Ri-formare Milano. Progetti per aree ed edifici in stato di abbandono

Re-forming Milan is a didactic and research initiative promoted by the School of Architecture and Society of the Polytechnic of Milan in cooperation with the Department of Urban Planning, Private Construction and Agriculture of the Municipality of Milan. Many design studios and courses have worked during three full academic years on projects dealing with the possibility of recovering neglected and decayed spaces and buildings, both public and private, with permanent or temporary functions. The initiative “Re-shaping Milan”, following a didactical, scientific and operative approach, reflects the interest of the School in proposing itself as a place for design elaborations and experimentations, especially focusing on the area of Milan, through an open discussion with public actors and citizens. The research aims to the urgent care of the soil and of these anonymous buildings as a considerable heritage. They inspire a reflection that stimulates regeneration processes of the physical spaces. At the same time they help us to think about new rules to facilitate reorganization, reuse and renewal processes. The potentialities of abandoned spaces are investigated through interdisciplinary design explorations at the different scales. The goal of Re-forming Milan is perfectly matching with the intention of encouraging a multi-scale and interdisciplinary approach to the architectural design.