102
O. E. Bellini et al.
Fig. 2 Student residence “Isaac Newton” of the Politecnico di Milano, in the Gallaratese District
is destined to grow as a consequence of the fourth implementation procedure of the
law 338/2000, which will allow the Politecnico di Milano to realize three new interventions, adding 834 new sleeping accommodations to its offer.
4 The importance and
the size of this venture, as well as the urban placement of the new buildings, make
the case particularly meaningful to understand the new management praxis and the
operational procedures involved in the phenomenon (Bellini et al. 2016).
The first interesting point is the tendency to locate new student housing facilities
in peripheral areas of the city as well, characterized by the lack of common services
and difficulties in social integration and cultural dialogue among citizens. This is
also produced by the situation of the historical center, denoted by strict building
heritage protection, determining a general growth of the price of real estate and
limited flexibility in its reconversion.
In this scenario, the authors initiated a study to focus on the proactive role of
student housing in urban regeneration processes, both at a physical level—in relation to the common spaces and facilities that they provide to districts—and at a
social one—considering the importance of students in understanding the multicultural problems of citizens who live in suburbs. After a general analysis, the more
suited residence for starting the experimentation turned out to be the Newton one, in
the Gallaratese District (Fig. 2). Due to its urban, social, and historical context, as
significant contribution in the requalification of their urban contexts, often in the suburbs of the city,
characterized by environmental and social problems.
4 Law 338/2000 on student housing, IV implementation procedure (D.M. n. 937/2016), ranking of
accepted projects for financing approved by the Commission on July 5, 2018 (report n. 11/2018 all.
n. 4), published in the Official Gazette of Italian Republic on March 29, 2019, Serie generale n. 75.
O. E. Bellini et al.
Fig. 2 Student residence “Isaac Newton” of the Politecnico di Milano, in the Gallaratese District
is destined to grow as a consequence of the fourth implementation procedure of the
law 338/2000, which will allow the Politecnico di Milano to realize three new interventions, adding 834 new sleeping accommodations to its offer.
4 The importance and
the size of this venture, as well as the urban placement of the new buildings, make
the case particularly meaningful to understand the new management praxis and the
operational procedures involved in the phenomenon (Bellini et al. 2016).
The first interesting point is the tendency to locate new student housing facilities
in peripheral areas of the city as well, characterized by the lack of common services
and difficulties in social integration and cultural dialogue among citizens. This is
also produced by the situation of the historical center, denoted by strict building
heritage protection, determining a general growth of the price of real estate and
limited flexibility in its reconversion.
In this scenario, the authors initiated a study to focus on the proactive role of
student housing in urban regeneration processes, both at a physical level—in relation to the common spaces and facilities that they provide to districts—and at a
social one—considering the importance of students in understanding the multicultural problems of citizens who live in suburbs. After a general analysis, the more
suited residence for starting the experimentation turned out to be the Newton one, in
the Gallaratese District (Fig. 2). Due to its urban, social, and historical context, as
significant contribution in the requalification of their urban contexts, often in the suburbs of the city,
characterized by environmental and social problems.
4 Law 338/2000 on student housing, IV implementation procedure (D.M. n. 937/2016), ranking of
accepted projects for financing approved by the Commission on July 5, 2018 (report n. 11/2018 all.
n. 4), published in the Official Gazette of Italian Republic on March 29, 2019, Serie generale n. 75.