Lee AjayiArchitecture + Urban Design Vol. 3

As an architect and designer, I am dedicated to creating compelling and pur-poseful design as well as exploring different ways to integrate the organizing ideas with the programmatic and functional essence of design project.

I am a staunch believer in the idea of sustainability in the built environment and in urban development. My professional specialties include architectural and interior design, urban planning, conceptual design, research & develop-ment, team building, interdisciplinary collaboration and public speaking.

My experience in architecture, design and urban planning is quite diverse and, as such, shapes and influences the way I see the world, and how I relate to people and the environment around me. I am passionate about urban trans-formation and regeneration and I am fascinated by the possibility of creating more vibrant, equitable and human centered buildings and cities to live in.

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Maple Valley Community Center, Maple Valley, WA, USA

Corporate Interiors Studio

Porta Genova, Milan, Lombardia, Italyin collaboration with Jean Philippe Toussaint

in collaboration with Daniel Azuero & Egor Fufachev

Quarttiere San Michele, Verona, Italyin collaboration with Claudia Avesani

Corporate Interiors Studio

MVCC

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THE FORD FOUNDATION

PORTA GENOVA

THE HUDSON NEXUS

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Lee Ajayilee.ajayi@gmail.com+41.079.174.4632

Masters’ of Science in Architecture, 2013Politecnico di MilanoMilan, Lombardia, Italy

Bachelor of Arts in Interior Design, 2011Bellevue CollegeBellevue, Washington, USA

LEED AP (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design, Accredited Professional), 2009License Number: 10258988

Associate AIA, Europe ChapterMember Number: 38348269

English (Native) Italian (Intermediate) French (Basic)

Computer Aided Design: AutoCAD, Revit, SketchUp, Kerkythea & Adobe Creative Suite.Office Automation: MS Office and Google Docs Special interest in working in multi-cultural and global environments. Driver’s License: USA (Washington State), SwitzerlandUS and Italian citizen; resident in Switzerland, Swiss B permit.

Quattro Oggiaro, Milan, Lombardia, Italyin collaboration with Dominika Wieliczko

Detroit, Michigan, USA

Kaufbeuren, Germanin collaboration with Eugenio Morello, Barbara Piga & Giovanni Lupo

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Porta Volta, Milan, Lombardia, ItalyPORTA VOLTA

Nagoya, Aichi Perfecture, Japanin collaboration with Egor Fufachev & Ani Zakaryan

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Light is an important element in architecture and especially in the interior environment. All forms of buildings and interior environments employ natural and artificial light for function-al and decorative purposes. Light shining through a window or down from a task lamp can be seen as the simple illumina-tion of a visual task, however using light in a deliberate man-ner to convey an emotion or articulate a spatial expression that serves to connect the user in a more meaningful manner is the essence of my investigation.

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Community “commons” can be all sorts of places, from parks to public art locations, coffee shops, trails and ball fields. Not so long ago, these spaces had little competition for people’s time and atten-tion. Before home theaters, the Internet and video games kept us inside our homes, communities gathered elsewhere to relax and talk about issues of the day. The old-fashioned pub, a shortening of the term “public house”, was a place where people could congregate and converse. Community is built in those gathering spaces, in the safe, accessible places that attract us to our neighborhoods and draw us out of our homes to interact with one another.

I started this research topic based on the explora-tion of light and it’s spatial and form giving char-acteristics. I was interesting in exploring the ways in which interior environments could be designed using light as the delineating factor in terms of form and function and layout. The main questions I was interested in were: what is the experience of light, what was the relationship between light and the built form, and consequently, what is light’s capac-ity to connect one to a place? With these questions in mind, it is my intention to explore the celebration of light within the interior environment.

Porta Genova is a neighborhood or “quartiere” of Milan, Italy, located within the Zone 6 administrative division. The name “Porta Genova” means “Genoa gate”; the district is named af-ter a city gate of the old Spanish Walls of Milan, namely that leading to Genoa. The only remnants of the old gate are the small buildings that used to house the customs offices, which replaced the Spanish gate in the 19th Century. Porta Genova is also characterized by the Navigli canals and the Darsena (the old dock), where two major Navigli meet, namely the Naviglio Grande and the Naviglio Pavese. As a consequence, much of the district is traversed by watercourses.

Urban Transformation and Regeneration

The first part of our project is to conduct a synthetic analysis of the project area’s problems and opportunities and to outline the main strategic issues and guidelines for their transforma-tion. The project culminates with specific and detailed propos-als for our focus area.

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First Floor Plan Second Floor Plan

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Reflected Ceiling Plan Floor Plan

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The Quarto Oggiaro quarter, located on the north/north-west outskirts of the City of Milan consists of a mixture of patrician villas built by the historic families of Milanese nobility. However, in the past century, the character of the neighborhood changed to one of the increasing urban development of social and immi-grant housing. Furthermore, the lack of adequate social and civic services lead to the deterioration of living conditions and increasing social decay.

Our goal with this project is to revitalize the existing open spaces by improving the physical characteristics of the space in terms of functions and amenities, and well as providing a local circulation and transportation network within the “green belt” of the Quarto Oggiaro neighborhood.

Finally, we improved the pedestrian access into and through the neighborhood by incorporating pedestrian only areas into the existing road network, as well as adding bike lanes and jogging paths and trails.

Furthermore, we aim to solve the problem of social and cultural alienation with the creation and use of urban gardens where members of the neighborhood can meet, interact, and share; thus creating a community in the truest sense of the word.

We further connected these elements to the proposed internal tram line and existing road and rail network, thereby creating an interconnected systems of pedes-trian and vehicular transportation. With the implementation of these design guidelines and strategies in Quarto Oggiaro, our proposal will result in a neighbor-hood where a community grows and where living in a pleasure.

The HallThe Hall configuration transforms the space into a series of large and small scale niches where various events and activities can be held.

The PointThis configuration fully dissolves the building and transforms it into an urban focal point providing access and amenities such as wi-fi hotspots, mobility information, media, and entertainment.

ContextThe Hudson’s site is located on Woodward Avenue between East Grand River Avenue and Gratiot Avenue, in the middle of the commercial center of downtown Detroit, and as a consequence is interwoven with the social, cultural and economic fabric of the city.

The significance of the Hudson’s site is tied to the rich history of Detroit, and the area continues to be synonymous with the holiday season and the city’s downtown shopping tradition. However, with the loss of the historic Hudson building, the area has lost its focal point and its exclamation of grandeur.

The design is an example of how to improve the economic, social, and cultural aspects of urban rejuvenation, while remaining in tune with the traditions of seasonal holiday celebrations and downtown shopping.

ConceptWe combine a system of mobile collectors and an innovative idea of digital awareness, in which the collector engage with the public, serve as focal points, and ultimately creates a fluid network of digital retail spaces that expand and contract according the new dynamics of a digital based community.

The Hudson Hub How do you improve the economic, social, and cultural aspects of a city, as well as creating a fluid network of digital retail, commercial, and entertainment spaces that expand and contract according to the new dynamics of a digitally based community?

Our design proposal focuses on activating the street life of the downtown core by creating a series of hotspots, or in our case, “urban pins” that encourage interaction and communication. These pins are dispersed throughout the city, but remained connected on the digital network. By using the existing light rail networks as an infill and ex-fill mechanism, our design spreads the activities normally associated with retail centers, malls, plazas and town squares throughout the downtown core, and in doing so, strengthens the connection with the existing vibrancy of the city.

The Hudson: Contracted and Expanded The Pin

PV panel

Wi-Fi router

Balloons with Helium

Protection fabric

LED screen

Fixing thread

The ParkingThe existing underground parking lot is integrated into the building. Information relating to availability and location of parking stalls, as well as the light rail schedule and stops are displayed on the pins.

The Hudson Nexus.The story of a traveling mall.

The StageThis configurations further loosens the boundaries of the building, and changes the perception of experience from one of a private to a public space.

The MarketThe fourth configuration transforms the space into a public market with elements of the traditional market square combined with the digital retail experience.

The MallThe mall configuration allows for the traditional shopping mall experience, with closed and open retail spaces and provides a more intimate experience.

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The HallThe Hall configuration transforms the space into a series of large and small scale niches where various events and activities can be held.

The PointThis configuration fully dissolves the building and transforms it into an urban focal point providing access and amenities such as wi-fi hotspots, mobility information, media, and entertainment.

ContextThe Hudson’s site is located on Woodward Avenue between East Grand River Avenue and Gratiot Avenue, in the middle of the commercial center of downtown Detroit, and as a consequence is interwoven with the social, cultural and economic fabric of the city.

The significance of the Hudson’s site is tied to the rich history of Detroit, and the area continues to be synonymous with the holiday season and the city’s downtown shopping tradition. However, with the loss of the historic Hudson building, the area has lost its focal point and its exclamation of grandeur.

The design is an example of how to improve the economic, social, and cultural aspects of urban rejuvenation, while remaining in tune with the traditions of seasonal holiday celebrations and downtown shopping.

ConceptWe combine a system of mobile collectors and an innovative idea of digital awareness, in which the collector engage with the public, serve as focal points, and ultimately creates a fluid network of digital retail spaces that expand and contract according the new dynamics of a digital based community.

The Hudson Hub How do you improve the economic, social, and cultural aspects of a city, as well as creating a fluid network of digital retail, commercial, and entertainment spaces that expand and contract according to the new dynamics of a digitally based community?

Our design proposal focuses on activating the street life of the downtown core by creating a series of hotspots, or in our case, “urban pins” that encourage interaction and communication. These pins are dispersed throughout the city, but remained connected on the digital network. By using the existing light rail networks as an infill and ex-fill mechanism, our design spreads the activities normally associated with retail centers, malls, plazas and town squares throughout the downtown core, and in doing so, strengthens the connection with the existing vibrancy of the city.

The Hudson: Contracted and Expanded The Pin

PV panel

Wi-Fi router

Balloons with Helium

Protection fabric

LED screen

Fixing thread

The ParkingThe existing underground parking lot is integrated into the building. Information relating to availability and location of parking stalls, as well as the light rail schedule and stops are displayed on the pins.

The Hudson Nexus.The story of a traveling mall.

The StageThis configurations further loosens the boundaries of the building, and changes the perception of experience from one of a private to a public space.

The MarketThe fourth configuration transforms the space into a public market with elements of the traditional market square combined with the digital retail experience.

The MallThe mall configuration allows for the traditional shopping mall experience, with closed and open retail spaces and provides a more intimate experience.

\ A living pulsating systemKAUFBEURENEWKAUFBEUREN (DE)

1 \ Ecorhythms and urban rhythms: a programmatic landscape for a sustainable process

2 \ A new economy for Kaufbeuren: a variety of productions

3 \ A strong urban structure: connectivity and mobility

4 \ A new urbanity for the town: centrality assessment

5 \ Environmental urban design principles: the sun as form-giver

The new availability of soil represents the main resource for the town of Kaufbeuren; for instance the new areas almost double the potential buildable areas of the town, which currently suffers a lack of new areas for construction. It also offers the opportunity to create a totally new approach to design, by offering the occasion to link energy and spa-tial planning, by looking for ecological cycles \1\.

Nevertheless, the dismission of the Luftwaffe airport suddendly generates a loss of identity and business opportunities for the town which needs to re-find a novel strong identity. Diversification of functions and productions is the key to avoid vulnerability in the future \2\.

Diversification requires environmental diversity and the delivery of a strong urban struc-ture to support the hosting of new city users and facilities. In order to achieve a real urban vitality, a deep study of the accessibility of the project site is necessary, in order to capture the flows (both urban and leisure paths) and bring them into the area. In fact, existing and new flows enable to nourish and reinforce the designed urbanities \3\.

Proximity and walkability are the keywords to guarantee a proper degree of urbanity. For instance, a strong urban structure requires a clear vision of the hierarchies and centralities of the districts, and gives a definite character to the different areas of the new districts \4\.

The grain of the urban morphologies we propose on site and the consequent arrange-ment of the buildings is fundamental in order to translate environmental design prin-ciples at the scale of architecture. The attention to solar accessibility and solar rights principles will allow to reach a good environmental quality of the urban fabric \5\.

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The system of actors and processes to be activated on site Today Tomorrow

2 \ A new economy for Kaufbeuren: a variety of productions

A number of relevant sectors could settle down in the future on the project site. A list of the main actors individuated:

Avionics related industryWHY: availability of space, existing facilities and knowledge on siteWHAT: Air and flight related production, such as Drones pro-duction, research, flight simulators

EducationWHY: Availability of existing structures (dorms, schools); ex-isting cultural background and tradition; moreover, students could bring new life and business opportunities for the townWHAT: Possible actors that could be settled on site- University of Kempten dedicated campus on social care and in particular geriatrics (600 students could be easily hosted in the existing facilities)- Military school, by Luftwaffe or privatized as an aviation school- Civil-social cooperation

From education to productionBoth education and industry could co-create exciting oppor-tunities together: from education through start-ups to inno-vative production.

Energy productionAs presented in /1/ renewables production is great opportu-nity in order to develop a sustainable future for this region. Energy is also a great attractor for investments in business and research. Biomass, photovoltaic and solar thermal mod-ules, micro-eolic turbines could find a great place on site to create a dedicated district.

The spatial translation of production opportunitiesThe study on the relationships between actors helped in de-fining the proper spatial arrangement of the land uses on the final masterplan: in fact, the urban structure represents a flexible grid which is adaptable in time.

KAUFBEURENEWKAUFBEUREN (DE) Highlights

Urban rhythms are established by those actors on site that could activate the changeA productive landscape is a living landscape

A new identity in production Kaufbeuren needs to find a new strong profile in order to gain visibility at the regional level and not become just as a satellite for Munich. The town has a number of opportu-nities given by a rich network of stakeholders at different levels. A number of synergies can be proposed as a premise to the functional use of space in the final masterplan.

The forestation approach 1 \ Ecorhythms and urban rhythms: a programmatic landscape for a sustainable process

Space is energy!Space is the key for approaching urbanism in a sustainable way. The landscape is here used for the construction of an urban park (trees as carbon sink - permanent woods) and energy cultivations (trees as biomass - short rotation forestry SRF).

A programmatic landscape: the forestation approachThe design scheme and the temporal evolution of the landscape is dictated by the en-ergy cycles that can originate on site. The shape of the open areas and the built ar-eas is defined by the programmatic growth of the woods. For instance, SRF woods are planted as a temporary strategy for areas attending construction. In fact, while the town is working on a new vocation and land use has to be defined depending on opportuni-ties, the plantation of biomass represents a good solution to create potential energy for the future. After four years the plantation can be removed and used to power a small biomass plant; otherwise, if more time is given, wood can be used as a construction material for producing the wooden bricks for housing.

100% on site production of energies: embodied energy + operational energyHence, if we decide to go for a strong approach to sustainability, the complete closure of energy cycles would be feasible on site: for instance, the embodied energy for construc-tion materials could be absorbed by local wood production and the operational energy to run the buildings (i.e. heating, hot water and electricity) by the biomass and the so-lar energy (solar thermal and photovoltaic panels). This means that the programming of new housing should be admitted according to the rhythms of nature for allowing the trees to grow. The shape of the woods is actually a pulsating feature that expands and compresses according to the human and ecological needs. Actually, the urban and the natural systems together represent a living eco-system as a whole. Following this principle, the landscape becomes a changing experience in time, whereby the boundar-ies of the urban park defined by the woods are continuously redefined. The perception of openness and enclosure creates a number of clearings, which represent rooms of nature.

Rules that define the growth- Minimum effort of energy use: first, minimize energy consumption (conservation) and only secondly, produce clean energy on site (production) - Let’s make use of the available space first for energy production- Starting with the minimum intervention in recovering the site area: less energy = less money- Let’s aim at creating an off-grid district: use of operational energy only produced on site only, mainly through solar thermal panels, PV modules, biomass plantation and micro-eolic turbines.- Let’s try to start a sustainable process for the delivery of cconstruction materials for future buildings (about 15 years) from the wood plantation on site

KAUFBEURENEWKAUFBEUREN (DE) Highlights

Energy and spatial planningClosing urban ecology cycles on site

Ecological and energy balance between energy consumers and energy givers A living system: the urban growth in harmony to the natural growth

A self-sufficient and off-grid built environmentThe availability of new soil is a fantastic opportunity to create an energy landscape and achieve a self-sufficient city, which can be a model for the future. The design scheme is originated from considerations of self-sufficiency by linking natural resources (for energy production) and human settlements (responsible for energy consumption).

Intended as a changing bound-ary in time, adaptable to the lo-cal needs, the forestation defines the shape and the growth of the masterplan. SRF and older plan-tations can be used for energy production (heating) and for pro-viding local construction materi-als, thus reducing the embodied energy and improving the life cycle assessment of the overall project.

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the forestation growth changes the perception of the open areas

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short-term wood for energy production

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Energy cycles in time: a programmatic and sustainable process

1. Temporary occupation of soil with SRF plantations for biomass production until construction will happen on site.

3. Solar energy (PV and thermal) and micro-wind power turnbines are in-stalled on the roofs of build-ings.

2. Forestation as a carbon sink designed to draw a boundary of the park and block the growth on the open areas.

since 2015 after 20301. Mature SRF plantations are used to heat housing and partly as construc-tion materials (wooden bricks) for the last development areas on site.

2. Solar energy (PV and ther-mal) and micro-wind power turnbines are installed on the roofs of buildings.

3. The PV parks are sub-stituted by new biomass plantations (on the west side) and by a solar parking (on the east side) to serve the ice hockey stadion. open areas.

Pedestrian accessibility and centralitiesToday Tomorrow

TomorrowToday4 \ A new urbanity for the town: centrality assessment

New centralities The construction of the project site through time will add at least three new local cen-tralities to the town of Kaufbeuren. Those new districts will rebalance the weights among the neighborhoods of the town. For instance, the new campus is a good candi-date to become a district of interest able to attract other satellite local neighborhoods. In fact, the other two new centers will depend on this main attractor where the relevant urban functions are concentrated. Moreover, the campus will be the linking point be-tween the old town center and the new urban park. This fact clearly emerges from the centrality assessment analysis which validates the choice of that district as the new hub for the masterplan: for instance, the betweenness map shows that the value is very high in correspondance to the new main square through the main boulevard.

Increment of walkabilityThe new districts are designed in order to guarantee proximity to services within a walk-ing distance thus improving the overall life quality and reducing the travel needs of citizens and city users. Only a compact layout of the local centers will enable a higher degree of urban vitality.

KAUFBEURENEWKAUFBEUREN (DE) Highlights

The hierarchy of the new districts is defined according to the centrality assessment The design of the local centers will guarantee proximity to services and high vitality

Sustaining a new centrality for KaufbeurenThe successful assessment of the vocation of the new local districts can be supported by the definition of a series of analyses and considerations about the centrality and the local accessibility of the street network.

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ClosennessIt measures to what

extent a node is near to all the other nodes along the shortest paths of the

network.

BetweennessA node is more central

when it is traversed by a large number of short-

est paths connecting all couple of nodes in the

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The values of betweenness shows the reinforcement of

the centraity on the west side of the town, in particular in

the district of Oberbeuren

Multiple Centrality Assessment

The new urban boulevard represents a strong con-

nector and the analysis confirms that flows will

pass through it

Opening the site area to the city will increase the

global centrality of the town and in particular the

areas located on the south of the city center

3 \ A strong urban structure: connectivity and mobility

KAUFBEURENEWKAUFBEUREN (DE) Highlights

Accessibility to the site as a key element for the success of the new developmentA compact and well connected urban structure supports sustainable mobility

AccessibilityThe convergence and redirection of human flows into the project site is a key element to sustain the living landscape approach. A series of analyses have been conducted in order to detect and track different types of paths passing by the area . Finally an over-view of the carrying capacity of human pressure for the new development was tempted.

Accessibility scheme

Car parking demand satisfied... but less cars in the futureThe demand of car parking was taken into account, both for city users (workers and students) and for local residents. - A big underground parking lot could be placed below the new multifunctional building close to the new square.- The prevision of a big “solar parking” place could be hosted be-low the existing solar park on the east side of the project site, where we expect to build a new eishockey stadium.- On the west side another parking lot will be provided in corre-spondence to the new public market. - All the main streets are equipped with linear parking lots.In the future, we aim at reducing the number of total cars in town and offer a different mobility system. A more sustainable mobility is promoted by the urban form itself, which encourages walkabil-ity. In any case, if the future of electric cars will boom, the provi-sion of enough car parking is reasonable.

Main pathsThe demolition of the fences of the military zone will open up the possibility to cross the entire airport site thus creating new connections among the different parts of the city. In particular, we identify the following main directionalities: north-south as the new urban paths; east-west as the new leisure paths. The main objectives of the accessibility concept plan are as follows:

Connecting the new district to the old city center: The new district will favour a straight and direct connection to the old city center. In fact, a direct and visible pedestrian route to the city center is the oc-casion to provide a real gate to the new district passing through a se-ries of open spaces. Starting from the gate of the new district, a se-ries of relevant urban features can be encountered on the way to the old town: the Zeppelin Halle and the open space in front of it, the city walls, the Fuenfknopfturm, the St. Blasius Kirche.The construction of an elevator in-side the mountain (please, refer to the map) could even make the new district more accessible from the old town.

A direct connection to the train stationThe new function of the campus requires a straight accessibility to the train station. The new street grid will help this new connectivity.

The path to the city center

Tomorrow: Shadows’ map on December 21 - hours of sun: 7

hours of sunToday: Shadows’ map on December 21

5 \ Environmental urban design principles: the sun as form-giver

A fundamental aspect that guided the project was solar accessibility in order to guaran-tee solar rights to all the buildings and in particular households. Buildings oriented north-south are organized as terraced buildings, with terraces de-creasing from north to south in order to get the maximum solar exposure. East-west oriented buildings have reduced width and have all the living rooms facing to south.

A solar analysis of the sun path during the course of the year was conducted. In par-ticular, the winter solstice was considered as the critical day; for instance, shadows maps on December 21st were used to define the proper distances among dwelling units: this is particularly relevant for our design scheme, especially in a compact but low height built environment as the one we propose.

KAUFBEURENEWKAUFBEUREN (DE) Highlights

The access to sun is a fundamental aspect to guarantee environmental qualityThe arrangement of buildings and urban form was defined according to the solar path

Solar access and well-being of peopleAssuring direct sunlight to all the housing typologies is a guiding rule for this project. At the scale of masterplanning we can affect the quality of architecture and guarantee the access to sunlight for a better environmental indoor quality, for achieving passive architecture (the thermal contribution of sun) but also for delivering public spaces with comfortable thermal conditions during the different seasons.

Solar accessibility analysis

for north-south oriented buildings we mostly refer to terracaed housing typologies

east-west oriented buildings are taller on the north side and decrease to south in order to optimise solar exposure.

The shadows’ map shows the superimposed hourly shadows for December 21st.Black areas are characterized by permanent shadow, whereas white areas can benefit from sunlight for the entire day.Most of the roofs of new build-ings have a good exposure suit-able for the installation of solar panesl (PV and solar thermal). Moreover, mutual shadowing was reduced to the minimum.

Those areas of the buildings that have a less favorable exposure are used for retail, services or tertiary functions.

The arc-shaped layout of the street network facing south makes the entire development a great candidate to become a solar city.

Porta Volta is a former city gate of Milan, Italy. It was for-merly part of the Spanish walls that were built in the 16th century. Currently, the name “Porta Volta” is most commonly used to refer to the surrounding neighborhood or “quartiere” of a Milanese neighborhood. While most of the original walls and gates have been demol-ished, the toll gates, which date back to 1880’s have remained.The “Porta Volta” is part of zone 8 which is turning into one of the main districts of the city. Beside the residential build-ings, there are numerous office buildings, galleries and the-aters, as well as a wide range of restaurants and clubs and other forms of public attractions.

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The project area, consisting of the old Tiberghien wool factory and surrounding areas, is located in the industrial zone situated on the eastern outskirts of the Verona city center. The Tiberghien wool factor was an important part of the industrial and economic fabrics of Veronese society from its inception in the early 20th century, and continued to play in the society despite its decline in the 1970’s until it’s eventual dissolution in 2004.

The project is aimed at re-thinking the existing associa-tions between the San Michele neighborhood and the old Tberghien factory with regard to public space, services, and activities. The main objective of this proposal is to position the Tiberghien factory site as a urban-life generator and a community change agent by the application of a systematic framework of strategies and guidelines aimed at enriching the San Michele neighborhood.

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The woolen mill was very important not only from an economic point of view, but also for the social life of the whole area of San Michele and the wider area which represented the pool of labor. From the outset, in fact, the entrepreneurial family accompanied productive investment with a series of providences that welded an indissoluble link be-tween the factory and the territory.

Cited as the greatest example of corporate paternalism in Verona’s area, the approach of the Tiberghien towards work-ers was truly innovative and, above all, continued throughout the time when the family business was active in Verona.

The property offered hous-es specially built to skilled labor employed in the mill. The first houses were built inside the factory already between 1908 and 1910 to house the department heads who were brought from France, but others were added whenever there was interventions of expansion.

In 1923, after the opening of the brushing sector, and in 1927, after the company changed legal status from a single privately held entity to general partner-ship, new houses were built in via Tiberghien and via Lessini. And again in 1936, when the large man-sion was built for the gen-eral manager, designed by Tonzig, and today still visible in Viale Venezia, just before the boundary wall of the mill.

Historical Expansion of the Tiberghien factoryProject Area Analysis

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Survey Drawings and Perspectives

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Perspectives and Facade Mapping

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Railway wall barrier

Vehicle dominated street with poor pedestian functionality

Disconnected pedestrian & bike network within neighborhood fabric

Disconnected bike network in Parco dell’Adige

No connection with neighborhood infrastructure

Disconnected, misused & under-equipped parks & green spaces within neighborhood Dismissed and neglected Tiberghien factory fabric

The railway wall and embarkment creat a physi-cal and visual barrier that prevent acces to the Adige river park

Corso Venezia / Via Unita’ D’Italia is vehicle dominant with poor pedestrian func-tionality and amenities.

Pedestrian paths within the neighborhood fabric are disconnected and in poor quality

Pedestrian nature trails within the Adige river park area are not well defined or connected to the rest of the San Michele neighborhood

“Green Network” within neighborhood is not defined

Parks and green spaces with the neighborhood are not connected to each other, not do they have a strong visual and contextual pressence

Public spaces in general are ill designed and low quality

Bicycle paths within the neighborhood are discon-nected and ambiguous

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Scheme of Neighborhood Infrastructure problems

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Street Trams

Small scale zones

Tiberghien historic fabric

Wifi zones

Large scale zones

Kindergardens & Daycares

Shopping & Entertainment

Public seating

Eating & Leisure

Outdoor workspace

Pedestrian paths

Pedestrian nature trails

Residences and Housing

Sports center

“Green Network”

Public Library

Neighborhood gardens

River activities

Parks

Improved public spaces

Bicycle paths

Improved Primary Circulation Access

Inproved pedestrian functionablity

Secondary Circulation Access

Pedestrian “Green Network”

Tertiary Circulation Access

“Green Network” Connection & Expansion

“Hot Spots” & New Nodes

Green Areas & Parks

Project Area

Scheme of Proposed Infrastructure Solutions

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Example: Via Barana

Street Section

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Example: Via Barana

Street Section

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Example: Via Tiberghien, Via Unita’D’Italia

Link to the Adige river & Parkland

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Example: Via Antonio Pisano, Via Spolverini, Vai Pegrassi Salesio

Busy Intersection

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Example: Via Quattro Stagione, Via Unita’D’Italia

Link to the Adige river & Parkland

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Example: Via Antonio Pisano

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Proposed Masterplan scale: 1: 2500

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Example: Via Unita’ D’Italia, Via Monti Lessini, Via Barana

Entrance to Neighborhood

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Current Situation

Proposed Solution showing new interior plaza

Section showing road intervention and link to Adige river park

Elevations and Sections

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Example: Via Unita’ D’Italia, Via Monti Lessini, Via Barana

Entrance to Neighborhood