The International Competition for the preparation of the Masterplan on the regeneration of the Farini and San Cristoforo Railway Yards is part of the process of redevelopment of seven Railway Yards in Milan, which resulted in the Programme Agreement between the Municipality of Milan, the Lombardy Region, with the involvement, by accession, of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane S.p.A., Rete Ferroviaria Italiana S.p.A., FS Sistemi Urbani S.r.l. and Savills Investment Management S.G.R. S.p.A.
The volume of work carried out over the past few years, valuable for any applicant interested in preparing the Farini and San Cristoforo Masterplan, is justified by the size, location and quality of the railway yard areas, strategic for the future of the city, on a regional, metropolitan and city scale.
For this reason, the path that led to this Competition has not been merely administrative, but rather has involved, in various capacities, a large number of parties, both public and private, who contributed to the development of strategies which were later documented and agreed upon through the Programme Agreement.
The future Farini and San Cristoforo Masterplan, therefore, cannot be viewed independently from the general strategy, described by the Programme Agreement (link to strategy) which constitutes an essential part of a general vision.
It is accordingly suggested that all candidates become acquainted with the documents for use in preparation of the General Masterplan (PGT), at the link
http://www.comune.milano.it/wps/portal/ist/it/servizi/territorio/revisionepgt that provide a better understanding of the 2030 guidelines of the Municipality of Milan .
The Farini-Scalo Unit and the S. Cristoforo Special Zone are in fact linked to the provisions of the Programme Agreement, which provide that the urbanisation and public area endowment works of S. Cristoforo, to be entirely designated as a public park and public services or public / general interest functions, should supplement and be integrated with the urbanisation and public area endowment works of Farini.
The aim of this Competition is, therefore, is to select and choose a project capable of identifying the steering elements of the future urban structure of the two Special Zones, in accordance with the provisions of the Programme Agreement and its attachments, which will become the guidelines for the future Implementing Plans promoted by third parties.
Given the size and complexity of the regeneration project, and bearing in mind that the process will CONCORSOFARINI take place over several years, within a constantly shifting economic and social context, the Masterplan aims to establish which, where and how the main elements of the public city effectively are, ensuring they be compatible with the existing yet capable of regenerating the area in relation to the city and the metropolitan area.
Unlike an Implementing Plan, therefore, the Masterplan outlines strategies and establishes elements of invariance, with a view to ensuring the public interest as well as enabling the future development of the areas with a high degree of flexibility vis-à-vis an urban life under constant and rapid transformation.
It follows that the Masterplan must be able to sketch solutions as regards the accessibility system, the public or general interest spaces and services, and the design of green areas, and in relation thereto it will have to test the high flexibility of the different morphological and settlement approaches, ensuring environmental compatibilities and due compliance with restrictions, and verifying the feasibility scenarios over time at sustainable costs.
The aim of the Competition is, therefore, not to draw up plans identical to an “Implementing Plan” or a planivolumetric design of the area, but rather the representation of a regeneration strategy, with a special focus on the public areas, the connections and the green infrastructures, proving both the accomplishment of the general objectives and resilience over time in the face of the changing socioeconomic scenarios of the city.
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