Colour experimentations of urban regeneration

The contribution presents the reference framework and the progress of a research aimed at exploring and experimenting intervention strategies and solutions that dealt with the subject of urban regeneration of critical places within the city, enhancing the possibilities to intervene easily and temporarily through colour in a relationship of dialogue with the specificities of the territory and the local identity. The research was developed by the Color Lab of the Department of Design of the Politecnico di Milano in collaboration with the paints and varnishes group of Avisa, Sector Association of Federchimica. It was structured in a series of design workshops, involving researchers and students of the Politecnico di Milano as well as professionals and companies, finalised to explore and propose experimental solutions of colour requalification on case studies identified within the network of underpasses and overpasses of the cities of Milan and Turin.