Architects:C+S Architects

Area :10850 m²

Year :2022

Photographs :Alessandra Bello and Pietro Savorelli

Lead Architects :Carlo Cappai, Maria Alessandra Segantini

Structures :SCE Project Srl

MEP Engineering :Ariatta Ingegneria dei sistemi srl

Team : Mara Mior, Davide Testi

Client : Investire sgr, EuroMilano s.p.a.

City : Milan

Country : Italy

The plot R11 is located at the northern end of the Highrise Village, bordering the park Cascina Merlata, the largest housing development in Europe. Initially planned as a volume surrounded by a fence and meant to be a ‘gated community, the architects proposed to break the plot into two parts to give back to the community a public space and create an urban door between the Village and the Park, the latter extending as a public square, inside the plot.

The idea of ​​a new community space, borrowing from the urban concept of the "Venetian campo" moved to Milan to create a square, a public space that connects the two residential towers, strengthening their community identity through the design of a place for all people. The new Piazza relates the different heights of the pedestrian space and the park and creates a threshold between the built and natural.