This thesis is a research design project about urban agriculture. The starting point is the review of literature and practices to deepen the potential benefits of urban agriculture in socially fragile contexts. Then, taking as a case study the city of Milan and the peripheral neighborhood of Lodi-Corvetto, the thesis provided an overview of urban agriculture practices in the municipality as one of the important means of urban resilient landscape design. The sites undertake events and activities and attract more people. people, driving the development of the community. As the mixed methodology adopted for this thesis, three analysis methods are used for comprehensive analysis, namely literature review, field trip survey, comparative study and case study. The research combines the current general agricultural condition and territorial immigration pattern of Milan and analyses the unique regional characteristics of Lodi-Corvetto. It focuses on the analysis of agricultural resources, landscape heritages, social issues, and ongoing projects. The study explores the edible landscape and participatory events that revitalize the vitality of the area, as well as the possibility of increasing the cultural diversity of the community and enhancing social cohesion. The study area is close to the South Agricultural Park of Milan, an area rich in agricultural heritage resources and unique conditions for the development of edible agricultural landscapes. Nevertheless, the socio-economic conditions and cultural diversity here make the situation complex, especially the food culture. Although the community is close to agricultural production areas, it is still in a food mirage. To optimize the living environment, the Milan municipal and community governments have proposed and completed a series of projects, and organizations have scheduled a certain number of activities. These projects and events are relatively independent and lack systematic networks and connections. Our project mainly emphasizes the spatial analysis of plans and existing projects to identify potential sites for the design of edible landscapes and the improvement of food scenarios. At the same time, it helps integrate with regional activities and ongoing and upcoming projects to form a complicated landscape framework, improve the spatial injustice of landscape space, and enhance community cohesion and residents’ sense of belonging. The project categorizes the potential sites into three categories: i) the transformation of brownfield in the south park orchard, ii) participatory city municipal parks, and iii) community and education open spaces. Based on the interdisciplinary consideration and concept of “To Weave Corvetto”, we propose the planning strategies, providing guidance for the development of edible landscapes for green spaces of different scales, types, and approaches, which forms a crossing network of a weaving shape. The design concept started with two small-scale sites located on the border of respectively the north and the east served as the entrances to Lodi-Corvetto and become the representative of the edible landscape.
Questa tesi è un lavoro di ricerca e progetto sul tema dell’agricoltura urbana. Partendo da una revisione della letteratura e delle esperienze pratiche, sono stati approfonditi i potenziali benefici dell’agricoltura urbana in contesti socialmente fragili. In una seconda fase, focalizzando l’attenzione sulla città di Milano e sul quartiere periferico di Lodi-Corvetto, la tesi fornisce una visione d’insieme delle pratiche di agricoltura urbana attualmente esistenti nella municipalità, mostrandone la rilevanza per la costruzione di paesaggi urbani resilienti. La metodologia mista adottata per questa tesi prevede l'utilizzo di tre metodi di analisi: revisione della letteratura, indagine sul campo, studio comparativo e casi studio. La ricerca combina l'attuale condizione agricola generale e il modello d'immigrazione territoriale di Milano e analizza le caratteristiche locali specifiche di Lodi-Corvetto. Si concentra sull'analisi delle risorse agricole, del patrimonio paesaggistico, delle problematiche sociali e dei progetti in corso. Lo studio esplora il paesaggio edibile e gli eventi partecipativi che stanno rivitalizzando l'area, nonché la possibilità di aumentare la diversità culturale della comunità e di migliorarne la coesione. L’area di studio si trova in prossimità del Parco Agricolo Sud di Milano, che è un’area ricca di risorse e di condizioni uniche per lo sviluppo di paesaggi agricoli edibili. Tuttavia, la condizione socio-economica e la diversità culturale rendono la situazione complessa, soprattutto per quanto riguarda la cultura alimentare. Sebbene la comunità sia vicina alle aree di produzione agricola, si trova ancora in un ‘miraggio alimentare’. Per migliorare la qualità della vita, l’amministrazione comunale ha proposto e portato a termine una serie di progetti e le organizzazioni locali hanno programmato diverse attività. Questi progetti ed eventi sono relativamente indipendenti e mancano connessioni sistemiche. Il nostro progetto si concentra principalmente sull'analisi spaziale dei piani e dei progetti esistenti per identificare i siti potenziali per la progettazione di paesaggi edibili e il miglioramento degli scenari alimentari. Allo stesso tempo, aiuta a integrarsi con le attività regionali e con i progetti in corso e futuri per formare uno scenario paesaggistico complesso, mitigare le ingiustizie sociali e la loro distributione nello spazio urbano e migliorare la coesione sociale e il senso di appartenenza alla comunità locale. Il progetto ha categorizzato i potenziali siti d’intervento in tre categorie: ii) le aree industriali dismesse da riconvertire nel frutteto del parco sud, ii) i parchi comunali partecipativi e iii) gli spazi aperti per la comunità e l'istruzione. Sulla base dei un approccio interdisciplinare e dell’idea "tessere” la rete sociale e urbana di Corvetto (Weaving Corvetto), proponiamo una strategia di pianificazione, fornendo una guida per lo sviluppo di paesaggi edibili negli spazi verdi a diverse scale, e socondo diverse tipologie e approcci. Il progetto si è concentrato su due siti di piccola scala situati al confine rispettivamente a nord e a est, che si configurano come ingressi al quartiere di Lodi-Corvetto e sono diventati i rappresentanti del paesaggio edibile.
Waeving Corvetto. Edible landscape planning and design : urban agriculture approach in shared gardens and farms in community : the case of Lodi-Corvetto community in Milan
Wang, Xiaoyu;Ren, Yunrui
2021/2022
Abstract
This thesis is a research design project about urban agriculture. The starting point is the review of literature and practices to deepen the potential benefits of urban agriculture in socially fragile contexts. Then, taking as a case study the city of Milan and the peripheral neighborhood of Lodi-Corvetto, the thesis provided an overview of urban agriculture practices in the municipality as one of the important means of urban resilient landscape design. The sites undertake events and activities and attract more people. people, driving the development of the community. As the mixed methodology adopted for this thesis, three analysis methods are used for comprehensive analysis, namely literature review, field trip survey, comparative study and case study. The research combines the current general agricultural condition and territorial immigration pattern of Milan and analyses the unique regional characteristics of Lodi-Corvetto. It focuses on the analysis of agricultural resources, landscape heritages, social issues, and ongoing projects. The study explores the edible landscape and participatory events that revitalize the vitality of the area, as well as the possibility of increasing the cultural diversity of the community and enhancing social cohesion. The study area is close to the South Agricultural Park of Milan, an area rich in agricultural heritage resources and unique conditions for the development of edible agricultural landscapes. Nevertheless, the socio-economic conditions and cultural diversity here make the situation complex, especially the food culture. Although the community is close to agricultural production areas, it is still in a food mirage. To optimize the living environment, the Milan municipal and community governments have proposed and completed a series of projects, and organizations have scheduled a certain number of activities. These projects and events are relatively independent and lack systematic networks and connections. Our project mainly emphasizes the spatial analysis of plans and existing projects to identify potential sites for the design of edible landscapes and the improvement of food scenarios. At the same time, it helps integrate with regional activities and ongoing and upcoming projects to form a complicated landscape framework, improve the spatial injustice of landscape space, and enhance community cohesion and residents’ sense of belonging. The project categorizes the potential sites into three categories: i) the transformation of brownfield in the south park orchard, ii) participatory city municipal parks, and iii) community and education open spaces. Based on the interdisciplinary consideration and concept of “To Weave Corvetto”, we propose the planning strategies, providing guidance for the development of edible landscapes for green spaces of different scales, types, and approaches, which forms a crossing network of a weaving shape. The design concept started with two small-scale sites located on the border of respectively the north and the east served as the entrances to Lodi-Corvetto and become the representative of the edible landscape.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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