Milan is establishing 3 HeritHUBs located in peripheral areas: the 2 pilot sites (Cascina Linterno and Cascina Sant’Ambrogio, old farms with cultural heritage highlights owned by the Municipality and run by private companies); and Mosso, a multifunctional space and socio-cultural project run by a social cooperative together with 4 other non-profit organisations.

Cascina Linterno

Run by a local agricultural enterprise that organises activities related to sustainability and environmental education. It is a protected heritage site and hosts 2 associations that focus on the promotion of the site's cultural value.

Cascina Sant’Ambrogio

Run by an agricultural enterprise and an association working with local communities. They organise gathering events around and about sustainable practices and cultural initiatives. Similarly to Cascina Linterno, it is also a protected heritage site.

Mosso

It’s a socio-cultural centre with particular attention to inclusion. They host cultural events, social activities with the neighbourhood and they develop socio-professional reintegration programmes.

The activities that will be organised will target a varied set of key local stakeholders. This encompasses both the communities and the public that usually attend these places as well as actors already involved in previous events since the official launch of the Heritact research action project.

The three hubs are active and running sites, as permanent spaces in the city. Cascina Sant’Ambrogio and Mosso are open to the public every day, while Cascina Linterno opens during the weekends. The launch event of the Heritact project, held in November 2023, was meant to introduce the sites to a large public. Activities in the three sites are planned from March onwards.

The Milano HeritHUBs will operate following a multi-scalar actions perspective.

At the hub level, interventions are designed to incorporate solution-based activities, workshops, and walks aimed at gathering information, evoking emotions, co-defining solutions, and fostering a sense of community around the cascine.

On a city-wide scale, actions are geared towards organising thematic sessions around the New European Bauhaus principles while implementing environmental practices within the designated sites. These initiatives will facilitate community building around the pilot areas, attract individuals to participate, and engage new contributors in hands-on activities, thereby promoting the dissemination and sharing of the project.

Lastly, at a broader scope, future participation in international festivals, along with presentations and conferences, will serve to showcase the sites and their activities, fostering local and international collaboration and exchange.

The hubs will adopt and test tools provided by the project that will be adapted to the local context to maximise the impact. In-person workshops with selected stakeholders will be organised in the coming months, supported by ad-hoc communication tailored to the local language and background jointly with the hubs’ channels and the project’s networks.

The three hubs offer a wide range of services.

Cascina Linterno is a multifaceted hub, where activities range from honey production and vegetable cultivation to hosting a weekly farm market. Additionally, it hosts a community garden and organises cultural events centred around the site's heritage and history, curated by the associated groups. The hub also coordinates school visits aimed at environmental education, which include interactive sessions revolving around animals, biodiversity, and honey production. Furthermore, seasonal festivities such as the Bee Festival, Spring Festival, and other local celebrations are organised to engage with a broader public.

Likewise, Cascina Sant’Ambrogio embraces a similar ethos, cultivating vegetables and hosting a community garden. It serves also as a venue for a kindergarten, yoga classes, and craft activities, and features a bar and a guest house accessible to the public.

Finally, Mosso offers a space called "neighbourhood house" that provides essential services to the local community and promotes social and professional reintegration programmes. This facility also includes a bar and restaurant, meeting rooms, and serves as a venue for various events including flea markets, art exhibitions, and concerts.

Each hub has specificities that relate to the three New European Bauhaus pillars: sustainability, aesthetics, and inclusion. These elements are intertwined but with a more focused emphasis on each location.

Both cascine are protected heritage sites thus enabling the preservation of their cultural, material and immaterial value.

While Cascina Linterno mainly bases its activities on sustainability and environmental education, Cascina Sant’Ambrogio instead is more focused on community engagement and in cultural initiatives.

Mosso on the other hand is a socio-cultural centre with particular attention to inclusion. They host cultural events, and social activities with the neighbourhood and foster socio-professional reintegration programmes.