Public spaces

Detail of the wood platforms.

Few materials are used in this project that is basically a project for the city public realm. The paving exposed to the constant trading are treated with a synthetic coating with a strong chromatic effect. Natural wood is used for the footbridge decking to underlines the passage to the park nearby. Metal fences are used to protect the playground areas and are made of expanded metal mesh with coloured decorations and graphics.

The playgrounds are intended as the new squares for this marginal part of the city.

All the places of intervention are basically pedestrian areas.

The proposed and completed operations represent a minimal investment in terms of economic resources. However, they can pave the way for a process that could lead to the identification and optimisation of the connective fabric of the entire district, making it more open to innovative dynamics, making use of public areas such as schools, squares and parks, and private areas such as commercial enterprises.

A strongly coloured synthetic coating characterized the typical aesthetic effect of the playgrounds.

Existing trees are preserved and integrated in the new configurations.

A little intervention, a public pedestrian ramp, works as a real possibility to change the perception of the urban places, introducing old themes like the "pergola".

The ramp is a support for a concrete tank to recovering the rain water.

The concrete walls support a grid of steel cables for the climbing plants.

Detail of the pedestrian ramp.

Credits

• Text: Paolo Citterio, Anna Chiara Morandi
• Photographs: Anna Chiara Morandi

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