This thesis was born in October 2013 within the ELOP platform (environment-focusing learning operative platform), an initiative promoted within Politecnico di Milano through professor Arch. Fabrizio Leoni. Started by Bern University of Applied Sciences, School of Architecture, in partnership with school of architecture, landscape design, civil engineering and social sciences of Milan, Weimar, Geneve, Stanford, Colonie and Queretaro (Mexico) and with institutions and local actors, the Elop platform aims to promote collaborative projects involving different disciplines teached within those mentioned universities and operative context of those cities. The 2013’s theme was proposed by Stanford and was a Reasearch and Innovation Center in Palo Alto, California. The work within the Elop program was completed in Jenuary 2014 and this thesis is the personal evolution and the final outcome of the project born in that specific disciplinary concept. The initial Research Center has been declined in the specific field of Start-ups and an extensive and various program of public functions has been added to it. Thanks to this rich program, the C.a.ST.up Center is really designed to be the new vibrating heart of the city, being said that the site is the converging point for the local transportation network, the existing Caltrain and the bus station but in particular the new high speed railway project, in discussion’s phase within the californian authorities. This thesis assumes the actual future realization of the HS railway therefore the C.a.ST.up project is presented also as a big hub, fundamental hinge for strategic connections in the Silicon Valley. The site, located between the Stanford University campus and the city of Palo Alto, lies along the important axis of Camino Real, and creates a link between these two very much divided realities. The ambition of the C.a.ST.up is to pose itself as a new, third polarity in this complex context, aggregating and stimulating element for citizens, other then attractive center for Start-ups at an international level and reference point in the Silicon Valley’s facilities panorama.
Questa tesi è nata a Ottobre 2013 nel contesto della piattaforma ELOP (environment-focusing learning operative platform), un’iniziativa promossa dal Politecnico di Milano attraverso il docente Arch. Fabrizio Leoni. Iniziata dalla Bern University of Applied Sciences, School of Architecture, in collaborazione con le Scuole partner di architettura, paesaggio, ingegneria civile e scienze sociali di Milano, Weimar, Ginevra, Stanford, Colonia, Queretaro (Mexico), e con attori locali e istituzioni, la piattaforma Elop è volta a promuovere progetti collaborativi a cavallo tra le discipline insegnate in ognuna delle scuole su temi ed ambiti operativi di tali città. Il tema proposto da Stanford per l’edizione 2013 è un Research and Innovation Center a Palo Alto, California. Il percorso con Elop si è concluso a Gennaio 2014 e la tesi qui presentata è un’evoluzione personale del progetto nato in tale contesto didattico. Il Research Center è stato declinato nello specifico ambito delle Start-up e ad esso si è aggiunto un ampio programma di funzioni pubbliche che rendono il nuovo Center, un vero e proprio cuore pulsante della cittadina, grazie anche al convergenza nel sito di tutte le reti di trasporto pubblico, l’esistente Caltrain e la linea autobus ma soprattutto la nuova linea ferroviaria ad alta velocità, progetto in fase di discussione dalle autorità californiane. Questa tesi assume l’attuazione futura di tale rete ad alta velocità e presenta dunque il progetto del C.a.ST.up come un grande hub, punto di snodo fondamentale per i collegamenti strategici nella Silicon Valley. Il sito, posto fra il campus universitario di Stanford e la città di Palo Alto, si allunga seguendo l’importante asse viario di Camino Real, il quale collega San Francisco e San Josè, e crea un nuovo nesso tra queste due realtà molto divise tra loro. L’ambizione di C.a.ST.up è di porsi come una nuova, terza polarità in questo complesso contesto, elemento aggregante e stimolante per cittadini e studenti della comunità, oltre che centro attrattivo per le Start up a livello internazionale e punto di riferimento nel panorama dei servizi della Silicon Valley.
C.a.ST.up. Civic and start up center in Palo Alto, California
CRISTINI, FEDERICA
2012/2013
Abstract
This thesis was born in October 2013 within the ELOP platform (environment-focusing learning operative platform), an initiative promoted within Politecnico di Milano through professor Arch. Fabrizio Leoni. Started by Bern University of Applied Sciences, School of Architecture, in partnership with school of architecture, landscape design, civil engineering and social sciences of Milan, Weimar, Geneve, Stanford, Colonie and Queretaro (Mexico) and with institutions and local actors, the Elop platform aims to promote collaborative projects involving different disciplines teached within those mentioned universities and operative context of those cities. The 2013’s theme was proposed by Stanford and was a Reasearch and Innovation Center in Palo Alto, California. The work within the Elop program was completed in Jenuary 2014 and this thesis is the personal evolution and the final outcome of the project born in that specific disciplinary concept. The initial Research Center has been declined in the specific field of Start-ups and an extensive and various program of public functions has been added to it. Thanks to this rich program, the C.a.ST.up Center is really designed to be the new vibrating heart of the city, being said that the site is the converging point for the local transportation network, the existing Caltrain and the bus station but in particular the new high speed railway project, in discussion’s phase within the californian authorities. This thesis assumes the actual future realization of the HS railway therefore the C.a.ST.up project is presented also as a big hub, fundamental hinge for strategic connections in the Silicon Valley. The site, located between the Stanford University campus and the city of Palo Alto, lies along the important axis of Camino Real, and creates a link between these two very much divided realities. The ambition of the C.a.ST.up is to pose itself as a new, third polarity in this complex context, aggregating and stimulating element for citizens, other then attractive center for Start-ups at an international level and reference point in the Silicon Valley’s facilities panorama.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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