.1 Racecourses

.2 San Siro stadium

.3 Fieramilano city MiArt.4 Tortona fuorisalone.5 Rho fiera Salone del mobile, Artigiano in fiera.6 Expo.7 Triennale XXI Triennale .8 Brera fuorisalone

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THE CITY OF TOURIST

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

.9 Via Durini fuorisalone.10 Via Ventura

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San Siro neighborhood during construction, 1935

Satellite image of the neighborhood and his sourrandings

at right: photos of the neighborhood

SAN SIROTHE NEIGHBORHOODSan Siro neighborhood was built betwe-en 1935 and 1947 in response to the growing request of social housing in Mi-lan. Houses and urban plan were preci-sely designed to fit to the needs of first-half-of-century factory workers. That kind of man no longer exists now and maybe it has never existed. Alrea-dy in 1954 the short film “Una lezione di urbanistica”, written by Giancarlo De Carlo, ironically shows the limits of the trivialization of the concept of man led by so-called scientific investigations on the city. The district today has a rigid structure with undersized private spaces and fragmentary poorly mantained public spaces.The precise design of the district’s plan offers chances for a re-think of abando-ned spaces, interstices, isolated and forgotten areas. That resources combi-ned with a strategical position makes San Siro the perfect place for a contem-porary way of living in the city: the tem-

porary one. We choose three kinds of temporary inhabitant: students, migrants and tou-rists. San Siro is the district of Milan with the highest percentage of immigrants. We proposed to make San Siro intere-sting for its multicultural atmosphere, an informal environment ideal for students and a particoular, modernist urban land-scape.

THE CITY OF MIGRANT

San Siro is one of the highest immigrants per-centage (49%) district of Milan

Non-italian presitent community:

.1 Paolo Sarpi: Chinese community.2 Buenos Aires: South American community.3 Viale Monza: South American community.4 Quarto Oggiaro: Egyptian community.5 Bovisa: North African community .6 Mac Mahon: North African community.7 San Siro: North African community

centri di accoglienza

.8 Giambellino: Arabian community.9 Stadera: Egyptian community.10 Gratosoglio: North African community.11 Corvetto:

North African and South American community

.12 Rogoredo: North African community.13 San Donato Milanese: North African and South Ameri-can community

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.14 Viale Padova: South American community.15 Viale Monza: South American community

THE CITY OF STUDENT

Size and location of the neightborhood can be compared to the most important university areas of the city

1. Politecnico di Milano Bovisa2. NABA_Nuova Accademica di Belle Arti3. Uni Cattolica4. IULM5. Uni Bocconi6. Statale7. IED8. Politecnico di Milano9. Uni Bicocca10.S.Raffaele

student halls

students’ dwelling areas

universities

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RESOURCES

The strict urban design of San Siro district made it unsuitable to host contemporary users; nevertheless we found out some hidden marks, small signs inside the district able to rehabi-litate it

2_PRIVATE COURTYARDSCreate new spaces for common life- more than 10 meters wide

1_BUILDINGS TO BE SUBSTITUTEDExtrication of new spaces for construcions- nearby underground- large private courtyard

3_LOW BUILDINGSCreate new spaces for common life-nearby students’ dwellings

4_PASSING THROUGH COURTYARDSOpen new passages inside block-low buildings on the opposite side-distribution at both courtyards’ entrance

5_FLAT ROOFSConstruction of new volumes- on street alignment- next to low building

6_BLIND WALLS Addition of new volumes-outside, facing streets

7_UNDERSIZED DWELLINGSConstruction of new flexible dwellings -two or more close dwellings with a less than 28 meters square surface (regolamento edilizio RE2014 art.96.2“a dwelling can’t have a surface inferior to 28 m2”)

STRATEGIES

4_STUDENT HALLLocated on the demolished building [4] area

The student house is located near the metro station. The type plan of the student hall is composed by rooms for students and common spaces, both outdoor and indoor.

Rooms ( 3,6 x 4 m ) have private bathrooms and common bal-conies.

the main aim is to create flexible spaces according to the needs of the targets. poetry is the main theme for the experience for turists looking for a particoular experience, community is the focus for student and pri-vacy is the one for migrants and their families.

PRIVATE SPACES

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

COMMUNITY

1_ GATESLocated at the entrance of the passing courts [1]

They indicate the entrance of the passing courts and contain the notice-board in which people could exchange announces and information about the activity of the neighborhood.The entrance are highlighted by the change of the paving.

The notice-board rooms are located upon the small spaces of the porter-lodge and are open toward the garden. The spaces are freely organized in smaller parts for reading and bartering.

2_ COMMON SPACESLocated on size sufficient inner courts [2]

Shared spaces with different functions which strenghten the sense of community between temporary and permanent inhabitants. Shared kitchen and laundries are available for everyone.

The modular structure offers a lot of different possibilities: external covered space for summer time, kids playgrounds and garden lounge.

TAVERN Located on blind fronts [6]

Bars e outdoors areas for small events.The taverns are located near the student house, but can be used by both temporary and permanent inhabitants. The structure of the tavern is simple and modular and is

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suitable for small events. Modular forniture can be used both for scaffoldings and for sitting.

ALBERGO DIFFUSORooms are located on flat roofs [5] towards the street

This type of hotel offers a unique experience to the tourists, whom can live for a small amount of time on the roofs of San Siro’s building. the image of the neighborhood is renewed by this kind of situation, which will attract different people than the usual inhabitants of the district.

Rooms are indipendent and have minimum igenic services; common services and the lodge are grouped on the tavern on the ground, as for the tavern of the students those spaces are available for all the inhabitants both permanent than temporary.

5_ 6_ VERTICAL CAMPSITELocated on blind fronts [6]

This temporary solution is thought to offer a minimum space for special events, such as big match at San Siro stadium or important festival like Salone del Mobile. The structure can welcome huge amount of tourist for very short period of time. the structure of the vertical camping is made whith a steel

tubolar system similar to the one used on construction site.The module ( 2,5 m x 2,5 m ) are isolated by textile. the structure is made with cheap and light material. As in scaffolding, the structure can be placed and removed in few hours.

7_ NEW DWELLINGDwellings located on blind front [6]

New flexible dwelling for migrants and studentsThe dwelling for families of migrants is a duplex for four peo-ple. (a)Single rooms whith minimum services are thought for students and single. (b)

Different solutions are provided for all the different spaces in which this kind of structures can be placed. (c)

SHARED DWELLINGLocated on undersized dwellings [7]

Undersized dwelling and unoccupied adiacent dwel-ling are merged to create shared dwelling for students.The dwellings are organized on two level with single rooms with shared bathroom every two rooms, shared kitchen and a common living space.

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A module 2 m wide on the facade is added to distribuite the rooms and create a nice winter garden in which student can study and meet each other.

FLEXIBLE DWELLINGLocated on undersized dwellings [7]

Undersized dwellings and unoccupied adiacent ones are mer-ged to create a flexible dwelling for migrants.Two adiacent flats are merged, reorganized and separated by a mobile wall, so that the flat can be used by a big family of 6

person or by tho family of 3 people.this solution works both for individual migrants and families.

TAVERN-COURTYARD

Low buildings in the courtyard are used as halls of the scattered hotel. They are crossed by all the users of the courtyard because of their position: gates are crossed and experienced by the students living in the hall of students and tourists passing to reach rooftops.

SHARED KITCHEN-COURTYARD

Inside the courtyard kitchens are provided to host neighrhood events. Open spaces fit the mix of traditions and experiences: non-ita-lian communities can find in those places the suitable spaces to recreate their traditional celebrations.

study room and common spaces for students are located on the rooftops

near the student hall

the volume of the student hall is modeled in order

to create shared common terraces

in the big studen-thouse-court there is a common space for

laundry

relaxing space with hammok in which student and inha-bitants could rest under the shadows of the tree

the scattered hotel tavern is in the widest court, a nice space for gathering outdoor

vertical camping is built in occasion of special event to offer cheap rooms for a big number of people

the scattered hotel tavern of is overlo-oking the road and are availabe to all

the neoghborhood’s inhabitants

shared kitchen for the peo-ple of the neighborhood

an event of ethnic cuisine!

passage between the common spaces

of the central court and the road

opening of the courts on via Micene the self-managed vegetable garfen

are available by both sides of the road

new dwelling are loca-ted on the low buildings

which maintenin their commercial functions

SAN SIRO: WAY OF LIVING

San Siro is a strict district, de-signed with a precise planning method. The ways to dwell and live in there result unsuitable to contemporary behaviours. Starting from people with different origins and cultures, tourists and students coming from all Europe, we tried to regenerate its public image, making it a contempo-rary space with a wide range of possibilities

GAP ON MARKET ROAD

Passing courtyard il cortile opens up on viale Aretusa and links the open air market by means of a promenade. The central court hosts com-mon functions

COMMERCIAL STREET AND PUBLIC COURTYARD

In via Micene commercial activities are located on the ground floor; the courtyard passing through via Preneste and via Tracia hosts com-mon spaces for local users. Two green corridors link the streets: they are created opening the southern courts on via Micene

SELINUNTE PIAZZA

Around the square the rooms of the scattered hotel design a new landscape; in the meantime the central space is available for a vertical campsite on the occasion of popular city events

PUBLIC COURTYARDS

Some kitchens, loundry-ro-oms and children spaces are located in immigrant-inhabited courtyards.Residences give the oppor-tunity to make people meet together

HALL OF STUDEN-TS, COURTYARD, SCATTERED HOTEL

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

Temporary Living in San Siro, Milano

Spaces forContemporary Nomads

Via Micene

Piazza Selinunte

Piazza Segesta

Via Micene