L’Università come attore urbano. il Politecnico di Milano: paradigma e laboratorio di sperimentazione

The relationship between the university and the urban context contributes to fueling the debate on city development policies even in the contemporary era: its meaning interprets, in the history of civilizations, a fundamental element of intellectual manifestation, capable of translating the importance that culture and education have in defining the identity of peoples. A role of urban actor capable of outlining strategies aimed at integrating university and urban cultures, aimed at the social and physical regeneration of cities and territories. The university, as a primary local and central public institution, represents a primary strategic node of the territory, through which the city opens and expands its borders, tending to the global market of knowledge. The Milanese paradigm authoritatively highlights these dynamics involving central and peripheral areas and unresolved territorial sectors.