urban good practice
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urban good practice
15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali --------------------Urban Good Practice --------------------- Gangcity documents the phenomenon of urban clusters, void of any form of control of legality, and ruled by a growing multitude of violent non-state actors – gangs, mafias, terrorists – with the aim of activating processes for the reappropriation and securitization of public and private spaces. -----------------------Urban Good Practice ------------------------ It is a selection of architectonical realizations that could be a model of good practice to redevelop decay zones of the city. Projects are divided into three categories about small operations (MicroUrban), neighborhoods’ rennovation (Urban) and borderline areas or derelict industrial zones in outskirts (PeriUrban). A cura di: Marco Cucuzza (Politecnico di Milano) Con la collaborazioe di: Giulia Bonfanti, Simone Crippa , Aura Barilani MicroUrban Project 3 Urban Good Practice - Sommario Micro Urban Project FONDAZIONE PRADA MERCATO DI SANTA CATERINA STREETDOME NEMAUSUS NIMES MARKTHAL ROTTERDAM EYE- NEW DUTCH FILM INSTITUTE HKSAR-GOVERNMENT HEADQUARTERS AMSTERDAM BORNEO KNSM THE WHALE AMSTERDAM PIRAEUS WINE BIKE CITY - TIME2LIVE 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali Urban Project 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 SESTO SAN GIOVANNI PORTA NUOVA PLACE DES DROITS DE L’HOMME MILANOFIORI PORTO ANTICO GENOVA MASTERPLAN FOR MARSEILLE’S PORT BAKER HOUSE LIBRINO LE LAVATRICI - PRA’ CORVIALE PARQUE BIBLIOTECA ESPAÑA PeriUrban Project 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 HIGH LINE RAMBLAS BARCELONA RIO 2016- OLIMIPIC’S PARK VIADUC DES ARTES WEST BEACH PROMENADE LA CONFLUENCE POTSDAMER PLATZ PARCO AGRICOLO SUD BARRIERA MILANO VIADOTTO DEIPRESIDENTI 52 54 56 58 60 60 62 64 66 68 70 MicroUrban Project ---------------------------------------Micro Urban Project ---------------------------------------Urban operations to patch and mend small islands of territory. The results can be ob- served in interstitial, residual spaces, areas subjected to demolition processes or affected by a lack of planning schedules. Areas that have been abandoned and marginal- ized, and are now ready to be used to activate processes of urban and social regeneration. Fondazione Prada / Mercato di Santa Caterina / Streetdome/Nemausus Nimes / Markthal Rotterdam / Eye- New Dutch Film Institute / Hksar-Government Headquarters / Amsterdam Borneo / Knsm The Whaleamsterdam Piraeus / Wine Bike City - Time2live 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali 5 FONDAZIONE PRADA Localization: Milan, Italy --------------------------------------------Architectura Design: OMA - Rem Koolhaas --------------------------------------------Design Period: 2008-2015 --------------------------------------------Construction Period: 2015 --------------------------------------------Total Built Area: 18,900m2 --------------------------------------------Credits: http://www.arketipomagazine.it/en/new-fondazione-prada-headquarters-studio-oma/ MicroUrban Project 1. 2. 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali 6 3. A project combining preservation of a historic structure with a new architectural design, the new Fondazione Prada building in Milan. The project, developed by studio OMA under the direction of Rem Koolhaas, is based on an architectural configuration combining seven existing buildings and three new constructions: the Podium, the Cinema and the Tower, currently undergoing completion. The new permanent headquarters in Largo Isarco (in the south of Milan) covers a total of 19,000 square metres and is the result of conversion of an early twentieth-century distillery to offer the city of Milan a space for contemporary art exhibitions and a variety of different projects in the fields of architecture, film and philosophy. Fondazione Prada has an open structure, the planning of which is the result of discussion among the Foundation’s department curators, coordinated by Astrid Welter, Mario Mainetti and Alessia Salerno, with the Thought Council, a group with a variable composition which originated with Shumon Basar, Nicholas Cullinan and Cédric Libert, joined in May by Elvira Dyangani Ose and Dieter Roelstraete, Presidents Miuccia Prada and Patrizio Bertelli and Artistic and Scientific Superintendent Germano Celant. 4. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Courtesy of Fondazione Prada. ©Bas PrincenFondazione Prada, 2015 . ©Laurian Ghinitoiu, 2015 The busy cafe terrace. ©Bas Princen- Fondazione Prada, 2015 Fondazione Prada before the works. Fondazione Prada, Nord. ©Bas Princen- Fondzione Prada, 2015 Model of Fondazione Prada. Image courtesy of OMA Existing warehouse buildings repurposed as diverse gallery spaces, 2015 Fragile, flaking gold leaf on the Haunted House contrasts with the bizarre aluminium foam cladding a new gallery. ©Bas Princen- Fondazione Prada, 2015 Haunted House before the works 5. 6. 7. 8. The spaces in Milan present three different exhibition projects using the Prada Collection as a tool for study and research: “An Introduction”, “In Part” and “Trittico”. The South Gallery and part of the Deposit host “An Introduction” (May 9 2015 – January 10 2016), an exhibition including more than 70 works. Combining study with love of art, the exhibition explores the curiosity, impulses and aspirations that have helped give form to the collection, leading to the opening of the Foundation. The exhibition itinerary begins with the art of the ’60s, from New Dada to Minimal Art, with works by Walter De Maria, Yves Klein, Piero Manzoni, Donald Judd and Barnett Newman, as well as Pino Pascali and Edward Kienholz. In the centre is a late 15th-century studio, presented as a symbol of the continuity of knowledge and study. A picture gallery includes works by a number of artists including William N. Copley, Lucio Fontana, Mario Schifano, Gerhard Richter and Goshka Macuga. The itinerary concludes with “artists’ vehicles”, including work by Elmgreen & Dragset, Carsten Holler & Rosemarie Trockel, Tobias Rehberger, Gianni Piacentino and Sarah Lucas, immersing the visitor in a reality in which life is intertwined with the artists’ contribution and works toward a more extensive horizon, represented by the work of the Foundation. 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali 9. 7 MERCATO DI SANTA CATERINA MicroUrban Project 8 Localization: Barcelona, Spain --------------------------------------------Architectura Design: Enric Miralles - Benedetta Tagliabue EMBT --------------------------------------------Design Period: 1997 --------------------------------------------Construction Period: 1998-2005 1. --------------------------------------------Total Built Area: 3749m2 --------------------------------------------Credits: http://www.bdonline.co.uk/alex-mowats-inspiration-santa-caterina-market-by-embt/5061579. article http://www.area-arch.it/it/miralles-tagliabue-il-valore-della-continuita/ 3. 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali Santa Caterina Market in Barcelona’s historic quarter dated from 1844-8 and was badly in need of regeneration when EMBT took on the job in 1997. The brief was not just to revive the market but to incorporate two blocks of social housing, a small museum and an underground car park. The scheme also embodies an integral system of rubbish chutes and a waste processing centre, and creates two small public spaces. The project was extensively delayed with the result that, although the design predated the Scottish Parliament, it completed after that building was finished — and after the death of Miralles. The delay was due to an extraordinary series of archaeological finds during construction, which unearthed the remains of a Dominican monastery as well as of the first wholly gothic church in the city, from the 13th century, plus the ruins 4. 2. 5. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Maine facade of Santa Caterina Market Context’s view, ©EMBT Detail of the curved roofs. ©Fiorella Rabellino, 2009 View towards the square. ©Jamison Wiesere, 2009 Santa Caterina Market before the works. ©EMBT work in progress Indoor Santa Caterina Market. ©Jamison Wiesere, 2009 Santa Caterina Market roof. Drawing of the roof, ©EMBT View of the East elevation, 2011 6. without an adequate public reflection on its future having been developed, and in the firm and indignant reaction of the city, Miralles’ voice was one of the most respected and important ones to recommend a different solution. After the demolition the traces of the old monastic structure which had occupied this large block came to light; in the meanwhile EMBT, winner of the architecture competition, developed the town plan for the patient and sensible reconstruction of this delicate fragment of the old town. of a late Roman necropolis.EMBT’s design retained just the market’s facade and introduced a wave-like roof of 325,000 ceramic tiles supported on intertwining steel columns, created in collaboration with artist Toni Comella. 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali The market is much more than a simple, pretty architecture; rather, it is a smiling question mark, a generous thought for the city and its inhabitants, one of those works that have sought, silently, to ferry our architecture from one period to another. The market and its adjacent urban spaces tell you the story of a traditional Barcelona, about familiar stories, materials and colours, but at the same time about an absolutely contemporary and new way to conceive and build collective places. The story, the stories, regardless of what they are, from the highest and most recognized to those fragments of obscure memory that get stuck inside you, are mixed and digested in the dense body of that system of arches, roofs, metal vaults, wood, ceramic and concrete that embrace the market and the life which incessantly passes through it. The new market is above all a social and civil conquest, to which the two architects have given a crucial contribution in terms of debate and design; the old building was marked for demolition 7. 8. 9. 9 STREETDOME MicroUrban Project 10 Localization: Haderslev, Denmark --------------------------------------------Architectura Design: CEBRA & Glifberg & Lykke --------------------------------------------Design Period: 2011 --------------------------------------------Construction Period: 2012-2014 --------------------------------------------Total Built Area: 1500 m2+4500m2 (skate park) --------------------------------------------Credits: http://www.thecoolist.com/streetdome-skatepark-denmark/ http://cebraarchitecture.dk/project/streetdome/ 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali StreetDome’s overall ambition is to set new standards for urban arenas for unorganised sports. StreetDome is an open playground and social meeting place for different ages, skill levels and cultures. StreetDome is a vast and unique urban landscape for activity and recreation including a 4.500 square metre skate park, facilities street basket, parkour, boulder climbing, canoe polo etc. The StreetDome itself is based on CEBRA’s igloo hall concept. To reduce running costs, the hall is unheated and lit primarily through daylight while the building’s surface area has been minimized through its dome shape. The roof spans around 40 meters under which there is a large open floor. This space is free of load-bearing structures and can therefore be used for any kind of sporting arrangement, in this case skateboarding. The Igloo is adapted to both the site and the specific function of skateboarding and street culture. On the outside, the dome is an actual part of the skate park, growing out of the concrete landscape like a mushroom. The structure is designed as a functional part of the park to skate on with banks, stairs and slopes along the rim. Inside, a series of pools are scooped out of the floor next to a street basket 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 1. General view of the building. © Mikkel Frost / CEBRA, 2014 2. Sketch of the dome by CEBRA 3. Indoor of the dome. © Mikkel Frost / CEBRA, 2014 4. Axonometric sketch by CEBRA 5. The different users . © Mikkel Frost / CEBRA, 2014 6. Top view of the entire complex. © Mikkel Frost / CEBRA, 2014 7. View of the building across the water. © Mikkel Frost / CEBRA, 2014 8. Relationship between indoor and outdoor. © Mikkel Frost / CEBRA, 2014 9. Outside Climbing 10. The StreetDome by night. © Mikkel Frost / CEBRA, 2014 11. The skate park. © Mikkel Frost / CEBRA, 2014 12. Climbing inside the dome. © Mikkel Frost / CEBRA, 2014 7. court and a central boulder structure containing a performance platform, seating and bathrooms. Wide gates open to the outside connecting the surrounding skate park with the inside floor, creating a seamless flow through the entire park. StreetDome forms one continuous and varied spatial course, which gives Scandinavia a modern street sport arena with unique features and possibilities. In the planning phase CEBRA has implemented the results from the comprehensive dialogue with a wide range of the facility’s future user groups. This process has been an essential element right from project’s initial phases and has left a clear mark on the final design. The StreetDome wasn’t an inexpensive community project, but it should pay dividends in use by local kids and teenagers. A place with such a vibrant, eye-opening design sensibility is likely to encourage plenty of use by the community. It’s a smart investment and an even smarter design, and a great example for what communities can do to enrich the lives of their next generation. 8. 9. 10. 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali 11. 12. 11 NEMAUSUS NIMES MicroUrban Project 12 Localization: Nimes, France --------------------------------------------Architectura Design: Jean Nouvel --------------------------------------------Design Period: 1984 --------------------------------------------Construction Period: 1985-1987 --------------------------------------------Total Built Area: 10400m2 1. --------------------------------------------Credits: http://www.asianurbanepicenters.com/?p=3017 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali Project Nemausus by Jean Nouvel was a radical housing experiment that sought to apply industrial principles and materials to social housing. Nemausus was built in 1987 and is situated in an industrial zone in the southwest part of Nòmes as part of a program to renovate a decrepit district of 1960’s public housing. By using industrialized construction technology and industrial materials, the design team sought to reduce construction costs and thereby providing larger, better and cheaper dwellings. The application of such techniques also gave public housing a new image and Nemausus was seen as an alternative model of social housing that discarded the “usual limited, desolate programs of rent-controlled, subsidized housing.” Nemausus consists of two apartment blocks, each with sevenstorey, gallery-access slabs that are aligned east-west alongside a row of trees that existed before the building was constructed. Both blocks are raised up on pilotis to provide for covered parking at a slightly depressed lower level. Access galleries run alongside the northside of each block and are connected to open metal staircases and elevator stacks that are built within the frame. The frame consists of 5m x 12m structural bays, with perforated PCV awnings that extend from the roof and perforated metal balustrades that extend from cantilevered balconies. These cantilevered balconies form a continuous terrace on the south side of the blocks and by opening the full height concertina doors, the balcony space could be fully integrated with the living space, blurring the lines between the inside and outside. Industrial principles and materials were applied at every possible part of the building. Corrugated aluminum panels, aluminum windows and white-painted bi-fold doors enclose the concrete structural frame and separating walls. Perforated galvanized industrial grating is used for the tilted panels of the balustrades and PVC agricultural louvers are used for the roof louvers.Within Nemausus, lies a diverse mix of flats, duplexes (two storey) and triplexes (three storey) that are packed together within the seven storeys. There are 17 different types of apartments with sizes ranging from one bedroom flats to three bedroom triplexes. Some of the triplexes even have top floor bedrooms that have their own separate entry door. Every apartment has bifold metal doors and most of the multifloor dwellings have two story high volumes and some have two storey high doors. The industrial quality of the spaces even extends to the interiors where the concrete is left unfinished and manufactured panels and stairs are also used. In some of the flats the 5m bay has been divided into smaller rooms, but in most of the apartments, the full width of the structural bay is kept and the impression is of very generous, open loft space. Project Nemausus is a good example of how a rich layering 2. 3. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. General view of the building. The site before the destruction of the warehouses. © Jean Pey Cantilevered balconies. Trasversal front. Metal staircases Sketch by Jean Nouvel. View from the balconies. View from the East, departure from the safe character. 1. 4. 5. 6. 7. 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali 8. of spaces and lives can be accommodated within standard structural bays without compromising on financial affordability and quality of living space. Given that Singapore’s rental housing community also comprises of a diverse range of household types, similar principles of spatial planning can be applied to achieve a greater degree of sensitivity to their varying needs and household uses. 13 MARKTHAL ROTTERDAM MicroUrban Project Localization: Rotterdam, Netherlands --------------------------------------------Architectura Design: MVRDV --------------------------------------------Design Period: 2004-2009 --------------------------------------------Construction Period: 2009-2014 --------------------------------------------Total Built Area: 95000m2 --------------------------------------------Credits: http://www.theplan.it/eng/webzine/international-architecture/ markhal-rotterdam#sthash.m5tI0xht.dpbs http://www.e-architect.co.uk/rotterdam/market-hall-in-rotterdam 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali 14 1. Markthal Rotterdam, a project by developer Provast, is the first covered food market of the Netherlands. The roof of the market hall is an arch accommodating 228 apartments, underneath the hall are 1,200 parking spaces and a supermarket. The combination of market hall and housing is a new typology and, located in Rotterdam’s city center, is expected to attract 4,5 to 7 million visitors each year. The construction of Markthal, took five years to be completed. Markthal was a success already before being realised: it is a new and fresh icon which already has attracted large quantities of international press and visitors. It is located in the city center of Rotterdam, in the historic Laurenskwartier, which is currently being redeveloped. The project is part of the ambition of the city council to turn the Laurenskwartier into a lively and bustling area. Markthal comprises 96 fresh food stalls and shop units, ranging from Rotterdam based businesses and market vendors to established local heroes.The ground and first floor accommodate 20 retail units, restaurants and cafés. All shops are food-related and include a crockery- and a wine shop. A supermarket is located on the first underground level allowing the shoppers to complete their shopping under one roof. In order to attract a large number of visitors, the building is designed with an open character. The open sides had to be closed to prevent rain and cold from entering, but kept as transparent as possible by opting for a single glazed cable net façade. Comparable to a tennis racket, pre-stressed steel 2. 3. 4. 1. Markthal Rotterdam, on the outside a flat clad in Rotterdams street stones, inside a colorful market. © Ossip van Duivenbode, 2014 2. Fresh food stalls. 3. View of the square from the inside of the market. 4. The market by Plaatjesmarkr. Chris, 2014 5. Indoor of Markethal. ©Nico Saieh, 2014 6. The daily fresh food. 7. Gallery of Markethal. 8. View of the main facade. © Daria Scagliola+Stijn Brakkee, 2014 9. Longitudinal view . ©Nico Saieh, 2014 10. The mural which covers the vaulted interior. ©Nico Saieh, 2014 5. 6. 7. cables create a suspended net in-between the glass panes are hung. Markthal’s cable net façade is the largest of its kind in Europe and flexible to withstand heavy storms. The exterior facade is clad in grey natural stone; the same is used for the market floor and the surrounding public space, in this way the emphasis lays on the colourful interior. The large mural which covers the vaulted interior, ‘Cornucopia’ by artists Arno Coenen and Iris Roskam has a total surface of 11.000 m² making it one of the largest artwork of the Netherlands. ‘Cornucopia’ shows oversized images of market produce, which can be bought at the market, while the flowers and insects refer to the work of Dutch still life masters from the 17th century. In order to achieve the required sharpness, the image was rendered by Pixar software. It was printed onto perforated aluminium panels, then attached to acoustic panels for noise control. The print resolution of the artwork is comparable to a glossy magazine. Markthal makes Rotterdam home of a new urban typology, a hybrid of market and housing. Markthal means an important impulse to its surrounding area which is a strong contribution to the urban economy. Markthal with its daily fresh food market, shops and apartments, creates coherence and connections in the neighbourhood which will reach a new centrality. The building is a new statement in the urban structure of Rotterdam with its high diversity of icons from the days of reconstruction and urban renewal, but also some new buildings that have been realised over the last years. It is in line with the city’s ambition to house more people in the centre and to raise the life quality in post-industrial Rotterdam through a series of large scale projects and countless bottomup projects. The combination of styles of architecture forms an excellent environment for the spectacular design of Markthal. 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali 8. 9. 10. 15 EYE- NEW DUTCH FILM INSTITUTE MicroUrban Project 16 Localization: Amsterdam, Netherlands --------------------------------------------Architectura Design: Delugan Meissl Associated Architects 2. --------------------------------------------Design Period: 2005-2007 --------------------------------------------Construction Period: 2008-2012 --------------------------------------------Total Built Area: 6300 m2 --------------------------------------------Credits: http://www.archdaily.com/223973/ eye-new-dutch-film-institute-delugan-meissl-associated-architects 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali 1. Both the Eye Film Institute’s concept and urban implementation are based on an overlay of two creative disciplines which have at their core reality and fiction, illusion and real experience. The building concept becomes the story board, the architecture the scenography.By delivering a dynamic interplay, the building’s assigned role oscillates between acting as the urban scenery’s protagonist and as a dramaturgical element placed in front of a heterogeneous landscape setting.On the interface between land and water, between historic centre and modern development area, the building adopts many faces from each viewpoint, thus finding itself in a constant dialogue with its surroundings. Its radiance overcomes the city’s natural divide and historic lifeline, the IJ river, and is defined by its interaction with the surroundings, its positioning, and geometry. The area’s distinctive communicative effect goes beyond the confines of the building, thus transforming the visit to the Film Institute into a sustained encounter between urban reality and cinematographic fiction. As a multi finctional meeting point, the building’s architectural formulation complies in multiple ways with the responsibility held by a cultural institution of the highest functionality and sustainability. Situated in the privileged riverside area in the heart of Amsterdam, the Film Institute represents the visual landmark 3. 4. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Eye night view . © Iwan Baan, 2012 Sketch by Delugan Meissl Associated Architects Exterior facade and terrace. © Iwan Baan, 2012 Relationship of the museum to the city center. © Iwan Baan, 2012 Museum in its context. Aura Barilani, 2015 Terrace with a view of the bar. © Iwan Baan, 2012 Outward view from the arena. © Iwan Baan, 2012 The interior stairs. © Iwan Baan, 2012 5. of the new Amstrdam Noord quarter. This development area extends over to the former Shell Terrain on the opposite side of the river to the Centraal Station, Amsterdam’s train station. As the international oil company’s former research centre, this area which is situated close to the city centre and along the the busy urban water vein held a sensitive function. It used to be an isolated wasteland, hermetically secured and not accessible to the public. Since the transfer of Delugan Meissl Associated to its new headquarters in the north, this stretch of land has developed into a vital expansion area. Apartments, office buildings, and a functionally disposed infrastructure are supposed to act as a bridge towards the lively quarter on the south bank. The Overhoeks Tower is the only architectural relic that reminds of the area’s former use. This distinctive landmark has been integrated into the Film Institute’s conceptual design idea through formal referencing. The new building generates several urban and interior situations which through their communicative orientation contribute to the urban and social surplus value. Consequently, the Film Institute’s striking and impressive appearance complements the city’s highly qualitative cultural offer and underlines Amsterdam’s role as a world-renowned top- class cultural site. 6. 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali 7. 8. 17 HKSAR-GOVERNMENT HEADQUARTERS MicroUrban Project 18 Localization: Admiralty, Hong Kong --------------------------------------------Architectura Design: Rocco Design Architects --------------------------------------------Design Period: 2005 --------------------------------------------Construction Period: 2008-2011 --------------------------------------------Total Built Area: 12200m2 --------------------------------------------Credits: http://www.theplan.it/eng/webzine/architettura-internazionale/uffici-governativi-di-hong-kong-#sthash.pXdigrcC.dpbs 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali 3. 1. 2. HKSAR Government Headquarters is located at the historical site of Tamar, a former naval dockyard. It is an intricately composed Government Complex, integrating three principal facilities: the HKSAR Government Offices, the Chief Executive’s Office and the Legislative Council Complex. The design projects a unifying composition, while each facility maintains its identity and expression befitting to its function. The two wings of Government Offices are joined together at the upper level, creating the visual metaphor of an opening door. The Legislative Council Complex and the Chief Executive’s Office flanking the Civic Park project forward on either side, signifying their independence as well as their dialogue across the landscape. The landscaped Civic Park, or “Green Carpet”, penetrates the heart of the project linking the city with the waterfront, gives Tamar back to the citizens and brings them right through the heart of Government. - Land Always Green: on a human scale the Complex is a civic icon, where greenery takes centre-stage and architecture assumes a supporting role. The Door gives way to nature and lush landscape. The “Green Carpet” that connects the Harbour through the Door leads to a multitude of people-friendly venues, including a sculpture Court, the Legislative Council Garden, an amphitheatre, a floating deck, the Legislative Council Square and the Tamar Corner, all for the enjoyment of the public. The design concept of the Project embodies four themes. - Door Always Open: With a grand gesture of opening up the site from the city to the Victoria Harbour, the project is a visual icon projecting the spirit of Hong Kong: a city always open and receptive to new ideas and diverse cultures. The Open Door also symbolizes a city which is justifiably proud of its openness and transparency of governance. - Sky will be Blue: HKSAR Government Headquarters demonstrates a passionate commitment to embrace a cleaner future, with emphasis on sustainable design contributing to a concerted effort to bring back the blue sky. Disposition of the blocks allows the prevailing wind to penetrate the inner city providing ventilation through the Open Door passage, it also allows solar access to the site from the south, while the stepped heights of the buildings allow airflow mixing and recirculation, channeling wind from higher elevations to enhance air ventilation at pedestrian level. Besides, innovative façade design systems are adopted to achieve sustainability for the development. - People will be Connected: the essence of the design for people is on connectivity, dialogue and communication. 1. Hong Kong’s government headquarters, situated at the edge of Victoria Harbour. 2. View from above. 3. The Chief Executive’s Office. ©Rocco Design Architects,2014 4. Land Always Green. ©Rocco Design Architects,2014 5. Public open space. © Marcel Lam,2014 6. Bottom view of Central government Office . ©Rocco Design Architects,2014 7. Study model. 8. An aerial shot of the park adjoining government headquarters. 9. Indoor of LegCo Complex Low block. ©Rocco Design Architects,2014 10. Land Always Green. ©Rocco Design Architects,2014 11. The interior form of the Chamber. ©Rocco Design Architects,2014 12. The Low Block and Central government Office. © Marcel Lam,2014 On a physical level, the design starts with a macro-view of the urban form adopting a strategy that brings on a seamless connection of urban green nodes, from Hong Kong Park to Admiralty Gardens to the future waterfront promenade, making the place and the waterfront accessible to the public with ease and fluidity. To enhance this connectivity, the Legislative Council Complex and The Chief Executive’s Office are located one on each side of the site, on the same axes as the Central Government Offices East Wing and West Wing, flanking the central park area and angled towards the Waterfront to create unity for the whole development, being set in more than two hectares of open, green and freely accessible areas for the public. On a symbolic level, the design is an iconic gesture to unite the diverse functions of Government, the unfolding architectonic planes symbolizing the desire to make a better city where diversity flourishes with effective communication between people and Government. 5. 4. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali 19 AMSTERDAM BORNEO KNSM THE WHALE MicroUrban Project 20 Localization: Amsterdam, Netherlands --------------------------------------------Architectura Design: Frits van Dongen - CIE Arkitecten --------------------------------------------Design Period: 1995 --------------------------------------------Construction Period: 1998-2000 --------------------------------------------Total Built Area: 35800m2 --------------------------------------------Credits: http://en.cie.nl/projects/39# 1. 2. Borneo-Sporenburg, a former harbour area along the shores of the IJ near Amsterdam’s inner city is intended to resemble in its density the Jordaan, a lively Amsterdam inner city quarter. Adriaan Geuze of West 8 introduced a fresh typology: inspired by the surrounding water, he created a sea of low-rise buildings, given rhythm by the variation of blocks and open spaces. This rhythm recurs on a larger scale in the tapestry of land and water characterizing the whole area. The sea of low-rise buildings is interrupted by three enormous ‘meteorites’, both to throw into relief the low-rise landscape and to achieve the inner-city density. The inner city character is reflected in yet another way: the 3.5 m high ground floors of the low-rise buildings create a programmatic flexibility that allows for both living and working. The Whale is one of the three meteorites that mark the area. Within the same footprint as a ‘Berlage block’ (50 x 100 m) in Amsterdam South, a programme twice as large has been realized. By elevating the building on two sides - the line of the roof corresponding to the movement of the sun - the lower floors receive sunlight coming in from under the actual building. Accordingly, light and space have free access into the heart 3. 4. 5. 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. The Whale in its context. © René de Wit courtesy of de Architekten Cie, 2009 The exterior stairs. Aura Barilani,2015 The courtyard. Aura Barilani, 2015 Interior facade. Aura Barilani, 2015 Exterior facade. Aura Barilani,2015 The arrangement of the windows. Aura Barilani,2015 General view of the building across the water. Aura Barilani,2015 The access stairs. Aura Barilani, 2015 From the top floor courtyard. © René de Wit courtesy of de Architekten Cie, 2009 of the building. The result is a redefinition of the closed block: the inner area transforms thetraditionally private domain into an almost public city garden.The elegant, elevated form conceals the enormous programme: 214 apartments with business areas underneath and an underground car park on a plot as large as a football field. As a consequence of its extraordinary design, The Whale consistently affords different views of the environment from various positions generating at the same time an enormous diversity of housing types, in the lower and upper edges of the building in particular. Conservatories provide a wide view of Amsterdam’s inner city and across the expansive waters of the river IJ. 6. 7. 8. 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali 9. 21 AMSTERDAM PIRAEUS Localization: Amsterdam, Netherlands Architectura Design: Hans Kollhoff & Christian Rapp Design Period: 1989-1991 Construction Period: 1991-1994 Total Built Area: 10550m2 Credits: https://highdensityliving.wordpress. com/2014/02/17/piraeus/ http://housingprototypes.org/project?File_ No=NETH003 MicroUrban Project Piraeus is a mixed-use housing block on KNSM Eiland in the former docklands of Amsterdam. The “islands” are (this being the Netherlands) artificial quays that were formed in the 18th century and named after significant places in Holland’s trading empire. KNSM Eiland is about 15 minutes from Amsterdam Central Station by bicycle and is also served by a tramline. Piraeus comprises 304 apartments, eighteen shops and an underground parking garage. A major sculpture is incorporated into the southern courtyard. It is built at the scale of a huge dockside warehouse and is visible from far away; “a sort of gentle giant relaxing by the dockside.” It occupies a block 170 metres by 60 metres wide. Its megablock form is moulded and broken in plan and manipulated in height permitting an internal street through the block and providing the setting for a 19th century dock building. It is modelled from nine to four storeys to suit both street and dockside terrace and improve solar access to courtyards and apartments. Piraeus is built to the boundary and there are no street or side setbacks. Courtyards are not accessible from the street. All building entrances are clearly marked by deep recesses or flush timber and glass lobbies. Major entrances are double height in size and lobbies are generous in size. The harbour is the landscape. The main street has a regular avenue of trees. The southern courtyard is not used as occupiable open space; instead it provides separation and a green aspect. The block is sculpted to improve solar access. The buildings to the dockside 22 2. 1. 3. 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali 4. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Internal street . Aura Barilani, 2015 Courtyard looking at the high portico at the western end of the complex. View from the south. Aura Barilani, 2015 General view of the building on KNSM island across the water. The high portico. Aura Barilani, 2015 Street facade along the interior of KNSM island. Dockside facade. Suspended stairs. Aura Barilani, 2015 5. 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali 7. are lower and roofs are angled allowing further solar access to the courtyard facade of the tall street block. The southern courtyard is open to the west and lowered to the east to permit further solar access. All apartments are dual aspect and no more than twelve metres deep, permitting cross ventilation. Apartment balconies can be closed with bi-fold glazed windows providing an outdoor space adaptable for windy and wintry conditions. The building typology required in the master plan may be of questionable value here. Even though the width of the island was such that a single row of buildings along each waterfront would have left too much undeveloped space on the interior of the island, the perimeter block kind of building implies an equality of surface and an emphasis upon the interior courtyards that seems almost to defy the strong single orientation of the waterfront situation. While Kollhoff/Rapp skillfully adapted the block to a one-sided situation, the waterfront elevations are far more successful that the north facade along the interior street. Monolith that it is, Piraeus is not large compared to other linear buildings and it is tempting to imagine that the folded and tapered south wall of Piraeus should be the prototypical image of how to build along the water. Compared to the more stringent programmatic requirement of most modernist housing models, Piraeus offers an exceptionally varied selection of dwelling types and one of the compelling ideas of this huge residential warehouse is that the dwelling program comes much closer to offering a match between dwelling tastes and opportunities. 6. 8. 23 WINE BIKE CITY TIME2LIVE MicroUrban Project 24 Localization: Vienna, Austria --------------------------------------------Architectura Design: Königlarch architekten --------------------------------------------Design Period: 2004-2007 --------------------------------------------Construction Period: 2006-2008 --------------------------------------------Total Built Area: 9200m2 --------------------------------------------Credits: http://www.nextroom.at/building.php?id=31188 http://www.koeniglarch.at/time2live.html 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali Residential building of its sports, relaxing by his side: On the grounds of the former North Station was first built Vienna “Bike City”, which is tailored to the needs of biking contemporaries. Following the example of functioning topics settlements such as the “car-free model housing” by Cornelia Schindler and Rudolf Szedenik in Vienna-Floridsdorf it made sense to pay also the often neglected population group of cyclists in the concept of a residential building respect. Rudolf Schicker and Christoph Chorherr were for a long time looking for a suitable location for a themed residential project with a focus on “Wheel and Wellness” - on the bordering the new Rudolf Bednar Park in Vienna-Leopoldstadt area, for the autumn 2003 urban ideas competition had been announced with the theme “Living by the Park,” she finally struck gold. For the right to park opposite component PPAG emerged as the winner, for the plot next to the front yard /corner Walcherstraße königlarch architects. The Gesiba as developers found at the Bike City Idea pleased, and so a new space program has been defined and incorporated into the planning. “In spring 2005, the project was presented to the public under the title of Bike City Councillor Schicker” says architect königlarch recall the history of the project. The ground floor area of the “Bike City” and located at the FannyMintz-Grasse component “time2live” was entirely devoted to the 1. 2. 3. 4. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. View from seventh floor. © Rupert Steiner, 2008 West facade. © Rupert Steiner, 2008 The galleries. View from the Fanny-Mintz-Gasse. © Guillaume Pelé View from the West. © Rupert Steiner, 2008 The relation with the buildings. © Rupert Steiner, 2008 The larch wood sliding shutters outside not only serve as sun and privacy protection, but also to hide the individual “Terms of turbulence” in the loggias. © Rupert Steiner, 2008 General view of the building. © Rupert Steiner, 2008 7. 6. 7. 8. subject wheel and wellness and kept free from a residential use. In addition to a fitness room with sauna with Kneipp area, solarium and relaxation area residents of about 99 apartments a hotel room with adjoining playground and youth area. Large bicycle rooms, free parking benützbare work with compressed air and water supply outdoors are also part of the concept as a focal point for car sharing. Extra large transport lifts allow convenient bicycle transportation to the apartments, which generously sized and accessible trained circulation routes are equipped with bicycle parking spaces directly at the apartment entrances, in the basement there for more expensive companion additional special lockable individual boxes. Of course, also underground parking spaces obligate part of the Bike City, but the pitch regulative of 50% put a large portion of those resources, which benefited the theme “wheel and Wellness” and flowed as in the quality exterior design.The L-shaped building along the front yard / corner Walcherstraße, combined with the small exempted line, defines a semi-public residential courtyard, open park side and to the south. The floor by floor overlay with duplexes reduced the proportion of access areas. Clear and especially naturally lit corridors and staircases provide a friendly atmosphere. In addition, light vents and skylight fields lead the natural light down into the garage. All apartments are oriented to the southwest -with the exception of the corner apartments in the Walcherstraße that point to the southeast. 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali 25 MicroUrban Project ---------------------------------------Urban Project ---------------------------------------Operations of urban regeneration involving entire areas or districts, with plans for new settlements using the basic idea of modification. Ground roots projects that focus on some sensitive aspects of the existing context, interpreting a new vision and changing the intrinsic personality of the locations. Ex-Area Falk / Porta Nuova / Place Des Droits De L’homme / Milanofiori /Porto Antico Genova / Marseille’s Port Masterplan / Baker House / Librino / Le Lavatrici - Pra’ / Corviale / Parque Biblioteca España 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali 27 SESTO SAN GIOVANNI Urban Project 28 Localization: Milan, Italy --------------------------------------------Architectura Design: RPBW - Renzo Piano --------------------------------------------Design Period: 2010 --------------------------------------------Construction Period: 2013-in progress --------------------------------------------Total Built Area: 1,400,000 m² --------------------------------------------Credits: http://www.ordinearchitetti.mi.it/it/mappe/milanochecambia/ area/100-sesto-san-giovanni-_-aree-ex-falck-e-scalo-ferroviario/scheda http://www.designboom.com/architecture/renzo-piano-masterplan-for-the-ex-falck-area/ http://www.bizzipartners.com/it/projects/milanosesto.html http://www.rpbw.com/project/77/masterplan-for-the-ex-falckarea/ http://www.crespidadda.it/archeologia-industriale-in-italia/progetto-area-falck-sesto-san-giovanni 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali 1. The redevelopment of the former Falck steel factory site called for a masterplan that would reunite the divided city of Sesto. The densely populated historical Sesto and the ‘Sesto of the Factories’, formerly the site of large scale industry, a once proud area of collective memory which today lies abandoned and empty. The Sesto San Giovanni brownfield site has great potential for renewed urban life. The redevelopment project has an open and clear layout based on the symbolic and predominant green areas which will give it its structure, alongside the existing industrial buildings slated for reuse. The site will reconnect with its surroundings with a new active urban fabric and it is to be the new home for the Città della Salute e della Ricerca, a new complex housing the Besta Neurological Institute and the Tumor Institute. The area of the former Falck steel factories (1,400,000 sqm) occupies one eighth of the Sesto San Giovanni site. This figure alone points to the importance and vastness of the project’s intervention on a local and metropolitan scale and on its relationship with the city of Milan, only six miles away, and benefiting from direct links on public transport. Two distinct barriers act as boundaries to the old industrial area: the railway that separates it from Sesto to the west, and the major bypass road to the north. 2. 3. 4. 5. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Area ex-Falck © Gianni Berengo Gardin Current state of the ex-falck area © renzo piano building workshop © renzo piano building workshop Street view visualization, rendering by frédéric terreaux © renzo piano building workshop Street view visualization of commercial and residential buildings, rendering by frédéric terreaux © renzo piano building workshop Masterplam, rendering by stefano goldberg © renzo piano building workshop © renzo piano building workshop Masterplan, © renzo piano building workshop 6. The plan is based on three fundamental principles: Firstly, the sensitive redevelopment of the site’s great ‘temples of labour’. These icons of industrial archaeology are being conserved as guardians of the history of the site. Although it could perhaps be argued that they be left as picturesque ruins, evocative of the former Falck site, they will be sympathetically redeveloped as spaces with new uses. Secondly, these industrial buildings will play a part in establishing the urban grid called for by the masterplan. Without changing their fundamental structure, their renovation will include the insertion of new functional volumes, making the buildings attractive to future tenants. Thirdly, the essential re-linking of the two Sestos, the historic city and the former industrial site. This will be accomplished by removing the ‘Falck walls’, the fences that surrounded and defined the old industrial area, physical barriers that separate the factory site from its immediate surroundings. The railway will be crossed by a new intermodal station with a bridge and underpass that, together, will reconnect the zone with the centre of Sesto. The main east-west axis goes from the station through the entire area. The renewal of this part of the city will be comprehensive, thanks to the park with its 10,000 trees, a vast and structured permeable public area that acted as a backdrop for the existing industrial zone and will now be what connects it to the new buildings. 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali 7. 8. 29 PORTA NUOVA Urban Project 30 Porta Nuova pours new life into one of the hearts of Milan, involving extraordinary energies that will contribute to the quiet industriousness of a city and a region that have always shown how they can excel on the European stage. Porta Nuova has accepted a challenge: reclaiming an abandoned area that had fallen prey to decay. The surrounding neighbourhoods have been an inspiration, spurring a dialogue that can now restore the harmony and the sense of balance of the existing architecture, integrating it with projects for the three neighbourhoods: Garibaldi, Varesine and Isola. The history of Porta Nuova is made of paths and communication. Already in the 19th century, when Milan’s Central Station were located in Piazza della Repubblica, the railway lines that crisscrossed Lombardy went through the Garibaldi, Varesine, and Isola areas. In the first decades of the 20th century, the new Central Station was built in its current location, leaving room for the Porta Nuova station in the Varesine area. In the Sixties, when the Porta Garibaldi station was built, the functions of the Varesine area were shifted, leaving an empty lot: the fate of an area that was strategic for Milan was left hanging for more than forty years. A wound in the urban texture was generated in this way, causing the wider neighbourhood to “disconnect” not only from the city as a whole, but even from the areas in the immediate vicinity. In 2007, at long last, the tiles of the city’s mosaic are being put together in the area of Porta Nuova. Localization: Milan, Italy --------------------------------------------Architectural Design: Antonio Citterio and Partners, Boeri Studio, Inside Outside, Lucien Lagrange Architects Michele De Lucchi, Cino Zucchi Architetti --------------------------------------------Landscape architect: Land, EDAW, Gehl Architects --------------------------------------------Planting designer: Boeri Studio, Kohn Pedersen Fox Architects, Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects --------------------------------------------Construction Period: 2005-in progress --------------------------------------------Total Built Area: 290,000 m² 1. --------------------------------------------Credits: http://www.arch2o.com/unicredit-pavilion-michele-de-lucchi/ http://www.ingenio-web.it/Notizia/3506/ Smart_City:_a_Milano_in_partenza_14_progetti_per_una_citta_sempre_piu_sostenibile__interattiva....html http://www.porta-nuova.com/area/progetti/ 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali 2. 3. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. View of Portanuova. ©Marco Garofalo View of Portanuova. ©Marco Garofalo View of Portanuova by night Unicredit Pavillion. ©Michele de Lucchi Offices by Kohn Pedersen Fox Architects High Line in activity. 1955 Unicredit Pavillion. ©Michele de Lucchi Masterplano of Portanuova 6. 4. 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali 5. 7. Through the reconstruction of the three districts, Garibaldi, Varesine and Isola, it covers a total of over 290,000 m² and is a perfect combination of local identity and European vision. The project includes a continuous pedestrian system, characterized by green areas, squares, bridges and a large park that guarantees a safe and easy connection between the different districts. All the projects assign special destinations within distinct areas: housing, offices and showrooms, exhibition and cultural spaces , new retail space and also parks and pedestrian paths dedicated to adults and children. Here arise the “Casa della Memoria”, civic center dedicated to the Isola district; the “Riccardo Catella’s Foundation”, which promotes and studies the practices of excellence in the development of the territory; The “Incubatore per l’Arte”, an experimental place that continues the cultural and artistic experiences consolidated in the Isola district. Porta Nuova is crossed by a single pedestrian level of over 160,000 m², with 2 km of walking paths and 5 km of cycle paths wich connect the “Biblioteca degli Alberi” public park to the rest of the three districts. 8. 31 PLACE DES DROITS DE L’HOMME Urban Project 32 Localization: Tremblay-en-France, France --------------------------------------------Architectural Design: B+C Architectes --------------------------------------------Construction Period: 2011-2012 --------------------------------------------Total Built Area: 4000 m² --------------------------------------------Credits: http://divisare.com/projects/183929-b-c-architectes-risistemazione-della-place-des-droits-del-homme http://www.bcarchitectes.com/place-droits-homme-tremblay/ 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali 1. The “Place Des Droits de l’Homme” is a typical example of “planning slab.” “Pièce maitresse” of a new district built in the early 80s and including the town hall, a cultural and housing center, this square is also the cover of underground parking on two levels. The problem was to successfully combine two different designs, even opposite the square: - the “dynamic” of a through space, crossing, true “crossroads” different paths; - the “static” of a place closed at certain times and transformed into “town square”. Beyond the technical, the redevelopment of the site includes: - Redevelopment of the access from the “Garden of Cultures” with the creation of a monumental staircase. This widely used today access is still very confidential. The intervention B + C is to give it a new visibility from the Garden of Cultures; - Redevelopment of the ramp from the City Hall Boulevard. It was visually extend the urban park beyond City Hall Boulevard to the foot of the place of human rights by signing the new ramp inside the reinforced existing vegetation in the project. The access road to the parking under slab and refurbished, loses its urban character abandoned; - Redevelopment of stairs and railing from the Nelson Mandela Avenue. Here the accumulation of even anecdotal point elements (ramp wall, shrines, bearings, etc.) morcelaient public space by removing fluidity and readability. 2. 3. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. View from the place. ©Michel Denancé ©B+C architectes ©Michel Denancé ©Michel Denancé ©B+C architectes Masterplan. ©B+C architects ©Michel Denancé ©Michel Denancé 4. 5. 6. 7. the redevelopment of the site must incorporate three fundamental problems: - urban; through a work on “interfaces”, it is “open up” the place fade fringes in their giving a “naturalness” that the unfortunate planning slab denied in the past; - multifunctionality; the redevelopment should be avoided in any future use. The project must live with the place, “react” and interact in time with its many faces, “forum” civic day, “square” urban night, marketplace, court in public or theatrical. - the taking up the paving - it is not to use the plant to “do good” by giving it the role of urban cosmetic makeup but to “tear up” re-implant of biomass in the city. The main frame of the square (a square mesh of 3.50m x 3.50m) is the “backbone” main of the book. It includes LED lighting systems and water recovery systems (gutters slotted or perforated). In response to the stress of 350kg / m², the concrete skeleton frame is army to distribute loads and enable timely positioning plantations bins. The plant is introduced on this site in the form of micro-gardens. These small spaces greet passersby and the public theater of the planters built benches. 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali 8. 33 MILANOFIORI Urban Project Localization: Milan, Italy --------------------------------------------Architectural Design: Cino Zucchi Architetti, Park Associati, ASA Studio Albanese, ABDA, 5+1AA, Open Building Research. --------------------------------------------Landscape architect: (EEA) Erick Van Egeraat associated architects --------------------------------------------Design Period: 2005 --------------------------------------------Construction Period: 2010-in progress --------------------------------------------Total Built Area: 34 Milanofiori initially was divided into two parts - Milanofiori South and North. South is still in the planning stage. North and is very close to completion. Because of the crisis, it was decided not to start simultaneously both areas, so as not to leave unfinished. The project has the objective to achieve an high quality environment where architecture and landscape are closely related. In addition to complying with the sustainability criteria in terms of composition, technology and materials (green building, solar panels), the project focuses on the enhancement of existing forests and the preservation of biodiversity. The development area, owned by Milanofiori 2000 Ltd. (a subsidiary of Brioschi Sviluppo Immobiliare spa), covering a total area of over 360,000 square meters. The realization of an internal viability system guarantees complete accessibility to all the structures in the project, and permits, together with main perimeter viability, completion of the local road system. The area has an high-level infrastructure, including the subway stop “Milanofiori Nord”, an extension in the surface of the line 2 of the Milan Metro. The station MM2 “Milanofiori Nord”, in a central position, ensuring fast connections between the new settlement and the city center, with direct access to the three main train stations (Cadorna, Garibaldi and Central). 1. 360,000 m² --------------------------------------------Credits: http://www.artribune.com/2012/01/se-milanofiori-rifiorisce/ http://divisare.com/projects/164217-amber-masterplan-milanofiori-nord-landscaping http://divisare.com/projects/164225-amber-masterplan-milanofiori-nord-luogo-di-innesto http://www.milanofiorinord.it/home.php?lingua=2 2. http://www.archea.it/milanofiori-2000/ 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali 3. 4. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. View from the top. View fromthe Street. View from the top. View from the top. View from the top. Residential ©Cino Zucchi architetti View from the top. Masterplan. ©(EEA) Erick Van Egeraat associated architects 5. 6. 7. The masterplan was developed in 2005 by the Dutch firm Erick van Egeraat Associated Architects (EEA). Over the last few years under the influence of market needs and the plan ‘slightly changed understand itself additional services, however,’ the idea of the project remained - the integration of architecture and landscape with the construction of 218,000 square meters, with functions directional, commercial, residential and services. The line buildings, arranged along the highway, forming visual and audio filter between the busy street and the heart of the project. A series of walkways that cross the territory, help to feel better the surrounding landscape, its tranquility and calm. The first residence, look on the central park, which protects from the work area. In the central place converge all pedestrian routes, including the one from the nearby metro station. It is a large open space, dedicated to meetings and events organized, onto which the different services for leisure: multiplex cinema, fitness center, several restaurants and cafes. Milanofiori North and ‘a new neighborhood, where the architects have tried to combine all aspects of modern man’s active life, and to offer him the right to choose. 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali 8. 35 PORTO ANTICO GENOVA Urban Project 36 Localization: Genova, Italy --------------------------------------------Architectural Design: Renzo Piano Building Workshop, architects --------------------------------------------Design Period: 1985–2001 --------------------------------------------Credits: 2. http://www.rpbw.com/project/34/porto-antico/ 1. 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali A vast exhibition project that became an urban renewal plan. The 1992 Columbus Celebrations presented itself as a great opportunity to reconnect the long broken ties between the historical centre of Genoa and its old harbour, the Porto Antico. The regeneration project for Piazza Caricamento and the docks comprised a series of plans to renovate several historic port buildings and to build new structures too. These included the Bigo and the Aquarium, which soon become popular landmark destinations bringing visitors to this part of the city. It was of the utmost importance to the city of Genoa to heal the fractures separating the city from its harbour. The natural relationship between the two adjacent areas had, over time, been broken by a progressive build-up of physical barriers, creating a seemingly insurmountable rift between the city and the sea: from the thick barrier of customs offices and warehouses that had been built in the 1800s to the unsightly pylons holding up the cement ribbon of the motorway built in 1965, that remains an unresolved eyesore looming over the lively Genoa waterfront today. 3. 4. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. View from the top Porto Antico Genova Porto Antico Genova. ©RPBW Bigo. ©RPBW View from the top Porto Antico Genova. ©RPBW Porto Antico Genova. ©RPBW Aquarium. ©RPBW Sketch from Renzo Piano. ©RPBW Porto Antico Genova. ©RPBW 5. 6. 7. A partial burying of roads underground for the Columbus Celebrations was a major first step in reinstating an expansive esplanade facing the sea on Piazza Caricamento, a bustling hub where tourists and locals converge. It opens up to the old harbour and the docks. The immediate aim of the project was to set up the installations for the Columbus anniversary exhibition, but it also included a longer-term urban renewal plan, intended to return the area to the citizens of Genoa for them to enjoy. With this in mind, the planners identified several existing buildings that could undergo varying degrees of renovation: these went from the low-key restoration of the historic buildings, to the redesign and reuse of some of the large scale and interesting but less prestigious areas, thinking about the way in people moved through the site and the visual relationships between its various parts. A worthy compromise was agreed which would intertwine the old and the new, memories and innovation, in keeping with the city’s growth. The area proved very flexible and later additions and changes were welcomed: the renovated and reconverted spaces of the old Cotton Warehouse, the Millo and the Customs Warehouse were part and parcel of the conversion of this area into a huge recreation and exhibition space together with the new structures – the Bigo and the Aquarium. Although the latter were highly contemporary constructions, they nonetheless fit in with the atmosphere of the harbour’s setting. 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali 8. 37 MASTERPLAN FOR MARSEILLE’S PORT Localization: Marseille, France --------------------------------------------Architectural Design: Foster + Partners --------------------------------------------Construction Period: 2012-2013 --------------------------------------------Total Built Area: 100,000 m² --------------------------------------------Credits: http://www.archdaily.com/216305/masterplanfor-marseille%25e2%2580%2599s-vieux-portfoster-partners Urban Project 38 Work has begun on the Old Port of Marseille as part of a series of regeneration projects to be completed in time for the city’s inauguration as European Capital of Culture in 2013. Reclaiming the quaysides as civic space and reconnecting the port with the city, the boat houses and technical installations that previously lined the quays have been moved to new platforms and clubhouses over the water. The pedestrian area around the harbour has been enlarged and traffic will be gradually reduced over the coming years to provide a safe, pedestrianised environment that extends to the water’s edge. The landscape design, which was developed with Michel Desvigne, includes a new pale granite surface, in the same shade as the original limestone cobbles. The simple, hard-wearing, roughly textured materials are appropriate to the port setting, and to improve accessibility for all, kerbs and level changes have been eliminated. Materials used are hard-wearing with a rough texture, appropriate for the port setting. Furthermore, the design eliminates curbs and changes in level to improve accessibility, as well as using removable cast iron bollards to maximize flexibility. 1. http://www.fosterandpartners.com/projects/marseille-vieux-port/ http://www.dezeen.com/2013/03/06/vieux-portpavilion-by-foster-partners/ http://www.arcspace.com/features/norman-foster--partners/vieux-port-pavilion/ http://divisare.com/projects/225043-foster-partners-nigel-young-marseille-vieux-port-pavilion 3. 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali 2. 4. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. View from the top. ©Foster + Partners ©Nigel Young Comparison. ©Foster + Partners Comparison. ©Foster + Partners ©Nigel Young ©Nigel Young ©Nigel Young Masterplan ©Foster + Partners ©Foster + Partners 5. The transformation of Marseille’s World Heritage-listed harbour was officially inaugurated on Saturday during a ceremony attended by Eugène Caselli, President of Marseille Provence Métropole and Jean-Claude Gaudin, the Mayor of Marseille. The event marked the completion of the new ‘club nautique’ pavilions and a new sheltered events space on the Quai de la Fraternité at the eastern edge of the port, built to commemorate the city’s year as ‘European Capital of Culture’. At Quai des Belges, the prominent eastern edge of the harbor, a dramatic blade of reflective stainless steel will shelter a flexible new events pavilion. Open on all sides, its 46 by 22 meter canopy is supported by slender pillars. The canopy’s polished, mirrored surfa ce reflects the surrounding port and tapers towards the edges, minimizing its profile and reducing the structure’s visual impact. Lord Foster stated, “I know the harbor at Marseille well and it is a truly grand space. This project is a great opportunity to enhance it using very simple means, to improve it with small, discreet pavilions for events, for markets, for special occasions. Our approach has been to work with the climate, to create shade, but at the same time to respect the space of the harbor – just making it better.” 6. 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali 7. 8. 9. 39 BAKER HOUSE Urban Project 40 Localization: Cambridge, MA, USA --------------------------------------------Architectural Design: Alvar Aalto --------------------------------------------Construction Period: 1946-1948 --------------------------------------------Credits: http://www.archdaily.com/61752/ad-classics-mit-baker-house-dormitory-alvar-aalto https://listart.mit.edu/public-art-map/baker-house http://housesfor.tumblr.com/post/23627269882/ baker-house-dormitories-mit-19471948-alvar 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali 1. Alvar Aalto designed the Baker House in 1946 while he was a professor at the Massachussets Institute of Technology, where the dormitory is located. It received its name in 1950, after the MIT’s Dean of Students Everett Moore Baker was killed in an airplane crash that year. The dormitory is a curving snake slithering on its site and reflects many of Aalto’s ideas of formal strategy, making it a dormitory that is both inhabited and studied by students from all over the world. The site runs along the north side of the Charles River and from the very start Aalto’s plans seek to find ways of maximizing the view of the river for every student. Early sketches show clusters of rooms facing south and, because a simple single-sided slab would not contain sufficient rooms, several ways of increasing the density: by parallel blocks in echelon, by fan-shaped ends, and by the “giant gentle polygon” resolving itself into a sinuous curve, that was finally adopted.” The building’s undulating form also does not subject the views of the rooms to be oriented at right angles towards the busy street. The form established a wide variety of room shapes, creating 43 rooms and 22 different room shapes per floor that although similar, still required distinct designs for the placement of built-in furniture. 2. 3. 4. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Historical view of the campus. ©MIT Panoramic view of the campus. ©MIT Panoramic view of the campus. ©MIT Architectural plan. ©MIT View from the campus. ©Wikimedia - dDxc ©Wikimedia - dDxc 5. The plan is composed around a single-loaded corridor. Aalto refused to design north-facing rooms since he wanted most rooms to have a view of the river from the east or west, and thus proposed enlarging the rooms on the western end into large double and triple rooms that receive both northern and western light. Instead of rooms, a stairway systems is housed on the north side of the building with an unobstructed view of its surroundings. Built with dark red rustic bricks, the modular pieces come together to create sweeping curves that juxtapose the solid limestone of the attached rectilinear common room. The common room is a calm static space in comparison to the movement of the dormitories. The lower floor is lit with circular lights and the upper floor has views of the river. Structural columns are covered in plastered on the lower floor and as they rise up towards the second level, timber cladding allows them to form a relationship with the trees. The Baker House went through four major renovations since it was completed in 1948, including a replacement of all the windows, making the building wheelchair accessible, a renovation of the mechanical systems, and a restoration of birch furnishings. However, despite these renovations, the attention to detail in the Baker House dormitory brought the essence and formality of Aalto’s work into America. 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali 6. 41 LIBRINO Urban Project Localization: Catania, Italy --------------------------------------------Architectural Design: Renzo Piano Building Workshop, architects G124 --------------------------------------------Design Period: 2013-in progress --------------------------------------------Credits: http://renzopianog124.com/post/130605888418/ la-rinascita-di-librino http://renzopianog124.com/post/130605888418/ la-rinascita-di-librino Diario del rammendo delle nostre città, report of G124 group Librino in Catania represents the fulfillment of an ambition of the seventies to build a New Town. It was a dream tied to a historical moment of great development and a utopia that saw modernity in the ransom for a better future. The historical centers at that time were besieged by the desire for change and were seen as places of a past to be erased. The battle of many intellectuals, historians and architects for the defense of our identity has safeguarded the extraordinary legacy that today let’s see how our roots. In addition to being the most beautiful image of Italy. The New Town operation was ambitious and had perhaps too much trust in a modernity not ready. The neighborhood represents the city Librino failure of this utopia. More than 70 thousand people live in an area without the necessary quality of public space, without essential services, built close to town but, in reality, far away. Far not in space but in the minds of the people, who considers this a remote place. A large urban mending and even before the social: a walkway that unions planned projects by the administration with the needs and wishes of those living in the neighborhood. A path through which the high part Librino, the most problematic, becomes the backbone of a network of public spaces today inexistent. Finally an educational “sustainable” path, both from a social point of view and from that environment. 1. 42 2. 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali 3. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Il Palazzo di Cemento. ©G124 group of work View from the top of Librino Draw of project. ©G124 group of work Masterplan of the opportunities. ©G124 group of work ©G124 group of work ©G124 group of work ©G124 group of work Masterplan of San Teodoro. ©G124 group of work 4. The primary school and Fontanarossa institution may represent the cornerstones from which the physical path part and winds through Librino. The project can increase the areas to be allocated to horticulture teaching, thinking of an integrated management of associations and schools, and helping the interaction between the different educational levels. The redevelopment of the sports of San Teodoro and the rethinking of the gyms. Large oversized roads appear as elements that divide, real barriers. Resize the road section, slowing the flow of vehicles and encouraging pedestrian zones, would serve to build a system of continuous and safe public spaces that is really enjoyed by the citizens. Structures such as the bridge that crosses the avenue Moncada or stairs system (achieved and abandoned) which would grant access to street Moncada stadium (never realized) and street furniture. Small interventions like these, perhaps made in self with residents, can become “beauty generators” and at the same time increase citizens’ sense of belonging and protection to the spaces common. Entertainment spaces for children who, having not available, are now forced to play in places unsafe. Supporting the project structure, large spaces for gardens and never realized are an opportunity to exponentially increase the quality of life in the neighborhood, socially and environmentally. A careful design of the green to these aspects is essential for the success of the intervention. 7. 8. 5. 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali 6. 43 LE LAVATRICI - PRA’ Localization: Genova, Italy Architectural Design: R2city SIBILLASSOCIATI S.r.l. Design Period: 2010-in progress Total Built Area: 56,000 m² Credits: http://www.archimagazine.com/aperi.htm http://www.mondoallarovescia.com/le-lavatrici-di-genova-da-ecomostro-a-modello-di-sviluppo-urbano/ http://www.sibillassociati.it/node/31 Urban Project 44 In Genoa, the neighborhood r2City involved in the project is that of “Lavatrici”, over 500 social housing dwellings built between 1980 and 1990 in which live mostly low-income seniors. It was the latest site to join the project and the stage of energy audit is not yet completed. At present, among the solutions to be adopted, they are considering the roof insulation and walls, replacement of windows and balconies are equipped with “glass greenhouse”, which cause increased heat. The district is divided in four main blocks and each of them is composed by three different buildings: a high block, a lower block, and a centre clock of apartments that span a large change in elevation called “the steps.” The complex is diverse in ownership (some public some private), energy infrastructure (some renovated some not), and population (some private, some public, young, and old). The complex has one common area, ample parking, and is served by a public bus line. The purpose of the R2CITIES project is to develop and demonstrate replicable strategies for designing, constructing and managing large scale district renovation projects for achieving nearly zero energy cities. These results will open the way for new refurbishments on a European scale within the framework of new urban energy planning strategies. 1. http://www.ovaerdi.com/OfficinaeVerdiBlog/ genova-r2cities-risparmio-energetico/ 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali 2. 3. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. View of the “Lavatrici” Panoramic view of Pra’ district View of the building Render. ©SIBILLASSOCIATI S.r.l. ©SIBILLASSOCIATI S.r.l. Place. ©SIBILLASSOCIATI S.r.l. Masterplan. ©SIBILLASSOCIATI S.r.l. 5. 4. 6. The project is part of a wider system of projects to carry out a complete renovation and rebuilding of relations between the historic town of Pra and the areas of the so-called “Fascia di rispetto” placed in the sea side of Via Aurelia. 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali The project defines the roadway axis, pedestrian and vehicular, around which are organized a series of interventions of general upgrading and integration between the different parts of the urban fabric of a major portion of the city of Genoa. The works are part of a wider program of interventions defined as “Integrated Project Pra Marina” which has been recognized eligible for co-financing from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF 2007-2013) relatively Objective “Regional Competitiveness and Employment” The goals of the project can be summarized in the following two points: - Improve access to service infrastructure, ensuring easy access to modern and effective services, with particular attention to a deprived urban area; - Carry out redevelopment and conversion of abandoned areas and renovation of public spaces, in order to avoid the loss of the blank areas still residual. 7. 45 CORVIALE Urban Project 46 Localization: West Side Line, New York City, USA --------------------------------------------Architectural Design: Laura Peretti architect --------------------------------------------Landscape architect: Laura Peretti architect --------------------------------------------Design Period: 2015 Credits: http://www.studioinsito.com/project/rigenerare-corviale/ http://rigenerarecorviale.aterroma.it/rtp-laura-pedretti/ http://www.professionearchitetto.it/news/notizie/21879/E-Laura-Peretti-l-architetto-che-si-occupera-della-rigenerazione-del-Corviale http://www.archiportale.com/news/2015/12/ architettura/il-gruppo-di-laura-peretti-cambiapelle-al-serpentone-del-corviale_49566_3.html http://rigenerarecorviale.aterroma.it/concorso/ 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali 1. Corviale form a unique model of high population density. It was conceived as an autonomous and self-sufficient project to protect the surrounding area against the indiscriminate use of land, typical of urban sprawl. Despite this quality and despite its being a piece of iconic architecture and ideal, the decay of the buildings, incompleteness of the complex and a general condition of disorientation and alienation linked to some typological matters hasn’t made possible, over the years, the development of meaningful relationships with the direct surroundings and with that more extended. On the other hand the very rich and specific condition of Corviale offer great opportunities for transformation without obscuring the essence, the symbolic connotations and its ability to be city. The proposed project aims to reconstitute, at various scales, a clear system of relationships between public spaces and circulation – “from the territory to the landing” – recovering the original intention of setting up a “piece of the city”, especially at the intermediate scale of city. In this sense, a geographical condition is reconstituted in which the whole of Corviale appears as a built condensation that interpret, in the ground floor, the original topography of an area where the altitude changes progressively and continuously, without tears, with fluid and articulated paths – as in the processes of forming historic cities that metabolized naturally and economically each corrugation of the soil. 2. 3. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Panoramic view of Corviale View from the street View from the street ©Studioinsito Laura Peretti architect ©Studioinsito Laura Peretti architect ©Studioinsito Laura Peretti architect Masterplan. ©Studioinsito Laura Peretti architect 4. 5. 6. 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali 7. The project interprets a systematic sequence of cross-sections over the ridge, to consider the thickness of the intervention that varies between 70 and 200 meters (and therefore not only the 37 meters of the mere ground floor of Corviale. This “territorial scanner” identifies the main crossings in the punctual permeability along the kilometer. A “low” crossing of the main building at the altitude +51.50, approximately in correspondence with the building D: elimination of functions at the ground floor, including the demolition of the supermarket behind the main building, connects Corviale to the countryside One crossing of the intermediate portion, altitude +55.50, that intercept the current change of altitude of 6 meters between the blocks D and E, changing from “fracture” in “zipper” with the bridging building intended for a Center for Biodiversity Research. One “high” crossing, at +61.58, corresponding to the Node EF, links also to the path onto which the shops overlook. The rigid layout of vehicular routes, that today cages Corviale segmenting it into longitudinal strips separated from each other, is thought through to fit also pedestrians; It proposes a sequence of approaches, crossing the building that makes finally able to filter, sort, orient and re-open to other perspectives. The project also provides for a participatory planning regarding the establishment and management of the public spaces, an overall intervention lighting and the realization of a sustainable district in line with the smart building and smart city approaches. 47 PARQUE BIBLIOTECA ESPAÑA Urban Project 48 Localization: Santo Domingo Savio, Medellin, Colombia --------------------------------------------Architectura Design: El Equipo Mazzanti --------------------------------------------Design Period: 2005 --------------------------------------------Construction Period: 2006-2007 --------------------------------------------Total Built Area: 3,727 m2 build area, 14,265 m2 public space --------------------------------------------Credits: http://www.elequipomazzanti.com/en http://www.archdaily.com/2565/espana-library-giancarlo-mazzanti http://www.archdaily.com/18235/giancarlo-mazzanti-gives-a-lecture-in-university-of-southern-california http://www.stabilityjournal.org/articles/10.5334/ sta.cz/ 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali 1. 2. The project is located in one of the hillsides most affected by the violence in the eighties because of drug trafficking in the city of Medellin and is part of the social inclusion agenda of the Mayor to provide equal opportunities in social and economic development to the population. In fact It is named after the country of Spain, whose government helped fund the project through the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation. The competition program called for a multi-building (library, training rooms, exhibition hall, auditorium and administration) in a single volume, the proposal seek to divide the program into three groups: the library, classrooms and offices training, and the audience composed of a lower platform, allowing us greater flexibility and autonomy in their use, making the community more participative. Rather than a building El Equipo Mazzanti propose an operational geography that is part of the valley, as a mechanism for organizing the program and the area, making the hidden and irregular contours of the mountain to stand out, not as a metaphor, but as a way of organizing the space in the area, a folded and clipped building similar to the hills. The Project is organized in two structures: the first one is the building - landscape (rocks) and the second one is a platform that integrates and transforms the cover into a square that looks into the valley; this way, the 3. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Medellin’s view. ©Iwan Baan, 2007 Biblioteca España. 2007 Biblioteca España. ©Sergio Gomez, 2007 Biblioteca España. 2007 Biblioteca España. ©Sergio Gomez, 2007 View of Biblioteca España and the suburbs. ©Iwan Baan, 2007 Interior of Biblioteca España. ©Sergio Gomez, 2007 Interior of Biblioteca España. ©Diana Moreno, 2008 View of Biblioteca España from the suburbs. ©Iwan Baan, 2008 4. building is empowered as a meeting place, multiplying the connections and letting it develop as a reference point. The building like an icon.The place is made by small brick houses, product of auto construction; and residue of green areas as a result of the impossibility of construction on it. This organization produces a uniform texture of the city like a building - landscape, like an icon, keeping the tension that already exists. Geography as an element of hierarchy; and architecture as the epitome of texture. Additionally to make an icon building, the first premise was to develop a construction that, through its interior design, could descontextualize the individual from the poverty that is experienced in the outside creating a warm atmosphere based on natural light, allowing a great ambient of study and lecture. This is the reason why the building takes a timid look into the city trough the small windows that show the relation with the valley, letting the illumination go into the top of the building. The Biblioteca España, designed by Giancarlo Mazzanti, is a library park built to serve two traditionally marginalized comunas (neighborhoods) of Medellín. As such, it is a prime example of a public policy intervention that focuses on social inclusion, the provision of services, and quality of life. citizens of comunas Popular and Santa Cruz perceive their situation to be improving at a faster rate than those of the city in general. The broader lesson for other countries and cities facing similar challenges is that leadership and reforms do have the potential to improve the quality of life, even in the most troubled areas. 5. 6. 7. 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali 8. 9. 49 MicroUrban Project ---------------------------------------PeriUrban Project ---------------------------------------Operations to requalify rural and coastal landscapes against a backdrop of marginal, frayed, out-of- control, unsafe urban fabric. Fringe areas attached to an urban context can support active processes of urban agriculture and environmental regeneration, that will lead to social aggregation and cohesion through the active participation of responsible citizens. High Line / Ramblas Barcelona / Rio 2016 Olimipic’s Park / Viaduc Des Arts / West Beach Promenade / La Confluence / Potsdamer Platz / Parco Agricolo Sud Milano / Barriera Milano / Viadotto dei Presidenti 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali 51 HIGH LINE PeriUrban Project 52 Localization: West Side Line, New York City, USA --------------------------------------------Architectural Design: Corner Field Operations e Diller Scofidio + Renfro --------------------------------------------Landscape architect: James Corner Field Operations --------------------------------------------Planting designer: Piet Oudolf --------------------------------------------Design Period: 2000-2002 --------------------------------------------Construction Period: 2006-2015 --------------------------------------------Total Built Area: 2.33 km --------------------------------------------Credits: http://www.domusweb.it/it/architettura/2011/06/10/osservare-muoversi-e-riunirsi-le-funzioni-dell-high-line.html http://www.roomore.it/buoncompleannohighline/ http://www.urban-reuse.eu/?pageID=casi_internazionali&cID=highline http://www.archdaily.com/24362/the-new-york-high-lineofficially-open 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali 1. The High Line, built in 1929-34, was an industrial railway to connect West Side’s storages and shops. which, was the former West Side industrial railway. It is a 1.45 mile-long elevated, steel structure built in the 1930s for freight trains, the last train ran on it in 1980. Stretching across the west side of the city, it runs from Gansevoort Street, in the Meatpacking District, through the West Chelsea gallery neighborhood, and ends at 34th Street, next to the Jacob Javits Convention Center. In 2001 was approved the demolition but the association “Friends of High Line” proposed a project of reuse. Public opinion liked this, so in 2003 an open competition was held to convert the existing infrastructure into a public park. Diller Scofidio + Renfro & Field Operations winned and in 2006 started the transformation that had three steps: Gansevoort Street-20th street (2009), 20th30th street (2011) and the last one about 30th-40th street (2015). Next to the line the requalification took also buildings around: the residential building HL23 by Neil Denari, The IAC Building by Frank Ghery, the Standard Hotel by Todd Schliemann and the end with the Withney Museum of American Art by Renzo Piano like terminal in Gansevoort Street. 2. 3. 4. 5. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Rails reused like garden. ©Iwan Baan, 2011 View from 30th Street ovest. ©Iwan Baan, 2011 Joshua David e Robert Hammond protested against the High Line Demolition and found Friends of High Line in 1999 First step opened in 2009 at Gansevoort. ©Iwan Baan, 2011 High Line in activity. 1955 South view from 25th Street with HL23, residential tower by Neil Denari. ©Iwan Baan, 2011 Inspired by the wild seeded landscape left after the line had been abandoned, the team created a paving system that encourages natural growth which creates a ‘pathless’ landscape. ”Through a strategy of agri-tecture - part agriculture, part architecture – the High Line surface is digitized into discrete units of paving and planting which are assembled along the 1.5 miles into a variety of gradients from 100% paving to 100% soft, richly vegetated biotopes,” explained DS + Renfro. This undefined and unobtrusive environment allows the public to meander and experience the park as they wish. or the vast garden, soil was delivered and distributed to specific areas and more than one hundred different species of plants, selected from nurseries along the East Coast, were planted by a team of horticulturists to match the plans created by landscape architects James Corner Field Operations and planting designer Piet Oudolf. Nowaday is under the jurisdiction of the Department of Parks & Recreation. 6. Friends of the High Line gives to the High Line a public value and avoid that criminal activity grows in a risk area. The increase of the green spaces, the pedestrians only use, the historical symbolic value for the neighborhood contributed to make it like a square, a place where people meet each other and socialize. There are a lot of activity like Historical Tour, Stargazing, Art Tour, Garden Tour, Design Tour, Theatre, Cabaret, laboratories for childreen, Meditation and Tai Chi or Gym Activity also for aged. Thanks to the activity of the association today this project is a model for urban and social renewal where cooperation and citizen involvment saved an peripheral area. 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali 53 RAMBLAS BARCELONA PeriUrban Project 54 Las Ramblas stretches about 1.5 kilometers long, running through the middle of the city on a former riverbed, and divides the Gothic area from El Raval, a working class district. The word rambla comes from raml (sand) and designates , as in other Spanish cities, a road made from a dry stream, buried or covered. In fact until the beginning of the 18th century, Las Ramblas was a path along this stream, running between convents on one side and old city walls on the other. In the 1700s, houses were beginning to be put up at the site of some of the old city wills and trees began to be planted. In 1775, the old city walls by the Drassanes medieval shipyard were demolished, and by the end of the 18th century, the street began to be systematically developed into a kind of tree-lined avenue; it began to closely resemble the promenade there today, except for the last stretch that has been endeded in 1994. Localization: Barcellona, Spain Design Period: 18th Century-1992 Construction Period: 18th Century-1994 Total Built Area: 1.5 km Credits: https://courses.washington.edu/gehlstud/gehl-studio/wp-content/themes/gehl-studio/downloads/Winter2010/LasRamblas.pdf Nowdays Las Ramblas is often considered the most famous street in Barcelona and well known around the world, exemplifying Barcelona’s success in having public spaces for people to meet and socialize, as well as walk their daily lives. The success of Las Ramblas comes from the combination of factors. 1. http://urbanwaterfront.blogspot.it/2011/01/barcelona-new-life-at-old-port.html 5. 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali 2. 4. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Barcelona’s orthophotos. ©GoogleMaps. 2016 View from the Culumbus’ Monuments. ©Thinkstock, 2015 People walking in Las Ramblas. ©Marika Pinto, 2012 People walking in La Rambla de Mar. ©Barcelona Photoblog, 2007 View of Rambla de Mar. ©Mena Santoro, 2012 View of Joan Mirò’s Mosaic in Rambla Caputxins. 2014 View of Culumbus’ Monuments in Rambla de Santa Monica. 2015 View of Rambla de les Flors. 2014 View of Canalete fountain Mosaic in Rambla de Canaletes. 2009 5. 7. 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali 8. 9. 6. Its availability of eateries, shops, markets, and cultural institutions along the artful street create an attractive and diverse experience for pedestrians. The street is full of history and character, dating back hundreds of years. It is also physically well connected to key areas of Barcelona. The buildings, paths, vegetation, and details are proportioned so that pedestrians have pleasant spaces to interact in. Because of its social quality, some would call it the “emotional hub” of the city. Las Ramblas is a street that has six sections, each with a different name. From suoth to north, these sections are: -La Rambla de Mar is the newest rambla and was added as part of Barcelona’s reform to open the city to the sea. -La Rambla de Santa Monica acts as the threshold to the port, and it preserves some of its old buildings. -La Rambla dels Caputxins is the home of the Gran Theatre del Liceu and continues to the Plaça Reial, a lively square -La Rambla de les Flors is named for its many flower stalls. -La Rambla dels Estudis is named after the 16th century university that was originally sited here (the building was demolished in 1984). -La Rambla de Canaletes is named for the 19th century Canaleta fountain at this location. The Ramblas “is a street clearly designed for people to be on, to walk, to meet, to talk,” writes Allan Jacobs, an expert on urban design and former San Francisco city planner, in his book “Great Streets” (1995, MIT Press). “The Ramblas ... succeeds so well that it would stand out anywhere.” Anyway Las Rambla has some problem, in fact, some locals have recently moved out of the area because the prostitution and crimanality problem has become out of control. 55 RIO 2016 OLIMIPIC’S PARK PeriUrban Project 56 AECOM won the international competition held for the master plan design of Rio 2016 Olympic Park. The jury chose the winning project by AECOM with chief architect Bill Hanway and Brazilian project author Daniel Gusmão, because of its unique concept of operation, separate access for athletes and the audience, logistics for the transport system, the viability of implementation and access for parking. In the legacy that the project will leave to the city, the highlights were environmental preservation and the viability of maintaining and preserving the lagoon. Localization: Barra de Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil --------------------------------------------Architectural Design: AECOM, Bill Hanway & Daniel Gusmão --------------------------------------------Design Period: 2011 --------------------------------------------Construction Period: 2012-in progress --------------------------------------------Total Built Area: 1,18milion m2 --------------------------------------------Credits: http://www.e-architect.co.uk/brazil/rio-2016olympic-park-masterplan 1. http://www.aecom.com/solutions/planning-consulting/pedestrian-modelling/ Two scenarios were considered: the Olympic Games mode, which would ensure the best conditions for the performance of the sporting competitions, and the Legacy mode, which would ensure the viability of installing new, sustainable enterprises after the Olympics. The Olympic Park has an area of 1,18 million square meters and will host 15 Olympic and 11 Paralympics sports contests. In addition to the existing equipment, such as the Maria Lenk Aquatic Park, the Rio Arena and the Cycle Track, the project includes the construction of temporary facilities (such as the hockey center, the tennis courts and the sponsors villa), permanent equipment (science and sports laboratory, athletic track, Olympic hall, media center and hotel, residential, commercial and leisure enterprises), and the preservation of the green areas system. “The Olympic Park will be an urban development of international http://www.archdaily.com/162510/aecom-winsinternational-competition-for-master-plan-of-rio2016-olympic-park/ http://www.archdaily.com/214726/rio-de-janeiros-favelas-the-cost-of-the-2016-olympicgames 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali 2. 3. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. View of Olympic Park. ©AECOM. 2011 View of the Olympic’s area. 2015 Night view of Olympic Park. ©AECOM. 2011 Masterplan of Olympic Park/2016 Games. ©AECOM. 2011 View of the top of the Olympic Park. ©AECOM. 2014 Masterplan of Olympic Park/2030 Legacy. ©AECOM. 2011 standard, which not only promotes the best in design, technology, sports and culture, but also satisfies intrinsic urgent and vital needs to its residents, businesses and the environment. Using our experience, we want to ensure that the investment and energy focused on the Barra neighborhood will promote the greatest possible benefit in the long term, “says Bill Hanway “Reconciling the needs of staging a global sporting event and of a successful and lasting new urban structure is a challenge that our three Master Plans propose to resolve by overcoming the large and small complexities of the Games, allowing a clear and practical approach for the project implementation. Our proposal is an Olympic park of international standard comprising permanent and temporary structures on which the new network of streets and squares of the future city will be located, “added the winner. Since October 2009, when it won its bid to hold the Olympics, Rio has unveiled a host of projects that will build modern arenas and museums, as well as metro and bus lines, improved housing and a revitalized port area in the geographically spectacular but socially troubled city. The most unexpected changes, however, are taking place in its favelas, the almost 1,000 hillside slums that for decades were plagued by the stray bullets and bloody turf wars that often spilled out into the city below. Over the past few years, authorities, spurred on by progressive Mayor Eduardo Paes, have retaken control of several high-profile favelas, sending in battalions of special-operations police to remove the traffickers and then installing a community-based presence called Pacifying Police Units, or UPPs by their Portuguese initials. The success of the UPPs, if not the city’s future, depends on whether pacified favelas can be transformed even further into regular neighborhoods with the same security, commerce, services and leisure as the rest of the city. “The process is only sustainable if you are capable of reducing poverty and inequality,” says André Urani, executive director of the Institute for Studies on Work and Society in Rio. “It’s still fragile. But we’re on the right track.” 4. 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali 5. 6. 57 VIADUC DES ARTES Localization: Avenue Daumesnil, Paris, France --------------------------------------------Architectural Design: Patrick Berger --------------------------------------------Landscape architect: Jacques Vergely & Philippe Mathieux --------------------------------------------Design Period: 1987-1988 --------------------------------------------Construction Period: 1992-1997 --------------------------------------------Total Built Area: PeriUrban Project 58 The Viaduc des Arts is located in Avenue Daumesnil 1-129, in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France. It’s a rehabilitation of the former “Viaduc de Bastille” carrying the railways of the Paris-Bastille-Vincennes train line. By the end of the 1980s, lots of neighborhoods in European and American cities had entered their post-industrial phase that left a bounty of vacant factory and warehouse buildings to be reclaimed and repurposed. The historic preservation movement, by now a vital force in most of these cities, encouraged the view that these old buildings constituted urban civilization’s most valuable under-utilized resource, and it became chic to renovate an old warehouse or factory as new living space, shops, or better still, as “live-work” space. After the factories and warehouses, urbanists began to eye some of the other abandoned infrastructure, such as railroad bridges and viaducts, and began to create schemes for using these to create new links between neighborhoods, and also between different spatial levels of a neighborhood. The first successful products of this search when in the neighborhood of the Place de la Bastille, in 1997. The Viaduc des Arts and its second level, the Promenade Plantee, repurpose an abandoned 1. 2. 1.5 km --------------------------------------------Credits: http://www.leviaducdesarts.com/fr/ateliers/ http://architectuul.com/architecture/promenade-plantee http://www.boulderblueline.org/2011/06/08/ in-search-of-the-magic-city-making-pedestrianplaces-in-an-automotive-culture/ 4. 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali 3. 5. 1. Viaduc des Artes’ view from the street. ©Viaduc des Artes, 2015 2. Viaduc des Artes’ view from the street. ©Viaduc des Artes, 2015 3. Viaduc des Artes’ view from the street .©Viaduc des Artes, 2015 4. View of Promenade Plantée, that is on top of Viaduc des Artes. ©Paris Walking Tours, 2016 5. Viaduc des Artes’ historical photography. 1994 6. Le Bonheur des Dames shop in Viaduc des Arts. 2014 7. Start of the Viaduc des Artes. 2015 8. Promenade Plantée’s view from above. ©Apur, 2010 9. Viaduc des Artes’ view from the street. ©Viaduc des Artes, 2015 10. View of Promenade Plantée. 2016 11. View of Viaduc des Artes. 2016 brick and stone railroad viaduct as a series of galleries, artisan shops, cafes and restaurants, supporting (structurally and metaphorically) a linear 2nd level urban park with new housing and pedestrian links to the surrounding neighborhoods, and both culminate in a spectacular, green bowl-shaped park surrounded by old and new apartments, shops and cafes. The architects (Berger and Galliano for the Viaduct, Mathieux and Vergely for the Promenade) had succeeded in transforming a forgotten corner of the city into a magnetic attraction. 6. 7. The Promenade is connected to the Viaduct des Arts project, the revitalization of a viaduct on which the tracks .The original 64 red brick arches of the 1.5 kilometer viaduct have been restored, renovated and enclosed with glass. The mass of plant-life that borders and sometimes encroaches the already narrow trail can give the impression of being momentarily lost on a forest trail. Then, sporadically, there are breaks in the herbage, offering views of the surrounding city. Among the plants that are found along this walk are hundreds of rose bushes, hardy shrubs, acanthus, triton, lavender, bamboo, ivies and vines and wisteria and cherry trees, maples, lime trees and many other varieties. 8. 10. 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali 9. 11. 59 WEST BEACH PROMENADE PeriUrban Project Localization: Benidorm, Spain --------------------------------------------Architectural Design: OAB (Carlos Ferrater & Xavier Martí Galí) --------------------------------------------Landscape architect: 2. OAB (Carlos Ferrater & Xavier Martí Galí) --------------------------------------------Design Period: 2004-2005 --------------------------------------------Construction Period: 2005-2009 --------------------------------------------Total Built Area: 18.000 m2 - 1,5 km --------------------------------------------Credits: http://wp.ferrater.com/?oab_proyecto=benidorm&idioma=_en# 3. 60 The promenade in Benidorm, a new transitional location between built city and the natural space of sea and beach. This street is not understood as a frontier/borderline but as an intermediary space rendering this transition permeable. The promenade subsumes the longitudinal and transverse flows of the different circulations and channels these, allowing easy access to the beach. It eliminates architectural barriers, permitting direct access from parking places.The promenade is structured in different layers: a first structural layer creates the perimeter line in white concrete; another textured layer with paving in different colors; and a last layer of street furniture and natural features like water and vegetation. The new Benidorm promenade is put forward, then, as a new form, one integrating the artificial (or built) and the natural. The beach partly invades zones previously occupied by the former esplanade, increasing the surface area of sand and reducing that of asphalt. All the functional aspects are brought together: the promenade, rest and relaxation area, vantage point, transition to the beach, architectural barriers, direct access to parking, rainwater collectors, beach lighting, road communication, integration of street furniture, services infrastructure, and so on. A new landside frontage is constructed, providing views of the Sea and the Beach from the upper level of the promenade, and a new borderline established, integrating the different circulations in its undulations and platforms, eliminating a barrier and constructing a place for people to be in. http://www.archilovers.com/projects/77995/ west-beach-promenade-in-benidorm.html#images http://www.archdaily.com/61529/benidorm-seafront-oab 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali 1. 4. 1. 2. West Beach Promenade’s view. ©Alejo Bagué, 2013 West Beach Promenade’s view from the top. ©Alejo Bagué, 2013 3. West Beach Promenade’s view. ©Alejo Bagué, 2013 4. West Beach Promenade’s view from the top. ©Alejo Bagué, 2013 5. West Beach Promenade’s view from the beach ©Alejo Bagué, 2013 6. West Beach Promenade’s nigth view from the beach ©Alejo Bagué, 2013 7. West Beach Promenade’s view from the top. ©Alejo Bagué, 2013 8. Landscape view from West Beach Promenade. ©Alejo Bagué, 2013 9. West Beach Promenade’s view. ©Alejo Bagué, 2013 10. West Beach Promenade’s view. ©Alejo Bagué, 2013 5. 6. Benidorm is perhaps the one Spanish town the massive industry of leisure and tourism has turned into a paradigm; namely, that of an extremely high density concentrated in a tiny territory. In the long run this model has shown itself to be more efficient than others that posit the deterioration of huge tracts of land, towns empty nine months of the year, almost impossible to maintain. In the competition for the remodeling of the Promenade of the 1.5-kilometer-long West Beach, OAB propose a radical innovation in terms of what different promenades the world over have hitherto been. Not only will a borderline of protection, a hinge between town and sea, be built, but the construction will be addressed of a public place that is conducive to many different activities. The promenade, understood as a place with a life of its own, with organic lines, a reminder of natural wave forms, generates an ensemble of honeycombed surfaces that juggle with light and shadow, convexities and concavities that gradually construct a set of platforms and levels which will make their use feasible as areas for play, meeting, leisure or contemplation. The project has received several awards including first prize in the 2006 ASPRIMA Prizes for the best tourist development, first prize in the VIII Ceramics Awards for Architecture organized by ASCER, and special mention in the European Award of Urban Public Space 2010. 7. 9. 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali 8. 10. 61 LA CONFLUENCE PeriUrban Project 62 Localization: Lyon, France --------------------------------------------Architectural Design: François Grether & Michel Desvigne (ZAC1) Herzog & de Meuron (ZAC2) --------------------------------------------Landscape architect: Michel Desvigne (ZAC2) --------------------------------------------Design Period: 1. 2000-2009 --------------------------------------------Construction Period: 2003-work in progress --------------------------------------------Total Built Area: 1,5 milion m2 --------------------------------------------Credits: http://www.domusweb.it/it/architettura/2015/02/16/ il_nuovo_centro_di_lione.html http://www.archdaily.com/180486/lyon-confluence-%25e2%2580%2593-ilot-p-mateo-arquitectura-dominique-perrault-arquitecture 2. http://www.rinnovabili.it/smart-city/la-confluence-laltra-faccia-di-lione/ http://www.archdaily.com/469805/herzog-and-de-meuron-unveils-pedestrian-centric-city-center-for-lyon-confluence http://www.lyon-confluence.fr/en/urban-project/ 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali 3. Lyon’s new central station, with tracks running east-west, cut the peninsula in two and became a firm watershed between the “right and wrong sides” of the tracks: to the north, the modern city centre acquired wellbeing and structure; to the south, beyond the dark station tunnels, it became a fluid and constantly changing space (thanks to the continuous redesign of the docks) with port activities, warehouses, wholesale market, circus and two prisons. The importance of the coal trade and chemical industry influenced the area’s vitality for decades, before then accompanying its decline and superfluousness. In 1997, the city launched a consultation process on the potential future of the confluence area. The first project (drawn up by Bohigas, Melot and Mosbach) convinced the Greater Lyon Authority in 1998 of the timeliness of a regeneration plan and it focused strongly on a major objective: the possibility of duplicating the old city centre and relaunching Lyon’s image on the international stage. In 1999, a public-private company (SEM Lyon Confluence, subsequently become all public) was formed and given the task of coordinating the regeneration project, starting with the acquisition and reclamation of the land which was then to be transferred or resold to private operators. In 2000, SEM asked François Grether and Michel Desvigne to draw up a plan for the first ZAC (Zone D’Aménagement Concerté) involving 41 hectares of land along the River Saône. The first building was opened on Place Nautique In 2007. In 2009, Herzog & de Meuron were engaged to prepare a masterplan for the second phase (ZAC2), with Michel Desvigne in charge of landscaping. Grether and Desvigne’s masterplan proposed a strategy based 4. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Lyon Confluence’s view from the top. 2012 Lyon Conluence. ©Unibail Rodamco, 2010 Lyon Confluence’s residence design by Massimiliano Fuksas (on the left) and MVRDV, P.Gautier, M.Gautrand, ECDM e Erik van Egeraat, West 8 (on the right). 2010 Lyon Confluence Masterplan. ©Herzog & de Meuron, 2010 Residence on Place Nautique design by Massimiliano Fuksas, Vincenzo Amantea, Clément Vergély e H.T.V.S Architecture. ©Gulles Perreal, 2012 Block A3, West public transit. ©Herzog & de Meuron, 2010 The Orange Cube design by Jakob + Macfarlane Architects ©Roland Halbe, 2011 La Sucrière, home of the Lyon Contemporary Art Biennial, William Vassal. ©Fred Romero, 2015 Ilot P design by Kengo Kuma. 2011 on an evolving process and that positively exploited its fragmentation to introduce gardens, promenades and canals into an urban fabric featuring a soft and minute geometry, well-suited to a precise replacement process. This overall approach embraced intentionally exceptional buildings that would make the new district a place of experimentation for contemporary architecture with an innovative aesthetic that would appeal to companies, inhabitants and visitors.By contrast, the next masterplan, centred on the eastern section of the peninsula, divided the area into two zones, each retaining its historical identity: a dense and varied quarter for the former market area and a low-density green space for the tip of the peninsula. The project proposed retaining 30% of the old market constructions for the Market Quarter while also introducing a mix of different types and, most importantly, heights: from the three-storey market to the six floors of the 19th-century city and 16-storey tower blocks. Only low-rise buildings will be constructed at Le Champ, immersed in a rich system of vegetation, canals and water. Overall, ZAC 1 and 2 will both create a new centre that is home to a complex residential project (a residential mix: luxury 44%, standard 33%, social housing 23%) plus offices, shopping malls and cultural, recreational and hospitality amenities. Clearly the overall aim pursued by the city in recent years has not only been to develop a new centre but a new identity, too aquatic, ecological and innovative. Although the district is still partially under construction, the recently opened Musée des Confluences already represents the jewel in the crown of an extraordinary cultural landscape in which past and future, art and technology, business and local-area management converge in an astonishing adventure. 5. 6. 7. 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali 8. 9. 63 POTSDAMER PLATZ PeriUrban Project 64 Localization: Berlin, Germany --------------------------------------------Architectural Design: RPBW, Richard Rogers, Lauber + Wöhr, Rafael Moneo, Hans Kolhoff, Arata Isozaki & Helmut Jahn --------------------------------------------Masterplan Design: 1. RPBW --------------------------------------------Design Period: 1992-1993 --------------------------------------------Construction Period: 1993-2000 --------------------------------------------Total Built Area: 68000 m2 --------------------------------------------Credits: http://www.fondazionerenzopiano.org/project/94/ potsdamer-platz/genesis/ http://www.archdaily.com/173305/flashback-sony-center-berlin-murphy-jahn 2. 3. In the 1920s and 30s, Potsdamer Platz was the busiest and one of the liveliest squares in Europe. It was a major public transport hub and a popular entertainment district pulsating with life: the area contained numerous bars, cafes and cinemas. http://www.berlin.de/en/attractions-andsights/3560662-3104052-potsdamer-platz. en.html This all came to an abrupt end in 1943 when Potsdamer Platz was reduced to ruins by allied bombing. After the Second World War, the square was located between the American, British and Russian sectors and became a no-man’s land. The area was completely flattened with the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961 when the remaining buildings on the east side of the wall were pulled down. 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura In 1992, Daimler-Benz held an international competition for the development of a general plan for the Potsdamer Platz site in the Tiergarten district, bordering on Mitte. The vast area had just one road, Potsdamer Strasse, which was lined with trees that had been protected since the 1950s, and was flanked by Weinhaus Huth, the only surviving building. East Berlin was se- Eventi Collaterali 4. 1. Potsdamer Platz in ‘30s before wall constructions. ©Landesbildselle Berlin 2. Empty Potsdamer Platz during the Cold War. 1982 3. Potsdamer Platz Today with the most important skyscraper (at the left the Renzo Piano’s Bulding, in the middle Kollhoff-Tower and to the rigth the Bahn-Tower). 2012 4. Potsdamer Plaz’s view from the top. ©Gianni Berengo Gardin, 2011 5. Business arcade. ©Vincent Mosch, 2008 6. Building design by RPBW. © Vincent Mosch, 2008 7. Berlin wall on Potsdamer Platz. 2012 8. Sony Center Berlin design by Murphy Jahn. ©Rainer Viertlbock, 2011 9. Renzo Piano’s Tower in Potsdamer Platz. ©Martin Winz 10. Daimler Benz building design by Richard Rogers. 11. Potsdamer Platz’s view. ©Jen Koopman, 2014 5. 6. parated from the square by a large expanse of no man’s land, and the buildings to the west (including the Neue Staatsbibliothek, built in 1972 by Hans Scharoun) stood with their backs to the site itself. The spirit of the square had to be revived, but this would require an entire portion of the city to be rebuilt from scratch within a short period of time. The RPBW project was favoured by 20 of the 21 jurors and Daimler-Benz ultimately commissioned the work to Renzo Piano and Kohlbecker. The project aimed to apply a uniform character to all of the buildings, the construction of which was assigned to RPBW, along with a number of other architects selected during the second phase of the competition: Arata Isozaki, Richard Rogers, Hans Kollhoff, Lauber und Wöhr and Rafael Moneo. The project bestowed Potsdamerstrasse with new importance, with the roadway ending in a new square overlooked by the Theatre and Casino, as well as the pre-existing National Library. In this manner, Berlin would be wholly reintegrated at a point in which it had once been divided by the wall. The square was the fulcrum of the project, from the standpoints of both form and urban function. It was there that all of the major functions included within the plan would be located: in addition to the Theatre and the Casino, there would also be shops, residences, offices and restaurants. 7. On 4 October 1998, Potsdamer Platz was “returned” to the city. As of the objectives of the original project, the site is now characterized by an array of functions that animate it both day and night. Berlin’s Potsdamer Platz is the most striking example of the urban renewal that turned Berlin into the “New Berlin” in the 1990s although it is not, strictly-speaking, a square.This example can show how to transform a desolate sandy wasteland into the new German capital’s city centre. What can be seen today is believed to have resulted in a successful compromise - a mixture of the American plaza feel at the Sony Centre and a tree-lined European downtown around the Marlene Dietrich Platz producing a lively, buzzing atmosphere. 8. 10. 11. 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali 9. 65 PARCO AGRICOLO SUD PeriUrban Project 66 Localization: Milan + Milan’s Interland, Italy --------------------------------------------Managing Institution: Città metropolitana di Milano & Regione Lombardia --------------------------------------------Partner Associations: Fondazione Cariplo, Parco Agricolo Sud Milano, Provincia di Milano, FAI Fondo Ambiente Italiano --------------------------------------------Total Park Area: 47000 ha --------------------------------------------Credits: http://parcosud.cittametropolitana.mi.it/parcosud/it/ http://www.assparcosud.org/ http://www.giornalemetropolitano.it/al-via-la-prima-edizione-di-%E2%80%9Cagricoltura-milano-festival%E2%80%9D/ http://www.agricity.it/paesaggio-agrario/ http://www.wikiwand.com/it/Parco_agricolo_Sud_Milano 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali 1. The Parco Agricolo Sud Milano is for sure, among the regional parks which are located on the territory of Milan, the one which has for the longest period of time absorbed the major energies of the provincial institution. The reason for this does not only lie in the fact that the province, is the keeping body of the park itself, but also in the complexity and extension of a project which concerns more than the half of the provincial territory, as well as 61 towns. A Park that interlaces, and it is perhaps the only case to an European extent, reasons of environmental safeguarding and protection together with the defence of an economic activity, just like the agricultural one, which has characterized the history of the economic development of this area. A Park that must take into account a social demand that is wider and wider and in search of new open spaces, available and rich in meaningful cultural values; all this is inserted in the context of a metropolitan area, among the most developed ones of the country. in fact in a country that, from the Middle Ages on, has witnessed a constant modification of its landscape. It is a sort of “constructed landscape”, as Cattaneo wrote, and you can see it from the hydraulic works and the use of water, a resource in which this province is particularly rich. Men’s tenacious and constant work was aimed at regulating 2. 3. 4. 1. 2. Agricultural Metropolis. 2013 South Milan Gratosolio street Dei Missaglia. ©Stefano Topuntoli, 2015 3. Parco Agricolo Sud. ©Ginestrasudmilano, 2014 4. South-East Milan, Rogoredo and Tangenziale Est. ©Stefano Topuntoli, 2015 5. Parco Agricolo 2. 2011 6. Parco Agricolo Sud. ©Gallery Parco Agricolo Sud Milano, 2012 7. Chiaravalle’s abbey. ©Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0, 2006 8. Campazzo’s farmhouse in Ticino’s Park. ©Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0, 2010 9. Parco Agricolo Sud. ©AMF, 2013 10. View of the Milano’s suburb from the Parco Agricolo Sud. ©Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0, 2005 5. 7. 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali 9. and shaping the water courses, so as to enhance their use for military and agricultural purposes as trade and traffic networks. During the centuries, the territory organised itself around this primary resource. At first just abbeys were built (Chiaravalle, Mirasole, Viboldone), then castles began to appear (Rocca Brivio, Melegnano, Bussero, Cusago), and later on villas and farmsteads (Villa Invernizzi, Villa Ca’ Resta, Cascina Grande). The last century witnessed, instead, a “bad” and “disordered” housing, besides a widespread pollution of waters and an urban decay of huge areas all around the towns.The redemption as contemporary men has started from a long and contradictory path, which brought in the sixty’s to the birth of an idea of park, then in the seventy’s and eighty’s to its development from mere concept to administrative – legislative instrument and, eventually in the ninety’s, to its legislative affirmation. Consequently, being a park, the first steps were taken to equip itself with the fundamental managing instruments, necessary to work out initiatives aimed to recover and enhance the territory. The principal goal is managing the development, by respecting criteria of environmental compatibility and its agricultural vocation, something impossible to put into practice before, since an unitary instrument like the Parco itself was missing.The mission of the Park is to be a place for the comunity that promote culture and the value of the nature. The general goal of the park points is to make the public become aware of what the Park is, with all its cultural, historical, agricultural, environmental and art treasures. 6. 8. 10. 67 BARRIERA MILANO PeriUrban Project Localization: Turin, Italy --------------------------------------------Managing Institution: Città di Torino --------------------------------------------Partner Associations: Urban Barriera, Fondazione ContradaTorino Onlus, GAI --------------------------------------------- 1. Street Artist: Millo --------------------------------------------Credits: http://www.comune.torino.it/urbanbarriera/trasforma/index.shtml http://arteinbarriera.com/online/it/milo-at-work/ Urban Barriera is an urban regeneration program aimed at triggering an overall redevelopment process involving Barriera di Milano, an historical district of the northern part of Turin. Funded by the City of Turin, the Piedmont Region and the European Union, Urban Barriera deals with physical, economic, social and territorial aspects encouraging cooperation and productive interaction among all the actors and beneficiaries involved in the renewal process. Urban Barriera is the latest born of the urban regeneration programs implemented by the City of Turin since the mid-nineties, capitalizing on a rich experience in local development and integrated approach. Urban Barriera is a Local Development Integrated Program: the plan, which has a total cost of 35 million Euro, was drawn up by the City of Turin and financed with 20 million Euro by Piedmont Region through the European Funds, and through municipal funds or other resources coming from additional agreements with Central and Regional Government for the realization of specific interventions. Urban Barriera started in the first quarter of 2011.The program consists in 34 interventions, defined by a process lasted nearly two years, which involved technical staff of the City and public and private subjects from the interested area, that through the activity of Circoscrizione 6 forwarded its instances. Urban Barriera acts through four intervention axes: physical-environ- 68 2. http://www.lastampa.it/cronaca/quartieri/barriera-di-milano http://blog.contemporarytorinopiemonte.it/ 3. 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali 4. 5. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Barriera di Milano’s Maps. ©B.Art Montanaro 60’s Tag. ©Alice Massano, 2014 Vigevano 2 Before Tag.©Alice Massano, 2014 Vigevano 2’s Tag.©Alice Massano, 2014 Barriera Milano’s street view. ©RedazioneWeb, 2014 Martorelli 48’s Tag. ©Alice Massano, 2014 Brandizzo 98’s Tag. ©Alice Massano, 2014 Crescentino 34’s Tag. ©Alice Massano, 2014 Palermo 98’s Tag. ©Alice Massano, 2014 Bologna 77’s Tag. ©Alice Massano, 2014 Cruto 3’s Tag. ©Alice Massano, 2014 7. 6. 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali mental, economic-employment, socio-cultural and through a strong communication activity and social support.The area of Barriera is characterized by a progressive physical deterioration both in the private building heritage and in the public space; several empty industrial areas, symbol of the labour tradition of this part of the town; a shortage of squares, not seen as places for socialization; a lack of green areas (the value of 1,64 sq. m/inhabitant is extremely inferior to the city average of 20,13); a total lack of biking and walking paths, which may promote intra-district connection and the link with the central areas and the surrounding green areas. From a socio-cultural perspective, Barriera di Milano is a borough characterized by a strong social identity and counts about 50 “not for profit” associations engaged for years in the care of the local community.This associations promote a lot of events and projects, but the most significative is the B.Art project that call graphic designers and architects around the world who will have the task of designing a concept and creating it on 13 blank facades on public and private buildings in the area of Barriera di Milano. Millo, an italian street artist won this competition, and now the Barriera Milano has the sign of his beatiful art. Barriera Milano is an example of successful collaboration of people and pubblic institution. 8. 9. 10. 11. 69 VIADOTTO DEI PRESIDENTI PeriUrban Project 70 Localization: Rome, Italy --------------------------------------------Architectural Design: G124 --------------------------------------------Partner Associations: Greenapsi --------------------------------------------Collaborative Community: Sotto il viadotto --------------------------------------------Construction Period: 2014-work in progress --------------------------------------------Total Built Area: 1,5 km --------------------------------------------Credits: https://tranviaromaest.wordpress.com/tag/viadotto-dei-presidenti/ https://sottoilviadotto.wordpress.com/ http://renzopianog124.com/ http://co-roma.it/item/viadotto-dei-presidenti/ http://greenapsi.com/ 1. The Viaduct of Presidents wa built in the 90’s and it was born as a branch of a road tha wuold connect the northern part of the city (Saxa Rubra) to the South (Laurentina). Only a portion of this work was constructed and arrange for passage of a light rail. But by the times of its construction the space for the railroad has been neglected and left abandoned. The accesses ar unfinished and structures already made have been degraded and misused. This abamdoned area made of cement and waste was left at the mercy of the degradation and has become an unusual and surreal scene that cuts every connection within the third Town Hall: environmental, social and settlement. The Viaduct of Presidents seams to be an unusual and surreal scenario that cuts any connection in the neighbourhood. The feasibility study shows that such intervention can have a susteinable cost to the government, and a profound impact on the community if it is developed in phases. The steps so far traced are mainly three: the first phase is the immediate reactivation of the viaduct recovering the existing structure and its access through collaboration with citizens and associations and their involvement in such activities; the second concerns the construction of pedistrian path and the connection of this 2. 3. 4. 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali 5. 6. 1. 2. Viadotto dei Presidenti’s view. 2015 Viadotto dei Presidenti’s view from the top. ©HexaVideo, 2014 3. Concert in Viadotto dei Presidenti. ©Sotto il Viadotto, 2014 4. Renzo Piano and G124 at Viadotto dei Presidenti. ©G124, 2014 5. Viadotto dei Presidenti’s view before and after. ©G124, 2014 6. Viadotto dei Presidenti’s view. ©Sotto il Viadotto, 2014 7. People working at Viadotto dei Presidenti. ©Sotto il Viadotto, 2014 8. Concert in Viadotto dei Presidenti. ©Sotto il Viadotto, 2014 9. Viadotto dei Presidenti’s view. ©Sotto il Viadotto, 2014 10. Viadotto dei Presidenti’s night view. ©Sotto il Viadotto, 2014 11. People meets under Viadotto dei Presidenti. ©Sotto il Viadotto, 2014 12. Children plays under Viadotto dei Presidenti. ©Sotto il Viadotto, 2014 path with the Park of the Sabine and the new road (including path) provided in Via Renato Fucini throught the construction of three pedestrian walkways and the reorganization of the environmental system of the park with its equipment; the third and final phase, concerns the further reflections that will have as their object the system of gentle mobility ecological people mover that will come in connection with future projects Metro B1 expected in 2020. 7. 8. In october 2014, Greenapsi and G124 (the Renzo Piano’s group for the suburbs and interazioni Urbane) recovery of part of the viaduct and create the collaborative community Sotto il Viadotto that have the task of handle the Viaduct and organize some events. The G124’s architectural projects will start from the desire and will power of the people expressed during the first phase. An equipped path, will be developed and designed with a specific environmental strategy, recovering soil and materials. Three routes are located inside: a bike path, a pedestrian path with sports equipment and areas for parking and a space for the transport with poplemover. Achieving a sustainable project means ensuring a greater protection of non renewable resources throught the recovery materials, ensuring limited costs and a new value to the recycled material. 9. 10. 15. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura Eventi Collaterali 11. 12. 71