Spaces for Contemporary Nomads Temporary Living in , Milano STRATEGIES

COMMUNITY

The main aim of those stra- tegies is to offer and create exchanges and condivision between temporary and per- manent inhabitants, in which they can interact and know each other. To do so, the strategies in- volve acessibility, common spaces and spaces for sociality.

1_ GATES 2_ COMMON SPACES 3_ TAVERN Located at the entrance of the passing courts [1] Located on size sufficientinner courts [2] Located on blind fronts [6]

They indicate the entrance of the passing courts and contain The notice-board rooms are located upon the small spaces Shared spaces with different functions which strenghten The modular structure offers a lot of different possibilities: Bars e outdoors areas for small events. suitable for small events. the notice-board in which people could exchange announces of the porter-lodge and are open toward the garden. The the sense of community between temporary and permanent external covered space for summer time, kids playgrounds The taverns are located near the student house, but can be Modular forniture can be used both for scaffoldings and for and information about the activity of the neighborhood. spaces are freely organized in smaller parts for reading and inhabitants. and garden lounge. used by both temporary and permanent inhabitants. sitting. Satellite image of the neighborhood San Siro neighborhood during The entrance are highlighted by the change of the paving. bartering. Shared kitchen and laundries are available for everyone. The structure of the tavern is simple and modular and is and his sourrandings construction, 1935

SAN SIRO PRIVATE SPACES THE NEIGHBORHOOD

San Siro neighborhood was built betwe- porary one. the main aim is to create en 1935 and 1947 in response to the We choose three kinds of temporary flexible spaces according to growing request of social housing in Mi- inhabitant: students, migrants and tou- the needs of the targets. lan. Houses and urban plan were preci- rists. San Siro is the district of with poetry is the main theme sely designed to fit to the needs of first- the highest percentage of immigrants. for the experience for turists half-of-century factory workers. We proposed to make San Siro intere- looking for a particoular That kind of man no longer exists now sting for its multicultural atmosphere, an experience, community is and maybe it has never existed. Alrea- informal environment ideal for students the focus for student and pri- dy in 1954 the short film “Una lezione and a particoular, modernist urban land- vacy is the one for migrants di urbanistica”, written by Giancarlo De scape. and their families. Carlo, ironically shows the limits of the trivialization of the concept of man led by so-called scientific investigations on the city. The district today has a rigid structure with undersized private spaces and fragmentary poorly mantained public spaces. The precise design of the district’s plan offers chances for a re-think of abando- 4_STUDENT HALL 5_ ALBERGO DIFFUSO 6_ VERTICAL CAMPSITE ned spaces, interstices, isolated and Located on the demolished building [4] area Rooms are located on flat roofs [5] towards the street Located on blind fronts [6] forgotten areas. That resources combi- ned with a strategical position makes The student house is located near the metro station. Rooms ( 3,6 x 4 m ) have private bathrooms and common bal- This type of hotel offers a unique experience to the tourists, Rooms are indipendent and have minimum igenic services; This temporary solution is thought to offer a minimum space tubolar system similar to the one used on construction site.The San Siro the perfect place for a contem- The type plan of the student hall is composed by rooms for conies. whom can live for a small amount of time on the roofs of San common services and the lodge are grouped on the tavern for special events, such as big match at San Siro stadium or module ( 2,5 m x 2,5 m ) are isolated by textile. the structure porary way of living in the city: the tem- students and common spaces, both outdoor and indoor. Siro’s building. the image of the neighborhood is renewed by on the ground, as for the tavern of the students those spaces important festival like Salone del Mobile. The structure can is made with cheap and light material. As in scaffolding, the this kind of situation, which will attract different people than are available for all the inhabitants both permanent than welcome huge amount of tourist for very short period of time. structure can be placed and removed in few hours. the usual inhabitants of the district. temporary. the structure of the vertical camping is made whith a steel

at right: photos of the neighborhood THE CITY OF TOURIST

San Siro is strategically located in regard to the tourists’ attractions of the city as monuments and events

.1 Racecourses .2 San Siro stadium .9 Via Durini fuorisalone .3 Fieramilano city Piazza Segesta MiArt .10 Via Ventura

.4 Tortona Piazza Selinunte fuorisalone Milan Design Week .5 Rho fiera Via Micene Salone del mobile, Artigiano in fiera .6 Expo .7 Triennale XXI Triennale .8 Brera Multiplicity.lab fuorisalone Milano. Cronache dell’abitare Mondadori, 2007

7_ NEW DWELLING 8_ SHARED DWELLING FLEXIBLE DWELLING Dwellings located on blind front [6] Located on undersized dwellings [7] Located on undersized dwellings [7]

New flexible dwelling for migrants and students Different solutions are provided for all the different spaces in Undersized dwelling and unoccupied adiacent dwel- A module 2 m wide on the facade is added to distribuite the Undersized dwellings and unoccupied adiacent ones are mer- person or by tho family of 3 people. The dwelling for families of migrants is a duplex for four peo- which this kind of structures can be placed. (c) ling are merged to create shared dwelling for students. rooms and create a nice winter garden in which student can ged to create a flexible dwelling for migrants. this solution works both for individual migrants and families. ple. (a) The dwellings are organized on two level with single study and meet each other. Two adiacent flats are merged, reorganized and separated by Single rooms whith minimum services are thought for students rooms with shared bathroom every two rooms, shared a mobile wall, so that the flat can be used by a big family of 6 and single. (b) kitchen and a common living space.

THE CITY OF MIGRANT RESOURCES

San Siro is one of the highest immigrants per- SAN SIRO: WAY OF LIVING centage (49%) district of Milan San Siro is a strict district, de- Non-italian presitent community: signed with a precise planning .8 Giambellino: .14 Viale Padova: method. The ways to dwell and The strict urban design of San Siro .1 Paolo Sarpi: Arabian community South American community live in there result unsuitable district made it unsuitable to host Chinese community .9 Stadera: .15 Viale Monza: to contemporary behaviours. contemporary users; nevertheless we .2 Buenos Aires: Egyptian community South American community Starting from people with different South American community .10 : found out some hidden marks, small origins and cultures, tourists and .3 Viale Monza: North African community signs inside the district able to rehabi- students coming from all Europe, South American community .11 Corvetto: centri di accoglienza litate it we tried to regenerate its public .4 : North African and South image, making it a contempo- Egyptian community American community rary space with a wide range of .5 : .12 : possibilities North African community North African community .6 Mac Mahon: .13 San Donato Milanese: North African community North African and South Ameri- 1_BUILDINGS TO BE SUBSTITUTED SHARED KITCHEN-COURTYARD TAVERN-COURTYARD Multiplicity.lab .7 San Siro: can Extrication of new spaces for construcions Milano. Cronache dell’abitare - nearby underground North African community community Mondadori, 2007 Inside the courtyard kitchens are provided to host neighrhood events. Open spaces fit the mix of traditions and experiences: non-ita- Low buildings in the courtyard are used as halls of the scattered hotel. They are crossed by all the users of the courtyard because - large private courtyard lian communities can find in those places the suitable spaces to recreate their traditional celebrations. of their position: gates are crossed and experienced by the students living in the hall of students and tourists passing to reach rooftops. HALL OF STUDEN- TS, COURTYARD, SCATTERED HOTEL

The courtyard of the scat- tered hotel hosts a tavern, some seats and common spaces. This space can be used from students to have a break and to know new people

COMMERCIAL STREET AND PUBLIC 2_PRIVATE COURTYARDS 3_LOW BUILDINGS COURTYARD Create new spaces for common life Create new spaces for common life - more than 10 meters wide -nearby students’ dwellings In via Micene commercial activities are located on the Via Micene ground floor; the courtyard passing through via Preneste and via Tracia hosts com- mon spaces for local users. Two green corridors link the streets: they are created opening the southern courts on via Micene

GAP ON MARKET ROAD

Passing courtyard il cortile opens up on viale Aretusa and links the open air market by means of a promenade. THE CITY OF STUDENT 4_PASSING THROUGH COURTYARDS 5_FLAT ROOFS The central court hosts com- Open new passages inside block Construction of new volumes mon functions Size and location of the neightborhood can -low buildings on the opposite side - on street alignment be compared to the most important university areas of the city -distribution at both courtyards’ entrance - next to low building

SELINUNTE PIAZZA

Around the square the rooms of the scattered hotel design a new landscape; in the 1. Politecnico di Milano Bovisa student halls meantime the central space 2. NABA_Nuova Accademica di Belle is available for a vertical Arti students’ dwelling areas campsite on the occasion of 3. Uni Cattolica popular city events 4. IULM 5. Uni Bocconi universities 6. Statale 7. IED PUBLIC COURTYARDS 8. Politecnico di Milano 9. Uni Bicocca Some kitchens, loundry-ro- Multiplicity.lab study room and common spaces for the volume of the student in the big studen- relaxing space with hammok the scattered hotel tavern is in vertical camping is built in 10.S.Raffaele 6_BLIND WALLS 7_UNDERSIZED DWELLINGS the scattered hotel tavern of is overlo- shared kitchen for the peo- passage between opening of the courts on via Micene new dwelling are loca- oms and children spaces are Milano. Cronache dell’abitare students are located on the rooftops hall is modeled in order thouse-court there is in which student and inha- the widest court, a nice space for occasion of special event Addition of new volumes Construction of new flexible dwellings oking the road and are availabe to all ple of the neighborhood the common spaces the self-managed vegetable garfen ted on the low buildings Mondadori, 2007 near the student hall to create shared common a common space for bitants could rest under the gathering outdoor to offer cheap rooms for a located in immigrant-inhabited -outside, facing streets -two or more close dwellings with a less than 28 meters the neoghborhood’s inhabitants an event of ethnic cuisine! of the central court are available by both sides of the road which maintenin their terraces laundry shadows of the tree big number of people and the road courtyards. square surface commercial functions Residences give the oppor- (regolamento edilizio RE2014 art.96.2 tunity to make people meet “a dwelling can’t have a surface inferior to 28 m2”) together