The Casoretto’s Imitation Game
Project year: 2017-2018 (2023 - reworked)
Status: academic project/competition
Soft: 3ds Max+Corona, Adobe Photoshop, AutoCAD, Filter Forge
Description: Casoretto is an area of Milan to the east of the center, where the tram depot is now located. According to the task, the entire territory needs to be developed as a residential complex for people of different age groups, the central historical building remains untouched.
The project is called "The Casoretto's imitation game". It is called like that because as you can see from the diagrams the plot of the project is the footprint of typical Milan’s neighborhood. There are some basic features of the plan like – the presence of shared space, system of courtyards with special functions, the line of the street is the continuous facades with arches and some small interruptions between buildings.
It is very important to keep the tram tracks as a part of the history of this area. However, the structure of the railways can prevent the safe walking so it is suggested to somehow fill the voids of the railways to make it safe.
Each courtyard in the project has its own function to be attractive and to make people come inside and participate in the social life. The main feature is a sunken amphitheater, which in the warm season can become a swimming pool.
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