools must take into complementary functions (minimum 5% and account the results of the process of public maximum 14% of the overall permitted GFA), discussion and participation which has including commercial spaces, offices, etc. already been promoted by the Municipal Administration, in collaboration with the Various types of social housing construction Department of Architecture and Urban and different types contract are expected. Studies at the Politecnico di Milano, as well Based on specific provisions of the as the quality objectives and guidelines Municipality of Milan, the minimum area of contained in the Strategic Vision Document, 20,600 sq. m. is divided into the following sub- available in the Data Room. categories: The assessment criteria will therefore be - Intermediate Housing, for sale, rent, help weighted for the first phase: to buy, including co-housing: GFA 8,177 1. The solutions proposed to meet the sq. m.; 10 environmental challenges (40%); - Affordable Rented Housing, including 2. The quality and sustainability of the student housing and social co-housing: team with reference to the specific minimum GFA 10,036 sq. m.; characteristics of the site and the - Social Rented Housing: minimum GFA proposed project, including 2,387 sq. m. references to the professional skills of team members (30%); The urban area and the GFA of the existing 3. The financial and legal soundness of residential building located at no. 8 via the team participating (30%). Saccardo will be removed, as it was recently acquired by the former tenants. The relative The proposals selected for the second data can be found in the Data Room. phase of the initiative will be judged on the According to the Piano dei Servizi (Plan of following criteria, which will be given the Services), included in the PGT (Piano di following scoring: Governo del Territorio – Territorial Government Plan for the City of Milan), the 1. Project design quality (50%); urban functions included in the Catalogo dei 2. Economic proposal (30%); Servizi (Catalogue of Services) (available in 3. Reliability of the team and project the Data Room), if agreed or accredited, may feasibility (20%). not be considered in the calculation of the GFA. The site is currently partially occupied by The presence of the railway line determines Rete Ferroviaria Italiana S.p.A. (Italian the existence of the constraints pursuant to Railways Group) as construction site areas Italian Presidential Decree 753/80, which also for the adjacent works to upgrade the governs the relative authorisation/waiver railway. The area is expected to be procedures by the railway operator, RFI. available at the end of 2022.

The implementation of the works will take Further information will be communicated to place through the use of planning those proposals accepted for the second implementation tools or an integrated works phase of the tender. programme, or other equivalent implementation tools. During the preliminary The sale of the site will be subordinated to appraisal, the implementation plans must failure on the part of the legitimate parties to include a process of public discussions with exercise the preference granted by Article 24, the involvement of Municipality 3, during comma, 4 of Italian Law no. 210/85 and, as which the local residents will be able such as, this notice constitutes to express their observations, communication in public form for the purpose proposals and requests with of any exercise of the option provided for by reference to the general layout, design the aforementioned law in favour of the State and features of the public space, the Administration or, alternatively, the Regions arrangement of infrastructure, network links, and Local Authorities. facilities and the quality of public services and functions of general interest. The site will be put up for sale with the related

development rights. The approximated sale Following an evaluation of the proposed price is € 5,700,000 plus VAT and legal fees. changes, FSSU will communicate the final text of the "Contractual Conditions" and the At the start of the second phase, FSSU will final sale price on the basis of the reserve define the conditions of sale for the area price. ("Contractual conditions") that will address, Subsequently, the teams selected for the among other issues: second phase may submit the Binding Offers  agreements on timing, terms and to Purchase, to be carried out upon conditions related to the status of the acceptance of the "Contractual Conditions", area; which will contain the increase price offered  type of proposal guarantee. for the purchase and the technical proposal, as will be defined in the Regulations for the During the 60 days following the start of the second phase of the Tender. second phase, the teams will be able to carry out a Q&A on the text and propose changes More information on the Contractual to the Contractual Conditions. Conditions will be communicated in the Regulations governing the second phase of the Tender.

Specific climatic risks and environmental challenges

The Municipality of Milan has recently started carbon footprint may also be taken into drafting the Piano Aria Clima (Air Climate Plan consideration. - PAC), an urban-scale instrument aimed at Due to the location, geographical and responding to the climate emergency and the territorial features, Milan is a city, which is safeguarding of health and the environment, particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, change. The analysis of both historical data local air pollution and formulating a climate and forecasts shows a constant increase in adaptation strategy with an interim target of average temperatures and the frequency of 2030. Reinventing Cities is part of this seasonal precipitation. framework of objectives. The proposals, in In addition, despite the process of addressing the environmental challenges of deindustrialisation and improvements to the the call for proposals, will have to share the transport policies in place, further efforts have underlying vision and objectives of the PAC, yet to be implemented in order to drastically with specific reference given to the issue of reduce the concentrations of airborne pedestrian-cyclist, intermodal and zero- pollutants. emission mobility, urban forestation, and improving soil drainage capacity. The Lambrate site, located east of Milan, Furthermore, the introduction of measures suffers from the same environmental aimed at safeguarding residents and city problems (pollution, vulnerability to heat users from air pollution and making citizens waves, etc.) as do other parts of the city. more aware and active in reducing their own Therefore, it shall be highly encouraged the presentation of projects that identify

innovative solutions to increase the suitable to reduce the noise impact and resilience of the area with respect to climatic optimise the possibilities for low carbon events and ways to reduce the emissions of mobility, also making reference to the existing pollutants. cycle paths and their connection/integration. The area is also of specific interest for urban Furthermore, due to its position, the site can revegetation works and the potential of make an important contribution in terms of reconnecting the “meshwork” (currently greenery, by integrating it with the other interrupted, in particular to the north) of the urban redevelopment initiatives present. ecological network. Of major importance to the metropolitan area will be the construction of an significant green The environmental challenges to which space, with high quality landscaping, which particular importance must be given, can act as a pivot between the existing sports considering the specific characteristics of the facilities of the Città Studi district and the site, are those relating to the improvement of nearby green spaces of Rubattino with the sustainable mobility, resilience and parks of and Forlanini, the ribbing of adaptation to climate change, and urban an environmental system to the east that revegetation. extends to the large agricultural spaces of the South Milan Park. The provisions relating to the class of geological feasibility assigned to the area by The context in which the site is located is the PGT must also be respected, as well as characterised by significant urban change. the system of constraints listed in the tables The area, currently disused, is partly paved, of the Planning Regulations (tables R05 to partly with green space, partly occupied by R09); in particular, give major consideration to railway infrastructure: the project design the airport constraints and the issue related to requires that maximisation of permeability of hydrogeological risk. the area is carefully considered, as well as the correct management of the outflows that will Information regarding the property, be created and, in general, efficient water concerning the environmental status of the management is ensured. sites will be available in the Data Room.

Given the position of the site, it will be important to include measures, which are

Provisional timeline

 Deadline for the submission of the  Deadline for submission of the final Expression of Interest: 5th June 2020 proposals: 15th January 2021  Date of announcement of the finalists:  Date of announcement of the winning August 2020 project: March 2021

Language requirements

All the documents of the EOI must be concept for the site) must also be submitted in submitted in Italian. English. The second document of the EOI (presentation of the project and development