Even though Milano has been portrayed as a fancy and very industrial city, it is still surrounded by a green belt of agricultural and barely green spaces as many other metropolis. A wide and centripetal system of landscape and agriculture penetrates through city as corridors with its sub-developed branches which are growing their smaller systems.
Placed in one of the main corridor, Porto di Mare and its semi urban-agriculture position is playing a role of an open gate, greeting the rural world but as well as setting the boundary.
Continuing the concept of corridor and various branches, the project developed in Porto di mare found its very main axis on horizontal direction growing from city’s system at first. These very first lines cut it into 4 courses and based on the content within each course, they are divided into : regeneration, limitation, joint and integration. They clearly open 4 steps of a process respectively: keep most of existing buildings at first, make them look order by adding new elements to orient, replace by new function in some areas in order to be more friendly with milieu, set up the hierarchies and integrate agriculture between them as connection.
These 4 courses also represent 4 different elements: city, delta, ocean and mountain. They are simplified as multiple orientation of growing: horizontal, vertical and diagonal, which defines the whole concept of “stereoscopic development” . And each of these oriented expansion sets its own hierarchies without stopping penetration.
Because of difference in spatial aspect, the limitation of urban and rural, of private and public, of industry and settlement, appears and fades away simultaneously.
Placed in one of the main corridor, Porto di Mare and its semi urban-agriculture position is playing a role of an open gate, greeting the rural world but as well as setting the boundary.
Continuing the concept of corridor and various branches, the project developed in Porto di mare found its very main axis on horizontal direction growing from city’s system at first. These very first lines cut it into 4 courses and based on the content within each course, they are divided into : regeneration, limitation, joint and integration. They clearly open 4 steps of a process respectively: keep most of existing buildings at first, make them look order by adding new elements to orient, replace by new function in some areas in order to be more friendly with milieu, set up the hierarchies and integrate agriculture between them as connection.
These 4 courses also represent 4 different elements: city, delta, ocean and mountain. They are simplified as multiple orientation of growing: horizontal, vertical and diagonal, which defines the whole concept of “stereoscopic development” . And each of these oriented expansion sets its own hierarchies without stopping penetration.
Because of difference in spatial aspect, the limitation of urban and rural, of private and public, of industry and settlement, appears and fades away simultaneously.
“REGENERATION” Introduce definition of “rooms” for artistic activities.
They are collections of renewed exisitng buildings grouped together and expanded from the primary axis (roads).
These groups are divided into small “districts” regarding to different kind of artistic activites : painting, composing music or dancing, etc...
“Rooms” or buildings are connected by various partitions which are built by different way and materials. They play the role of free exhibition boards to manifest products from the art- districts.
the idea of “LIMITATION”
It is not an image of a wall that separates 2 spaces, but the element in-between to connect and created certain hierarchy. This “LIMITATION” is composed by a number of “column”.
4 towers are placed as the monuments, not only to nail each important points, but also to define the skyline of the “limitation” strip; as a continuation of the skyline created by high buildings in Mazzini neighbourhood.
Starting from the 2nd floor, the towers’ internal functions are placed. And they are also connected with high way transportation. Ground and first floor were freed and covered by light partitions. They are more related to surrounding buildings on the ground rather than with the tower itself.
the intersection of 2 fundamental straight lines is not the end, but the gate open up to the other site_ Chiaravalle neighbourhood. This “JOINT” is the binding point of separated settlements.
Connecting this point to 2 big and delightful squares creates a triangle which contains a gradient ranged from high density development to semi agricultural settlement, to complete agricultural hue. This combination is suitable for an Institute that researchs about city, new energy and agriculture.
the concept of this vertical development is similar to the other 3 towers. It was presented as a remote yet resemble, connected to the 3 main towers.
“INTEGRATION” is the part of a gradual change in different levels: from city to agriculture, from high to low density, from flat to terrace. This development performs in a stereoscopic way, both horizontal and vertical.
On vertical axis, it contains “housing” on top, “argriculture” inbetween and “complex of commercial-office-healthcare and sport” at the bottom.
On vertical axis, it contains “housing” on top, “argriculture” inbetween and “complex of commercial-office-healthcare and sport” at the bottom.
Theory of “treasure” is used to shape the commercial treet. On first part it is a 2-sided street, on the second one it is street in one side and landcape with great perspective on the other.
“Terrace” effect is another factor of stereoscopic hierarchy in diagonal axis. It generates the vision on multiple facades and at the same time is the way to divide space natually without fences. Buildings are hidden underneath the terrace as a symbiotic collaboration.
THE LIMITATION:
Growing from main axis which goes straight and creates horizontal hierarchy are 3 vertical complexes contain housing and public spaces. Leaving the renewed buildings used for their existing function below, this tower fly over them and start developing from their rooftop level. It contains half housing and half public space. The apartment units are placed towards different orientations and reserved in-between places for many vertical public spaces. These public spaces are separated in position but connected by system of elevators, stairs and slopes. Each of those systems does not stand alone but be continuous with system of pedestrian bridges. They are arranged in a way that every slices of these towers contains sufficient “private, semi-pubic and public (pay or free entrance).
The ground level (actually -0,5 level) of towers are under them but mainly play a role as roofed public spaces belong to milieu, and in a way we can call these towers are ”unrooted towers’. They face to the beautiful lake in center of the area where many other activities are happening on water, and complete the wide range of possible kind of public spaces.
Title: Stereoscopic Hierarchy
Catalogue: Academic project - Urban design
Institution: Politecnico di Milano (Polimi, Milan, Italy)
Evaluation: 30+/30 (by professors)
Function: Complexity, Housing
Project area: 1200000 m2
Project year: 2014
Catalogue: Academic project - Urban design
Institution: Politecnico di Milano (Polimi, Milan, Italy)
Evaluation: 30+/30 (by professors)
Function: Complexity, Housing
Project area: 1200000 m2
Project year: 2014
