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1. Piazzale Loreto
   Milan | Italy

   12/06/2020 11:36 Leave a Comment

   

   The new Loreto is based on 5 strategic and planning actions aimed at deeply reorganising the Piazzale and making it a meeting area for the district, a commercial and pedestrian area and a green junction of the city’s ecological infrastructure.
   1. Vehicle traffic, from central to peripheral. Limit vehicular traffic to the perimeter of the square
   2. From Piazzale to Piazza. An open square at mezzanine level (-3.5m)
   3. Retail: commercial mix and vitality of the square. Program the perimeter of the mezzanine with commercial functions
   4. A Green Ring. An area in continuity with the urban ecological infrastructure affecting the area
   5. The square: sports, game and events. A square for the neighbourhoods, multifunctional and programmable

   

   The new Loreto will become a hinge, a spatial and programmatic overlap of different identities: a common square shared by the varied population of that portion of Milan, a space of encounter and diversity.

    

   

    

   Piazzale Loreto will become a “piazza”, a platform for citizens, experienced through a wide range of spontaneous and organised activities

   

   The new Piazza is created by eliminating part of the current slab, at street level, thus transforming the current mezzanine into an open space at -3.5 meters, defined on the perimeter by a new commercial program.

   

    

    

    

    

2. Lecture | Nov 2019
   World Forum on Urban Forest, Triennale
   Milan | Italy

   19/11/2019 13:22 Leave a Comment

   

   World Forum on Urban Forests Milano Calling 2019 21 – 23 November The forum, at its second edition, is a two days event focusing on ideas and actions for new forests within cities and countries around the world.

3. Tree Top Trail
   Lagodekhi | Georgia

   04/05/2019 10:41 Leave a Comment

   

   Located amid Lagodekhi Natural Reserve in eastern Georgia, the Tree Top Trail is meant to maximize the experience of nature, intended as -in the words of David Attenborough, “the greatest source of excitement, beauty and intellectual interest”. The trail, takes advantage of the topography in order to avoid the use of an elevator. The access point is located on a higher point of the uneven terrain and, from there, it ramps up to reach greater heights, gradually showcasing the forest as a vertical ecosystem. 

   Its defining circular shape, sharply contrasts with the forms of nature, avoiding any simplistic mimic; furthermore, the trail trajectory is always curving, constantly disappearing within the forest canopy, generating a desire to discover the forest, step by step.
   Three main attractions are placed within the trail: a copper sphere which functions as a multimedia room for 360 degrees’ projections, a large net, for visitors to lay or play and a panoramic tower which allows a view over the forest, and integrates a half-spiral staircase to exit, as an alternative to walking back through the long ramp of the trail.

   

    

   

   

   

   The columns of the structure are organized in clusters, abstract simplifications representing group of trees in the forest and are made from cor-ten steel. In total there are 17 column clusters that support the trail and the additional elements.

   

   

    

   

   

   

   

   

   

    

4. Shortlisted | Sep 2018
   C40 Reinventing Cities
   Milan | Italy

   12/10/2018 11:51 Leave a Comment

   

    

   Openfabric has been shortlisted, alongside Fresh Architectures and OBR, to proceed to final stage of Reinventing Cities competition, for the site of “Serio”, Milan, located at walking distance from Fondazione Prada.

   Reinventing Cities is an unprecedented global competition organized by the C40 to drive carbon neutral and resilient urban regeneration.

   Together 19 cities have identified 49 underutilized spaces, rapidly available for redevelopment.

5. Commission | Jul 2018
   Tree Top Trail
   Lagodekhi | Georgia

   30/07/2018 14:23 Leave a Comment

   

   We have been selected to design a Tree Top Trail in Lagodekhi Natural Park in east Georgia, alongside Cityförster, Imagine Structure GmbH and the Caucasus Environmental NGO Network (CENN). The project, commissioned by WWF Caucasus Programme Office, is a pedestrian flyover meandering in between the high trees, and is intended as a new eco-touristic attraction able to address both educational and recreational elements. The infrastructure, once realized, will become a device to experience the diverse ecosystems of Lagodekhi Protected Areas.

6. Lec­ture | Nov 2016
   Politecnico di Milano
   Milano | Italy

   14/11/2016 10:58 Leave a Comment

   

    

   Bridging Territories: ‘Landscapes are often linked to each other in a system of interdependency. Cities for instance depend on a number of ecosystem services which are generated far from the urban centers themselves. Openfabric aim is to reconnect theses usually disconnected territories, both physically and psychologically. Understanding the relation between territories in terms of system of dependency is crucial to generating responsible plans and strategies that can take in account complex dynamics of cause and effect’.

7. Lecture | Nov 2014
   New Generation Festival
   Milan | Italy

   24/11/2013 07:59 Leave a Comment

   

   Openfabric has been invited to lecture and to debate on the topics of how the financial crisis affected our profession.
   The main objective of the New Generations Festival in Milan is to create the conditions for a real encounter that is extremely important to improve bonding and collaboration among different professionals.
   The new Generations research analyzes the impact of the financial crisis on young European architects, with a series of video interviews to a selection of 36 young architectural practices.