THE NEW CENTRALITY OF MASSIMINA IN ROME

The new Centrality of Massimina is a urban regeneration project of a dismissed pit in the periphery of Rome, adjacent to the Borgata Massimina, an informal settlement of almost 10.000 inhabitants, appeared after WW 2. Main character of the project, in which 3.000 more people will live, is a service axis formed by a business center, a huge park, a neighborhood services area, and a mall. Such axis will be strongly connected with the infrastructures system of the area, which besides the heavy traffic route “Aurelia” and Great Outer Ring of Rome (GRA), and a new quick link between…

INFRASTRUCTURE AND PROVIDING SUSTAINABLE STRATEGY FOR URBAN REGENARATION

The program is a synthesis of strategies make up the system of urban and suburban mobility consistent with the objectives of the mandate on public transport, urban greening and upgrading of public spaces.

The project also provided for the sea bus from the General Urban Plan. as carrier network of local public transport proposed for funding under the P.O.N. Metro, integrates perfectly with the procedures and the design of the park Baricentrale of R.T.P. Fuksas, creating an interconnected network from east west, north and south, exploiting the sediments disused railways, will be realized in the period 2014-20 using vehicles with…

GORIZIA, NOVA GORICA E ŠEMPETER – VRTOJBA: INTEGRATED POLICIES FOR A BORDER LAND WITHOUT BORDERS

The work (carried out by the Department of Planning and Urban Design Confcommercio – Companies for Italy) was wanted by Confcommercio of Gorizia to curb “commercial desertification” is featuring Gorizia and, in particular, the Old Town.
The analysis started from the heart of the city and is extended to the whole province, going to measure levels of business service for each municipality in the province.

The solutions to be put in the pipeline, however, could not be considered regardless of the particular geopolitical and spatial situation characterizing the neighboring city of Slovenia Gorizia and Nova Gorica and Šempeter-Vrtojba: a whole in…

A GUESTHOUSE FOR IRCCS OF MELDOLA

Conscious of the need to equip the IRCCS of Meldola a proper foothold for the more than 3,000 cancer patients who come each year from outside the region, the Institute itself, the municipality of Meldola and Fondazione Cassa dei Risparmi di Forlì have shared the idea of rifunzionalizzare the unused former orphanage San Giuseppe.

The project is followed by the SGR Polaris, which manages the Social Housing Fund of the Emilia Romagna region (which includes the Fondazione di Forlì), which acquired the property with the ultimate goal of sell the IRCCS. The project involves the construction of 30 housing units…

ORTIPERTUTTI, A NEW GENERATION OF URBAN AGRICULTURE

With the international competition Ortipertutti the municipality of Bologna has chosen a project-a guide to creating urban gardens of small-medium in size within public green areas of different types (small plots between houses, gardens, rural areas).

The aim is to assist “traditional” vegetable garden forms of urban agriculture by a new generation more environmentally-oriented, design, and turned to new people who request it (youth, families).

The selected project, combining the agronomic criteria with the urban project, exceeds logic as paddock gardens and offers a facility able to arrange flexible, open spaces editable over time.

The first gardens of…

REAL ESTATE REGENERATION

The existing building suffers from problems of energy efficiency, functional requalification of the apartments and architectural barriers to be eliminated.

The projected solution is based on an intervention that can be classified as building restructuration and consists of a new external ‘skin’ for the existing volumes that will include new bathrooms and toilets and loggias.

The building will be conserved with its actual wall structures and staircases, while internal partitions will be cleared.

The additional volumes have their own structures, consisting in septum carriers and piping to serve the new toilet spaces. In the existing buildings will be located an open space:…

OUTLOOK FOR THE PROJECT TERRITORIO SNODO 2 “ABRUZZO”

The “Territori Snodo 2” (PdT2), as a continuation of the Programme “Territori Snodo” by MIT, has been declined by the Abruzzo region as a “coherent and integrated system of interventions for the development of the region, in the context of territorial strategic platform Lazio -Abruzzo “, focusing its activities on inland areas, an issue that has a size that exceeds the administrative boundaries of the region.

The study classifies the region as part of the so-called macro-region “Median”, taken as a reference system for the regional socio-economic policies that affects the central area which covers the Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise,…

AN EU URBAN AGENDA, AN “INLAND AREAS” NATIONAL STRATEGY, INTEGRATED PROGRAMS FOR URBAN DEVELOPMENT

The Umbria Region suggests a comparison of urban policies implemented in recent years, through the Integrated Urban Development Program. The latest implemented programs are the Urban Complex Programs (PUC2) and the Integrated Programs for Urban Development, arranged by a partnership of many municipalities. With the new programming of EU funds 2014-2020, the Umbria Region presents these policies through the Urban Agenda and the “Inland areas” national strategy .

These tools are coded in the regional programming document entitled “Regional Strategic Framework 2014-2020”. The presentation of these tools focuses on the aspects of continuity and discontinuity with the previous programming tools…

VENICE MARCO POLO AIRPORT

Marco Polo Airport represents a major regional infrastructure, which has witnessed relevant growth in the last years due to the introduction of new routes to North America and the Middle East. Located within the Venetian Lagoon, less than 7 km from Piazza San Marco, the VCE Airport is an unequaled place not only from a historical point of view but also for its exclusive panorama. Safety and security, infrastructure capacity consistent with demand, adequate level of services, environmental and economical sustainability, and harmonious environmental integration are the key factors for the plan’s success that ranks among the top European…

MILAN: GONZAGA SCHOOL

The Gonzaga Institute, one of the oldest private schools in Milan, from its foundation in 1906, has always given great consideration to the needs of the students. The school structure has evolved over the years, acquiring new spaces for learning activities and sports. It is in this context that the design of the new wing inserts itself. Now, in the final phase of construction, it will offer a new sports centre and conference hall, large open spaces, and a multi-story car park. Facilities will be open to students and the city at large.

The courtyard is the heart of the…