Milano Peripheries and the public space design

The degradation of peripheral areas in the existing cities, the fragmentation of public spaces, the social segregation, along with the current environmental crisis, and the loss of biodiversity in the city, are conditions that address a new urban strategy based on a new concept: “periphery to the centre”. The School of Architecture, Urban Planning Construction Engineering (AUIC) at Politecnico di Milano decides to promote an innovative collaboration with the municipal and metropolitan governments and to discuss it publicly. The aim is to find creative solutions, to be shared with local associations and cultural organizations, in order to design a different urban landscape with a fresh and international approach. The educational programme named "Re-shaping Milano Metropolitan City" intends to explore the construction of places for people, to reinforce the design of new green corridors, and to combine uses, forms, and resources for the city and its socially segregated areas.