Pilots > Milano
Bringing together the past and the future to establish ecological practices and collaborative design installations in Milan
Milan is a city that highly valued the development of green policies in recent years both by implementing new urban strategies (Urban Plan 2030) and by committing to international sustainability networks.
The current layout of the city is largely based on former rural partitions and water infrastructure. Cores of the overall land management were agricultural estates called “cascine”. Each cascina was a self-sustained community managing territorial relations and local ecosystems. Target of this project will be the system of cascine as living historic heritage and cultural engines located in key peripheral districts now enclosed in urbanised areas.
HeritACT action
Cascina Sant’Ambrogio
Founded the XII century, urban agriculture, community events and cultural activities are run in the site.
Over the years, several community services have been implemented such as a canteen, a community garden, a food forest, a beehive, a kindergarten, and a program called ‘Generative Welfare’ organising parties, festivals, shows, concerts.
Cascina Linterno
Cascina Linterno is an old farmhouse in the West of Milan, enclosed in a wide periurban park, an ancient farmhouse from the XII century protected since 1999 by the Ministry of Cultural Heritage.
This historical monument was saved from urban sprawl thanks to the engagement of a farmer and some local associations. They promote cultural and historical recovery and environmental awareness of the local ecosystems. The site is also famous for its beehives and the production of honey.
The pilot aims to strengthen the ecosystem of people and cultural initiatives orbiting around each cascina by establishing ecological practices and collaborative design installations as applications of NEB principles.
The project actions strengthens ongoing social and cultural activities, connect stakeholders within supportive collaborations, approach sustainable practices with disadvantaged and vulnerable groups and foster activation of public open spaces around heritage sites in peripheral areas.
Living laboratories are established to test healthy lifestyles, integration of art-culture-technology, socially fair educational and business models and climate-adaptive practices, thus delivering integrated recreational offerings.
HeritACT use cases
1. Green Tensegrity Installation for climate adaptation.
2. Digitally fabricated vegetable garden for local education and capacity building.
3. Strengthening the quality of experience and biodiversity by reactivation of open spaces through NBS.
4. AR enriched human-space interaction for memorization and interconnectivity.