The Master in Urban Management and Architectural Design in Domus Academy has
started, during the academic year 2007/2008, the research program "Milan. New opportunities for the public space".
In this context, students have been invited to reflect on new forms and strategies for the re- production of the public side of the city around conditions which are not necessarily physical – for instance the energetic issues, the natural elements and immaterial flows like culture or fashion.
Three workshops have been activated within this research field: Water City, which proposed new collective infrastructures based on the aquatic element; Green Ring City, that re-designed the open spaces in correspondence of the old Spanish walls (presented with a public conference at Triennale di Milano, on April the 3rd, 2008);
and Gate City, that re-organized the external areas close to four Milanese railway stations.
Together with this main topic, the students had the opportunity to work on a town planning exercise in the Chinese context Restless Dislocations - the design of a village for 5000 workers near Shanghai, coordinated by Aldo Cibic- and on an architectural design experience in the Mediterranean Area Ravenna Development - the development of the headquarters for one of the main Italian building companies.
At the end of the workshop activity the faculty
organizes a one-month focus period, where the
students are given the chance to go in depth with
specific aspects related to the reality of Urban
Management and Architectural Design through
meetings with representatives coming from the
professional world, technical visits and focused
discussions on the themes of the Master thesis.
WATER CITY
GREEN RING CITY
GATE CITY
RESTLESS DISLOCATION
RAVENNA DEVELOPMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
DESCRIBING THE CITY