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A. Campioli et al.
with climate change. Inside this scenario in 2018, starting from a former experience, carried out by the Municipality of Paris, 14 cities
2 of the network selected
31 underused sites to be used for an international competition named Reinventing
Cities. The competition’s goal was to involve developers, designers, and environmental experts in the definition of projects of interventions capable of reducing to
zero the carbon footprint deriving from the construction/reconstruction and the use
of these areas. In fact, the project groups, which would have bought the area in the
event of victory, would have been selected with respect to the project’s contents of
the proposal evaluated in view of the capacity to respond to climate change and to
favor the evolution of the territories in which they were located. The organization of
the competition provided a set of guidelines that were the same for all the sites. The
guidelines addressing the design of a carbon-free project stressed ten elements to be
aware of or challenges
3 which would have also been the criteria for the evaluation of
the various proposals. The challenges interpreted the issue of carbon footprint and
resilience with a truly wide view correctly obliging the groups to work and think in
view of a life-cycle approach. The city of Milan participated in identifying five sites
of different sizes. The ABC Department was involved as the environmental expert
4 of
a group
5 competing for the transformation of the area of via Serio: an area of almost
0.5 ha, property of the Municipality and partially used as a parking lot. The project
proposes an innovative residence solution consisting of minimal housing modules,
intended for students and young workers.
2 The cities involved in the call were: Auckland, Chicago, Houston, Madrid, Milano, Montréal,
Oslo, Paris, Portland, Reykjavík, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, San Francisco, and Vancouver.
3 The ten challenges as defined in the guidelines were: building energy efficiency and a supply of
clean energy; sustainable materials management and circular economy; green mobility; resilience
and adaptation; new green services for the site and the neighborhood; green growth and smart cities;
sustainable water management; biodiversity, urban re-vegetation and agriculture; inclusive actions
and community benefits; innovative architecture and urban design.
4 The research group from the ABC Dept. was composed of: environmental design, urban scale
studies and NBS—Elena Mussinelli, Andrea Tartaglia (general coordinator), Giovanni Castaldo,
Davide Cerati; environmental performances, LCA and carbon footprint—Andrea Campioli, Monica
Lavagna, Tecla Caroli, Anna Dalla Valle, and Serena Giorgi.
5 The team for the project named Proxima was composed of: promoter—Energa Group S.r.l.; architectural design and coordination—Joseph Di Pasquale Architects S.r.l.; environmental expert—ABC
Dept., Politecnico di Milano; engineering—Studio Tecneas, Siemens S.p.A.; technical specialist project consultant—Siemens S.p.A. Building Technologies Division; geology and geothermal
energy—Dr Umberto Puppini; fire design—Building S.r.l.s; App interface design—IED—Istituto
Europeo di Design S.p.A.; operating/management partner—Dovevivo S.p.A.; graphic representation—arch. Emanuela Sara Cidri; administrative and legal advisor—Bertacco Law Firm; financial management—Prothea S.r.l.; financial intermediaries—Crowdfunding Walliance S.r.l., Fundera
S.r.l.; project partners for Sharing mobility—Axpo energy solutions Italia S.p.A.; project partners
for environment—LegambienteLombardiaOnlus; project partner for the supply of wooden structures—Rikohišed.o.o.
A. Campioli et al.
with climate change. Inside this scenario in 2018, starting from a former experience, carried out by the Municipality of Paris, 14 cities
2 of the network selected
31 underused sites to be used for an international competition named Reinventing
Cities. The competition’s goal was to involve developers, designers, and environmental experts in the definition of projects of interventions capable of reducing to
zero the carbon footprint deriving from the construction/reconstruction and the use
of these areas. In fact, the project groups, which would have bought the area in the
event of victory, would have been selected with respect to the project’s contents of
the proposal evaluated in view of the capacity to respond to climate change and to
favor the evolution of the territories in which they were located. The organization of
the competition provided a set of guidelines that were the same for all the sites. The
guidelines addressing the design of a carbon-free project stressed ten elements to be
aware of or challenges
3 which would have also been the criteria for the evaluation of
the various proposals. The challenges interpreted the issue of carbon footprint and
resilience with a truly wide view correctly obliging the groups to work and think in
view of a life-cycle approach. The city of Milan participated in identifying five sites
of different sizes. The ABC Department was involved as the environmental expert
4 of
a group
5 competing for the transformation of the area of via Serio: an area of almost
0.5 ha, property of the Municipality and partially used as a parking lot. The project
proposes an innovative residence solution consisting of minimal housing modules,
intended for students and young workers.
2 The cities involved in the call were: Auckland, Chicago, Houston, Madrid, Milano, Montréal,
Oslo, Paris, Portland, Reykjavík, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, San Francisco, and Vancouver.
3 The ten challenges as defined in the guidelines were: building energy efficiency and a supply of
clean energy; sustainable materials management and circular economy; green mobility; resilience
and adaptation; new green services for the site and the neighborhood; green growth and smart cities;
sustainable water management; biodiversity, urban re-vegetation and agriculture; inclusive actions
and community benefits; innovative architecture and urban design.
4 The research group from the ABC Dept. was composed of: environmental design, urban scale
studies and NBS—Elena Mussinelli, Andrea Tartaglia (general coordinator), Giovanni Castaldo,
Davide Cerati; environmental performances, LCA and carbon footprint—Andrea Campioli, Monica
Lavagna, Tecla Caroli, Anna Dalla Valle, and Serena Giorgi.
5 The team for the project named Proxima was composed of: promoter—Energa Group S.r.l.; architectural design and coordination—Joseph Di Pasquale Architects S.r.l.; environmental expert—ABC
Dept., Politecnico di Milano; engineering—Studio Tecneas, Siemens S.p.A.; technical specialist project consultant—Siemens S.p.A. Building Technologies Division; geology and geothermal
energy—Dr Umberto Puppini; fire design—Building S.r.l.s; App interface design—IED—Istituto
Europeo di Design S.p.A.; operating/management partner—Dovevivo S.p.A.; graphic representation—arch. Emanuela Sara Cidri; administrative and legal advisor—Bertacco Law Firm; financial management—Prothea S.r.l.; financial intermediaries—Crowdfunding Walliance S.r.l., Fundera
S.r.l.; project partners for Sharing mobility—Axpo energy solutions Italia S.p.A.; project partners
for environment—LegambienteLombardiaOnlus; project partner for the supply of wooden structures—Rikohišed.o.o.