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Fig. 1 Project framework: the transformation of Milan’s dismissed railway yards
The call focuses on the inventive functionality of shipping containers for the large
public by using them to craft space in the public environment, in order to highlight
the future of the public space experiencing their new functions thanks to cutting and
manufacturing carpentry interventions.
Participants from 57 countries, for a total of 323 proposals, have explored different
ways of designing spaces that involve communities with solutions repositionable in
every part of the world (Fig. 1).
The contextualization of the project proposal within a specific site, identified in
relation to its cultural environment, was one of the evaluation criteria. In a metadesign
scale, the presented proposal has been included in the initiative ‘Dagli scali, la nuova
Città.’ The initiative promotes a strategic vision of Milan in favor of a change in the
mobility and image of the city, through the requalification and enhancement of seven
dismissed Milan railway yards.
2
3 Theme and Context
The reconversion of the railway yards is an opportunity to reconnect the suburban
areas with the center of Milan. Figure 2 shows the multiplyCITY: container TOOLS
placed into Porta Romana railway yard, as compared to the aforementioned seven
areas: from an empty urban space to a new attraction center for sports and market.
Within the substantial urban requalification intervention of the dismissed areas,
which will be redeveloped into new neighborhoods featuring large greenspots, the
2 Iniziative organized by Comune di Milano, Regione Lombardia, and Ferrovie dello Stato (http://
www.scalimilano.vision/).
E. Ginelli et al.
Fig. 1 Project framework: the transformation of Milan’s dismissed railway yards
The call focuses on the inventive functionality of shipping containers for the large
public by using them to craft space in the public environment, in order to highlight
the future of the public space experiencing their new functions thanks to cutting and
manufacturing carpentry interventions.
Participants from 57 countries, for a total of 323 proposals, have explored different
ways of designing spaces that involve communities with solutions repositionable in
every part of the world (Fig. 1).
The contextualization of the project proposal within a specific site, identified in
relation to its cultural environment, was one of the evaluation criteria. In a metadesign
scale, the presented proposal has been included in the initiative ‘Dagli scali, la nuova
Città.’ The initiative promotes a strategic vision of Milan in favor of a change in the
mobility and image of the city, through the requalification and enhancement of seven
dismissed Milan railway yards.
2
3 Theme and Context
The reconversion of the railway yards is an opportunity to reconnect the suburban
areas with the center of Milan. Figure 2 shows the multiplyCITY: container TOOLS
placed into Porta Romana railway yard, as compared to the aforementioned seven
areas: from an empty urban space to a new attraction center for sports and market.
Within the substantial urban requalification intervention of the dismissed areas,
which will be redeveloped into new neighborhoods featuring large greenspots, the
2 Iniziative organized by Comune di Milano, Regione Lombardia, and Ferrovie dello Stato (http://
www.scalimilano.vision/).