Regenerative Urban Space: A Box for Public Space Use
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Fig. 2 Context of the project proposal: dismissed space in Porta Romana, Milan
incremental development proposal will start with a first phase aimed at enabling
the use of new parks and open spaces offering enough environmental comfort when
plants are not completely grown.
The solution triggers a dialogue between the surrounding areas and the designed
multifunctional devices for ‘public utility,’ proposing a replicable model which is
flexible to demographic changes and the dynamism of the site.
The developed project proposal supports urban transformation processes within
open public spaces. In a logic of incremental development, the project is articulated in three temporal phases corresponding to the most significant moments of the
transformation of the context:
– the first phase, following area reconversion operations, corresponds to the reappropriation of a portion of the open space by citizens; through the project’s
spatial devices, a limited number of activities—including temporary ones—will
be included within the area;
– the next one, a transitory phase toward the proposal’s conclusion and the total
reopening of the area, entails the introduction of a range of activities through different modular configurations of spatial devices. The identification of the activities
with a greater guarantee of success results from the responses recorded during the
first phase, which determine the diversification by functionality, user target, and
temporality of use of the spaces;