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Milan, a city in constant evolution

From the Milan candidacy dossier

The city of Milan is going through a radical process of urban regenaration thanks to the launch of a series of architectonic projects aiming at recovering abandoned areas and relaunching the image of the city.

This process shows Milan’s urbanistic and economic vitality, where groups of private investors are contributing in modelling the 2015 Milan by involving prestigious international architects.

In 2015 Milan will therefore be presented to the world as one of the most innovative cities on the urbanistic level and for the organization of the urban areas.

In addition to the new exhibition and exposition center, the other projects include:

  • The famous Teatro Alla Scala, completely renovated and enlarged at the end of 2004;

  • The City Life project, that will be realized on the old exhibition center area in the heart of Milan, will include the construction of three new towers, one of which 216 m high, the international museum of design and an urban park;

  • The Portello project, a former Alfa Romeo industrial area, that will host a large urban park as well as residential, commercial and service buildings;

  • The World Jewellery Center, that will showcase the excellence of the Italian jewelry industry in a prestigious site of the Portello;

  • A new residential and service area in Santa Giulia, in the southern area of the city with a 120 hectare surface, 34 of which dedicated to a park area;

  • The European Library of Information and Culture, within the abandoned railway station of Porta Vittoria, that will be positioned on the international excellence level.

  • The new seat of the Lombardy Region, situated near Garibaldi railway station within an area that will be totally renovated

  • The new “City of Fashion”, also located in the Garibaldi-Repubblica city area, to highlight the importance of Milan’s central role in the World of Fashion, through the creation of a museum, a service center and a branch of the University;

  • The new headquarters of RCS-Rizzoli, in the north-east area of Milan, where an 80 m. high tower will be built, to further enhance Milan’s skyline.

  • The cultural district of Bicocca, seat to the culture and cinema citadel;

  • The Technological Pole of Bovisa with the new headquarters of the Politechnic Institute;

  • The residential, commercial and park area of Cascina Merlata, located close to the Rho-Pero exhibition Pole;

  • The recovered area of Sesto S. Giovanni, with an intervention by Renzo Piano that will include residential and service areas together with an urban park

  • The abandoned grounds once occupied by the Carlo Erba facility, within the Maciachini area in the northern part of the city, once a deeply decayed urban sector, that will house a park, cultural activities, a fitness area and other services

  • The CERBA, situated in the southern area of Milan, bio-medical research center among the most advanced in Europe, where there will be room for hospital stays and excellence structures

It is important to highlight that all the above mentioned projects have been carried out through international tenders to attract the attention of some of the most famous architects in the world. Among them, Renzo Piano, Norman Foster, Arata Isozaki, Massimiliano

Fuksas, Daniel Libeskind, Zaha Hadid e Ming Pei.

These projects will radically change the look of the city that will no longer be dominated by the Duomo or the Pirelli skyscraper, but also by the new towers and other buildings of unique design.