unchanged till the present days, A topic for the MONZA The creation of the urban void III. The area I. but their re-use, from an urban II. contemporary cities point of view, represents a great The rail yard of district is one of the seven rail yards of that are going to be potential, taking also in consider- Since the position of the rail yard dismissed and re-used as area of possible development of the city. Its surfaces is one of the Lambrate The most important urban topic ation the fact that their disposi- is very crucial for the city, it is very smallest, otherwise is positioned in the part of the city which development has always been station in the last 20 years for the city of tion all around the limits of the Greco-Breda important to characterize the Railway for blocked. The urban pattern of the city has never broadened towards the East. The only growth, Milano is the one about the rail city. The rail yards probably MPX analysis in order to give a direc- yard. This theme is contempo- TORINO in the rst years of the ‘900, was an industrial one and took place in the area between the railway tion to the design choices. The represents the last available big Rimembranze di rary, recurring and much of an BGY and the east bypass road. The attempt of regeneration of the area remained uncomplete. The project area corresponds to the open area inside the historical Lambrate square interest for the cities that devel- rail yard is now and urban void in a strategic and crucial position between dierent districts. historical development limit that consolidated urban pattern of Farini oped in the recent period. In the the city of Milan, a main aspect divides the modern city from the Piola modern epoch the rail yard were one of the eight-teen century. Est orbital road that makes them absolutely MUNICIPIO 3 station used to be positioned in the important for the future devel- During the 80ies there has been Surface: 14,23 Km2 an increase in the building suburban area for the cities, opment of the city in the next Lambrate area Popolation: 140’524 ab process and the willing to regen- where the factories and the century. The rail yard of Milan Lambrate Farini 70.000 sqm Density: 9’875,19 ab/Km2 Regeneration productive area were located. By can be considered common 618.000 sqm erate the area. As a consequence the passing of the time, the available areas, and they are in the last years there has been an 0 m productive areas were resized, or under the law provided by the increasing presence in Rubattino they even lost their function, and P.G.T. of the municipality of LYN district of events connected to Greco-Breda Duomo area the Milano Design Week. so what happened was that the Milan. The agreement that till 73.000 smq urban pattern absorbed the rail 45.000 smq The residential building construc- now de ned the guiding lines to Viale Romagna yards of the city. This event is tion in Rubattino district, not follow and the volumes is the so 500 m 18. Parco Lambrate very common in the European called “Plan agreement” (Accor- San Cristoforo completely nished, generate an 70.000 smq overall growth of the residential cities, but for the city of Milan it do di Programma) upon which Ippodromo area has a particular and unique agreed both the district of Milan 675.000 smq people of the 16,58%, however con guration. The public nature there is not the presence of a and the FS Urban System, an 21. Buenos 22. Città 23. Lambrate Porta Romana of the Italian railway made possi- 1000 m Aires - studi program which aim is to authority for the real estate 216.000 smq Venezia ble that the railway remained make an appropriate adaptation development of the railways. Rail yard of Metropolitan of the general standards. Politecnico di Milano Area of Milano School of Architecture, Urban Planning and Rogoredo Sempione area 715.000 smq Construction Engineering BOLOGNA 21.000 smq Department of Architecture and Urban Studies NIL 22 - CITTA’ STUDI Porta Genova Surface: 220,7 ettari Claudia Frediani 89.000 smq Popolation: 36’463 ab Giorgio Marescia Density: 165 ab/ettaro Nicolas Toro Ovalle Expo area Viabilistic system Public transportation San Cristoforo 1.000.000 sqm NIL 23 - LAMBRATE Piergiorgio Vitillo 158.000 sqm Surface: 309,7 ettari Underground line M2 Lambro river Matteo Goldstein Bolocan Popolation: 10’602 ab Density: 34 ab/ettaro PROFESSORS

IV. The prsent situation V. A new approach Temporary Life We thought a series of temporary City uses that would allow a repopula- Temporary Arena The intervention in this area will Services City University Metropolitan Guiding In the present situation the In a context such as Lambrate, it is tion of the Hub and its useful ? Sharing services of Città Studi and Rubat- permanently change the relation equity stitching support develpment model easy to think that the time function for the community. Railway Exposition tino-Lambrate district do not required for stakeholders A resilient environment that can Graffiti Wall between the dierent districts. As satisfy the need of the citizens. research and the carrying out of accommodate exhibitions, meet- a consequence, it was a primary The city oers 17.4 smq/inhabit- land reclamation works may ing venues and entertainment decision to compensate the pres- ant, however the citizens percep- extend over longer than initially are a great way to regain space ent absence of balance. The aim is Football Filed to bring back in the urban life tion is of 9.4 smq/inhabitant. Even estimated. In the face of such because they allow people to mix Lambrate worse is the perception of the possible situation, it is unthinka- in an informal and relaxed situa- ? ? Meeting Area harmony, allowing in this way a uniform leap of the city towards citizens of Rubattino-Labrate, ble to leave this area so central to tion . Città studi Fuori Salone which has a value of 6.9 sqm/in- the East. The citizens seemed to ALTERNATIVE the city. The project habitant even if the area poten- us the best interlocutor to inter- tially could oer 34.2 sqm/inhab- act with. To do so we thought itant. The railway rst of all about a dierent working doesn’t allow the development of approach based on the experi- the city, second of all has a nega- mentation of the participated design, where the urban inter- + tive eect on the overall percep- The city tion of Rubattino-Lambrate area. vention inside such a consolidat- The same Rubattino district ed pattern could be rst of all during his process of regenera- useful for the for the community. tion, found its self to be isolated The gap to ll was very deep: on A new method for the urban from the rest of the city due to the one side there were designers design: insuperable physical limit of the with their own deep knowledge railway. district has even a of techniques and strategies, on The partecipation of the more peculiar situation caused by the other side there were citizens his enclosure in an interstitial strong in their experience of the citizens space of a rail junction. internal dynamics, but not equipped of an overall vision.

Building construction since 1998 Città studi district Give back the rail yard to the citizens Months 0 6 12 18 24 30 36 42 Main green area Lambrate ditrict Recovery of the area € 3’000’000,00 procedure of renovation and substitution Historical urban pattern Project area of polluted land services cycle path Underpass realization € 5’000’000,00 Fundamental element for binding between Improve eciency, permeability and the access to the opposite edges and binder of districts services that are now present, with the aim to calibrate Need satified Need not satified Need satified Need not satified Need satified Need not satified them on the real needs of the citizens of the area. 52.40% 47.60% 38.82% 61.18% 45.30% 54.39% Urban furniture € 1’000’000,00 Resettlement of site areas, with creation of pedestrian areas and walkways Citizens perception

Build the rail yard Standard surface No standard surface cohesion urban connection 634’659 1’572’341 Standard surface No standard surface Standard surface No standard surface Realization of cultural center € 4’000’000,00 x 4 362’599 2’734’401 997’258 4’306’742 The founding element of the Lambrate community sqm sqm x 1 x 5 Create cohesion to incentivize the citizens to be more sqm sqm sqm sqm school, associative space and library aware of the context in which they live and, as a conse- 17,4 University HUB € 40’000’000,00 quence, to increase their creativity and collaboration. sqm/inhabitant 34,2 Surface 19,7 sqm/inhabitant sqm/inhabitant Polyfunctional structure with teaching classrooms

= 10’000 inhabitants laboratories partnered with student residence (220 stundents) Total surface: 220,7 hectares Total surface: Total surface: CO - Housing € 15’000’000,00 309,7 hectares 530,4 hectares Intervention aimed at setting up one heterogeneous and cohesive community academic spaces co-housing 4 4 4 Leap toward the East Give the possibility to more universities and to social 3 3 3 Città studi Rubattino capital to invest in the area to create multi functional 2 2 2 Reconversation of the barraks € - spaces for students and new accessible residences. ? Lambrate ? Reconversation of the buildings in functions

standard New cycle path 1 1 1 usefull for the sorrounding districts Equivalence

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 Existing cycle path Completion of Rubattino district € - Completion and nish of the real estate 1 - National law standard 26 smq/inh 1 - National law standard 26 mq/inh 1 - National law standard 26 mq/inh New pedestrian path interventions still active in the area 2 - law standard 18 mq/inh 2 - Lombardy law standard 18 mq/inh 2 - Lombardy law standard 18 mq/inh rail yard recovery green open space 3 - Surface standard 17,4 mq/inh 3 - Surface standard 34,2 mq/inh 3 - Surface standard 19,6 mq/inh ? Pedestrian Co-housing Multi functional spaces Elementary school Leap towards Caproni area € - Oer the participated design as a way for the planning Movement of the limits of the city and 4 - Perceived standard 9,4 mq/inh 4 - Perceived standard 6,9 mq/inh 4 - Perceived standard 8,1 mq/inh Oritca Underpass 7500 sqm for the university hub 1000 sqm its dynamic nature towards suburban areas and for the management of urban interventions Inefficiency ratio 41% 110 lm 8600 sqm that can go with sustainable and social values.

CO - Housing University hub Cultural center Accomodation Accomodation Student residence Learning spaces Asylum 1000sqm Association spaces Short-term The project calculations and a time-program type B type C 6000sqm 15000sqm (100 students) 850sqm VI. of the interventions and of their 35% 45% (220 students) (1800 students) sustainability. During the Where to start? The rst step is to allow Thanks to the data that we process of the participated the free building construction. During this collected and to the experience design there has always been the process private investors begin to build the with the citizenry, we synthe- willing to oer reliability and Accomodation type A - 20% Library for didactic and discrict building for the housing, but to do so they External Area - 4250sqm sized a project of urban interven- trustworthiness of the project. 650sqm - (1600 users) have to guarantee also the recovery of rail tion that could answer in an This last aspect was aimed to yard, the construction of the passage under the ecient way to the dierent avoid that this intervention railway, of the urban furniture and of the cycle requests and requirements that would have been stuck as many path. Accomodation Library we wanted to achieve from the others already present for the Accomodation Space very beginning. The masterplan district. The analytic calculations Integrated services for internal Asylum has as a nal con guration the are aimed to demonstrate the Common spaces exchange presence of few and simple practicability in respect of the Association space Medium-term elements. In a deep relation with Integrated services Common spaces Classrooms present laws and of the econom- Existing building the masterplan there are analytic ic sustainability of the project. View of the co-housing Overall view Overall view towards the university hub building Open condominium spaces Campus Protected open spaces What’s next? The second step is aimed to end the building intervention. This provides the 9000sqm of gfa 3750sqm of gfa construction, also thanks to public investment, of new spaces needed by the public university Project area 30’000 sqm residence-compatible functions Classrooms Learning spaces and of a new elementary school, of which the 450sqm Rubattino district is extremely in need. Public space Co - Housing 5’000 sqm Residencial space 8550sqm of gfa Squares Paths Space for associations Long-term 10’500 smq 3’432 m University Common spaces 10’000 sqm What about the future? The main idea is Permeability Library spaces that this new intervention and the new Play ground space 2’000 smq 36’086 sqm Integrated services 220sqm cohesion that will be born between the citizens, Common spaces will bring to the realization of new School Accomodation constructions of which there is real need to 2’500 sqm make the city better. This new energy might be Local and urban services Courtyard and external spaces for the engine for the Rubattino district. 900sqm didactic activities 3500sqm of gfa View of the passage and of the university hub View of the re-con gurated existing building and of the public paths Integrated services