A little closer is the Olympic Arena Santa Giulia and its new neighborhood. An urban planning agreement to change the integrated intervention plan was signed on Thursday, June 16th. The document – signed by Palazzo Marino, the Risanamento Group and Esselunga – is preparatory to the start of works that, in relation to the Olympic arena, will start by the end of the year and the other phases of the construction site will begin once the first phase of reclamation is completed, scheduled for the second half of 2023. The plan will lead to Completion of the neighborhood on which buildings will be built with an area of 400,000 square meters, mostly for residential use, in addition to 250,000 square meters. It was actually built in the station area by Rogoredo.
The signing of the document marks the beginning of the implementation phase of the changing project and begins the executive design, which will be followed by the construction of the urban works and infrastructure envisaged by the project for the development of the area and especially those related to the Milan Olympics. Cortina 2026.
What will the new part of Milan look like?
Once the works are completed, the Santa Giulia area – 1.2 million square meters – will consist of buildings of more than 658,000 square meters (currently about a third of those completed). Mainly residential buildings (60% according to Palazzo Marino figures). Not only that, but there will be a large public park of more than 360 thousand square meters and a new Esselunga Park.
Among the main objectives is “to give life to a neighborhood capable of creating a new social community, so as to represent a model of development that can be replicated not only in Milan, but also in other cities”, he identified from the city hall.
The “new” area of Milan will include parks, squares and pedestrian paths. In this context, the system of green spaces will constitute the center of public life and a place of meeting and exchange. “The network of plazas, together with the park, pedestrian paths and green spaces, constitutes the basic infrastructure of the transformation zone that ensures the livability of the new area and, through connection with the existing city, makes it possible to diffuse the desired quality in a local context,” reads a note from Piazza Scala.
Thus, the flat flat solution is organized on a network of streets and pedestrian paths, which determines the size of the building blocks which are not too large, as well as for the three largest buildings (the square, the Esselunga district and the third business triangle) important lanes of public interest are expected to create a wide pedestrian network the range.
The size of the building blocks and the building on the edges with internal courtyards for private use allow for extensive interchangeability and flexibility between the typical functions of the city – residence, tertiary, commerce, hospitality, services to individuals, public functions and the public interest. This urban structure includes the network of services provided, those comparable to the general service category and also the set of functions that enrich the social and economic diversity of the city.
These also include the construction of the new music campus of the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory, with the construction of a multifunctional structure dedicated to music, and a children’s museum dedicated to exploring the theme “My (My (Smart) City of the Future”).
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