Loreto. Milan Piazzale Loreto, via Porpora. Milan The Loreto site is found in the north-east investments to reorganize public space; precinct of Milan, three km from Milan the aim is reconnecting and renewing the Cathedral, in one of the most accessible surrounding districts. The site consists of: areas of the city. An underground link an eight-storey building above ground connects it in less than 10 minutes with along Via Porpora housing Municipal Milano Centrale, city’s hub for high-speed offices; one underground storey at the trains and Porta Garibaldi stations, access center of the square – with access to the to the district of Porta Nuova, in addition metro line – with a series of tunnels to the Città Studi university campus. It is housing offices, warehouses, technical the main crossroads along the historic premises and shops; and the square itself, north east axis, which is currently on which the town planning projects will undergoing transformation and being have to encompass an efficient mobility developed from the centre connecting the reorganisation and the connection Corso Buenos Aires commericial district between public spaces and the adjacent with the Viale Monza and Via Padova lines. streets, with priority being given to The site is Located in one of the most pedestrian and cycle- traffic in complete crowded and active districts of Milan, a safety. The reorganization of the plaza highly commercial environment rich in must provide accessible and liveable services. Today Piazzale Loreto is an spaces, to allow the attainment of new heavily trafficked element of division, a buildable areas above ground, possibly feature that jeopardizes its urban quality connected with the underground storeys, as shown by the absence of pedestrian and to give rise to new volumes to be crossings and the low usability of green integrated in the existing context. areas. For these reasons the Milano 2030 Reinventing the plaza on the basis of Plan identifies the Piazzale Loreto solutions inspired by the principles of perimeter as one of the “Squares” sustainable mobility will allow the connecting city center and peripheral beginning of a regeneration process able districts where town planning regulations to give a new look to this area of the city. have been envisaged to foster Expected program: Developing Piazzale Type of property transfer intended: Sale Loreto as a ‘hub’ between Corso Buenos with related building rights, with minimum Aires, Viale Monza and Via Padova, by price set by the owner, for Via Porpora improving mobility, including cycle and building. Surface right, with minimum price set pedestrian systems and the quality of public by the ownership, for spaces in the spaces. underground floor and any surface areas. Site’s owner: Municipality of Milan Plot area: Via Porpora building has a gross Deadline for the submission of the floor area estimated of approx.2,839 m2. The Expression of Interest: 5 June 2020 2pm Square has a surface area of around 17,000 Milan local time (UCT+1) m2. The available underground floor space occupies approximately 6,000 m2. Site presentation and expectations for its development Loreto is one of the most accessible and well- the most important traffic arteries of the city, served urban areas in the city of Milan. It is 10 is a landscape dominated by cars, hostile to minutes on foot from the Milano Centrale the thousands of pedestrians and cyclists that railway station, the main public transport hub cross it every day. It is a place where the of the city which, thanks to high-speed trains, buildings and shops facing the square, as well connects Milan to Turin (50 min.), Bologna (60 as the mezzanine access to the subway, min.), Florence (100 min.), Venice (150 min.) currently fail to express their potential, and Rome (200 min.). Malpensa airport can especially if compared to those of Corso be reached from the station in only 40 min. Buenos Aires, Viale Monza and other with the Malpensa Express rail service, while adjacent streets. The excessive space the Rho Fiera exhibition area and the future dedicated to traffic leads to the fragmentation MIND area can be reached in only 25 minutes of the public spaces and inaccessibility to the thanks to the regional railway service. The site residual green areas inside the hub, making is served by two subway lines, the M1 and the Loreto inadequate in terms of public use. M2, which link Loreto to the city centre, to the Porta Nuova business centre and to the The priority objective that the City intends to University of Milan campus in only 10 pursue is, therefore, to redesign the square to minutes. The 90, 91 and 92 surface bus lines make it crossable, increasing the pedestrian stop in the immediate vicinity of the Square, spaces and making them useable in order to as well as several Bike Sharing stations for integrate the commercial axes of Corso promoting cycle-based mobility. Lastly, the Buenos Aires with Viale Monza, Via Padova site is easily accessible with private transport, and via Costa. being close to the city by-passes and major To this end, the projects must: motorway connections (8 km from the A4 Reorganise the geometry of the square in Milan-Venice motorway and 9 km from the A1 order to give priority to the movement of Milan-Bologna motorway). pedestrians, cyclists and public transport, increasing safety, permeability and the The connection to Corso Buenos Aires, one extension of links while maintaining, at of the most important commercial streets of the same time, adequate flows with the city, the presence of services of various regards to the main traffic routes nature and the high density of residents make according to the schemes and indications the site one of the most dynamic urban that will be provided in Dataroom; contexts of Milan. The square is a focal centre Maximise the provision of uniform, of the north-west axis, a 6 km-long artery accessible, inclusive and quality public between corso Venezia, Buenos Aires, viale spaces in the Square, as well as in the Monza and via Padova, on which significant neighbouring streets, guaranteeing transformations are under way for the attractive and programmable spaces on a ecological development of mobility and public human scale, enhancing existing spaces - such as zone 30 in Corso Venezia accesses to the subway and providing for and the tree-planting projects planned in integration with the green areas in order Corso Buenos Aires and via Padova, besides to improve the microclimate and reduce the widespread redevelopment of buildings, the carbon footprint. from the Etruscan museum in corso Venezia, Re-activate the predominantly to the former cinema in via Redi, from the new commercial use of the mezzanine access hostel in viale Doria, to the courtyards of to the subway, maintaining the full Baires and the Palazzo di Fuoco of Loreto. functionality of the service, also in connection with the ground floor of the In this broad context of renewal, the urban surrounding buildings and/or providing for regeneration of Piazzale Loreto, provided for the development of possible above- by the “Piano di Governo del Territorio -PGT - ground volumes integrated in the context, Milano 2030” (City of Milan’s Urban Plan for enhancing the existing commercial Milan 2030), takes on strategic importance for businesses, diversifying the uses and knitting together parts of the city that are maximising the attractiveness of the open presently fragmented, and creating continuity spaces. in the urban relations between different The functional recovery of the building in districts. The square, a crossroads of some of via Porpora in order to improve architectural quality and environmental With regards to the redesigning of the square, performance through the choice of project solutions that reinforce pedestrian links, also solutions based on energy efficiency providing for the development of a partial or principles and the consumption of clean total pedestrianisation of the first stretch of via energy. Padova, the maintenance of accesses to the subway line public transport system and The above points constitute specific public relative direct connection at mezzanine level, objectives, for the pursuance of which the or their possible reallocation, will be positively administration reserves the right, subject to assessed. With regards to the mezzanine verification of compatibility with the legal floor, it will be possible to optimise the spaces framework in force, to use the proceeds for technical staff use or to reallocate them to however generated by the project within the a different place within the project site. In Reinventing Cities site, with particular relation to the provision of new buildings on reference to the redevelopment of the public the square, solutions that avoid creating spaces of the square, in a framework of conflict with the blocks that define the border agreed proposals that are consistent with the will be preferred. The new building structures, winning project. The proposals may provide also arranged as widely distributed, must be for design solutions regarding only the space of a height which is considerably lower than occupied by the square with reference to the that of the existing urban facades, and ensure public spaces of the square, or only the high levels of permeability of the ground building relating to via Porpora, or a solution floors, besides the accommodation of support that includes both, provided complying with activities for use of the square, also in direct the general objectives and strategic criteria of connection with the businesses established in the PGT. the mezzanine. Specific urban planning rules and regulations With regards to planning regulations, the 3,000 sq.m to be developed on the square; “Piano di Governo del Territorio - PGT - the 10,000 sq.m include the GFA which can Milano 2030” (City of Milan’s Urban Plan for be allocated within the existing mezzanines.