The document discusses the 'Milano intorno al Lambro' project, focusing on urban planning initiatives aimed at community engagement through targeted river parks. It outlines the educational modules involving students who interact with various stakeholders to catalyze public awareness and actions surrounding urban spaces like Parco Forlanini and Rubattino. Conclusions emphasize the evolving roles of urban designers and the necessity for active community participation in the planning process.

1. Milano
Intorno
al Lambro
G. Concilio, A. Longo
23th February 2017
Regional and Urban
Planning Conference
Aveiro (PT)

2. Outline
 Milano Intorno al Lambro
 Grande Parco Forlanini
 Rubattino
 Parco Lambro
 Conclusions

3. Milano
Intorno
al Lambro
Milan
https://www.facebook.com/groups/MilanoIntornoalLambro

4.  The ReLambro project: open, inclusive,
institutional and civic
 Three targeted river parks with different
relevance of existing communities
 Top-down/Bottom-up urban projects for
community awareness and scenario
sharing
 No Community Engagement Unit
 Public Infrastructure Production

5. Intorno
al Lambro
Milano

6. URBAN PROJECTS
Grande Parco Forlanini
CPiP Processes’
framework
EXISTING
ACTIVISTS
UNIVERSITY
CITIZENS
ENVIRONMENTAL AND
SPATIAL AWARENESS
PUBLIC
INSTITUTIONS

10. Grande Parco Forlanini
1st Teaching Module
 The students were in direct contact with the different actors since the
beginning of the course.
 The students had several occasions to interact with the different
stakeholders and present their work along the whole process.
 The outputs of the teaching module were useful to sustain the
“Grande Forlanini Association” in its work.
 The projects were devices able to catalyze the discussion and to
accelerate the actions on the park.
 The legacy of the teaching module is the continuation of the process
with other educational activities. Six students are still involved in the
development of projects that sustain the existing associations in their
work.

13. URBAN PROJECTS
(urban devices)
Rubattino
UNIVERSITY
COMMUNITIES
ATTRACTION / CREATION
INSTITUTION
ATTRACTION
CPiP Processes’
framework

14. 2nd Teaching Module

15. Rubattino
2nd Teaching Module
 The absence of active communities in the area was the occasion to
develop community traps, aimed to attract and activate collective
action on the area.
 The students had some opportunities to get in touch with public
institutions along the course, while already testing the some
“community traps” ideas with them.
 The interplay with key stakeholders helped the student in developing
their work towards a shared understanding of the issues.
 The early outputs of the teaching module were able to focus the
attention of different public servants from bordering City Councils
(Milano and Segrate) on the area, which was slightly considered.

16. Rubattino
2nd Teaching Module

17. Rubattino
2nd Teaching Module

18. Rubattino
2nd Teaching Module

19. Parco Lambro (on going)
Existing communities
and organizations
INSIDE the park
CPiP Processes’
framework
Existing communities
and organizations
OUTSIDE the park
URBAN PROJECTS
UNIVERSITY

21. Conclusions
 Different roles of urban design in education
 Instrumental to citizens engagement
 Attractor of public institutions and communities
 Instrumental to collective spatial awareness
 Capacity building
 Different roles of participation in education
 Process’ end
 Instrumental to community creation and public institution
activation
 Sometimes it is not necessary

22. Conclusions
Explored roles for urban designer
 Volunteers/Activist so called civic professionals
 Facilitators
 Activator/Enabler
 Networkers
 Ideas generators
 Supporters of activists
 Consultants of the muncipality
 Aligners
 ...

23. Conclusions
 New roles for urban designer
 Volunteers/Activist so called civic professionals
 Facilitators
 Activator/Enabler
 Networkers
 Ideas generators
 Supporters of activists
 Consultants of the muncipality
 …
 What about students in classrooms?

24. Conclusions
Communities
participation
for Urban Design
time is (?) mature to add into considerations a reversal
relation between urban design and participation
Urban Design for
communities building

25. Conclusions
research education

26. Conclusions
research education
society

27. Conclusions
research education
society
especially for the urban panning and design discipline well
described by several authors as domain of practices

28. 12th December 2016
Learning and
Dissemination Event
Belfast
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