The document describes a community garden project in the Giambellino district of Milan, Italy. It provides background on the existing community garden program, which involves 15 local residents meeting on Saturdays to garden and share meals. Diagrams outline the program activities, stakeholders, and resources. The qualitative sustainability report section indicates assessments will be made in areas like social cohesion, environmental impact, and economic support.

1. Aalto University
L’École de design Nantes Atlantique
Politecnico di Milano
SYSTEM DESIGN Giambellino hub
FOR SUSTAINABILITY
course
COMMUNITY GARDEN
Professor Carlo Vezzoli
Design School THE EXISTING OFFER
Politecnico di Milano (Italy)
Academic year 2011/2012 The Community Garden
Authors:
Elisa Bacchetti
Alberto Fossati
Claudio Sarcì
Carlo Vezzoli
D I S , D E S I G N A N D S Y S T E M I N N O VAT I O N F O R S U S TA I N A B I L I T Y
Italian Coordinator: Carlo Vezzoli
The TANGO (AH-DEsign) project is funded by the Culture Programme (European Union – Education and Culture DG)

2. 1. The Existing Offer
2. Offering Diagram
3. System Map
4. Qualitative Sustainability Report

3. The Existing Offer
The HUB GIAMBELLINO EXISTING OFFER is the following:
Within the Giambellino district there’s a multifunctional space called “Casetta Verde” where a
group of people manage and realize several activities open and dedicated to the habitants of the
neighbourhood – elderly, children, families, disabled, teenagers. Primary objective of this place is
to be an open, cozy location where to talk about the district’s issues and where to work together
to promote the local context to be able to act onto the shared priorities with concrete actions that
would improve the quality of life of the territory; one of the proposal, which is also one of the most
active, is the community garden lab, it has a shared habitants participation in an gardening
action.
This activity has been proposed by a resident of the neighbourhood. With the consent of the
different promoters and associations in the area and the support of the “Punto e Linea” project,
this activity is on and working since one year every Saturday morning, and at the end of each of
this Saturdays the people don’t miss the opportunity to socialize, having a big lunch together with
the products of the garden. The lab is aimed to the active use and participation of the space,
people design and plan together the activities to be done. The entrance is open to anyone and till
nowadays there’s the stable participation of 15 persons, of all gender and ages, from children to
seniors.

4. Offering Diagram
a professional
gardener can
The professional gardener help you
Manuel is always available
to teach and help plan together
You have the chance to
maintain and design the
garden
bring and take the
garden products
you will learn socializing
On saturday morning from
9 to 12 a.m. Gardening it is possible for the users
activities ends with a to make change or add
brunch all together. cultivate a garden new vegetables or fruits
Thank to socializing
between promoters and near your home everyone, even if not enrolled,
can felle free to pick
enrolled people you can vegetables or fruits
gain gardening skills.

5. System Map
equipment
founds
participants of the
la Cooperativa Giambellino green little house
Criplo
foundation events 2. communication
3. enrollment
Ercole
Spazio Aperto Servizi
1. design/
creation of spaces
labor
labor
equipment equipment
promotion and informations
botanical garden participants
Manuel and five
promoters
2. communication
community garden
vegetables and fruits
district lab/control room
food dishes
inhabitants of
authorizations
Giambellino distict
4. participation in the neighborhood
spaces
events
department of the city hall
of public green and gardens
Milano ZONA 6
Libere Rape Milan city hall council of
Metropolitane area 6

6. Qualitative Sustainability Report
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