The renovation of the Politecnico campuses
University as a City
The Politecnico di Milano has embarked on a process of reimagining, designing, building and managing its campuses with a view to creating spaces where people can socialise, work and study, interpreting architecture as a means to educate and condition behaviour. The practices of addition, regeneration and reuse go hand in hand with the construction of new works that can strike a balance between the history and future of the Politecnico.
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The masterplans
Leonardo Master plan - The project aims to address the area that has been home to the Politecnico di Milano in Città Studi since 1927 by renovating its structure, function and composition. The master plan contains an overall design that seeks to organise major roads, open spaces, green areas and buildings, giving the campus a unified design that had been disrupted by a variety of specific events over time. Continuous appropriation of the ground level and public space serves as the architectural backdrop for the evolution of the project.
Bovisa Master plan - Built just a few decades ago, the La Masa Campus in Bovisa suffers from the evident disintegration of the overall urban design, which weakens the functional strength of many activities planned for the campus. The master plan focuses on uniting the architectural objects by rearranging the open space, naturalising the system, and adding clear architecture with recognised expressive power. The presence of the gas holders, their physical and functional regeneration, and the future construction of the North Campus will complete the use and connection in the area that has always been requested.
Sports Architecture
In line with contemporary trends in recognising sport as a factor in psychological, physical and cultural wellbeing, the Politecnico di Milano has promoted a targeted initiative to refine and promote sports infrastructure as a collective asset that promotes civic identity through the design, construction and management of facilities suitable for widespread sports activities. In contemporary architecture, sports facility design also serves as an extraordinary opportunity to adapt and strategically re-evaluate the environment and its characteristic locations. For a polytechnic university, sports infrastructure offers an important moment for experimentation in architecture, design and technology, making the offering at our University even more international and inclusive.
© photo: Marco Introini
Ethics and art
The founding values of the Politecnico di Milano’s Code of Ethics are responsibility, respect, integrity, professionalism, fairness, trust and transparency. In order to ensure that these values are always remembered and respected, a project entitled 'Ethics and Art' was initiated, which envisages the creation of artistic installations around the various campuses of the Politecnico that express the founding values of the Code of Ethics.
The power of the language of art makes values immediately visible both to those who experience our campuses every day and to those who visit even just for one day.
