He Milan skyline could change a lot in the coming months thanks to the creation of new ambitious architectural projects. Some are almost finished, while others will be ready in a couple of years. On the construction site there are residential buildings and skyscraper which will be used as offices and commercial activities.
New skyscrapers under construction in Milan
Despite the controversy over expensive rent Affecting many cities including Milan, city planning ambitions are constantly increasing and new skyscrapers are being built. almost finished it’s there‘Racecourse which is born near the San Siro racetrack. Created by the Beretta Associati studio in collaboration with Prointegra Srl, this 22-storey residential building is surrounded by greenery and is an energy class A project.
Soon the city will also see itself fly new Unipol Tower known as the “Vertical Nest“: a 124 meter high building designed by the architect Mario Cucinella, in the Porta Nuova area. Other new projects are the portals” di Gioia 20 by Studio ACPV ARCHITECTS Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel which include the 65-meter West Tower and the 98-meter East Tower.
Among the other skyscrapers in the pipeline that we have already heard about is the new michelangelo tower to be built in Piazza Luigi di Savoia, right next to the central station. The building that will replace the historic Michelangelo Hotel will be 93 meters high and will house 22 new floors of offices, plus some underground levels. Another residential complex is the one with the three towers”trilogy towers” carried out by Abitare In which has almost reached its completion, while it will still take some time to see the two residential towers finished Torres Park Milan of Bluestone under construction in the Feltre neighborhood
However the “terminal tower” in piazzale Gonin connected to the terminus of the M4 in San Cristoforo in the west of Milan. Other innovative projects in the pipeline are those related to Botanical Tower by the architect Stefano Boeri in Porta Nuova and the remodeling of the “Pirellino”, the former municipal office building in via Pirelli. At the moment there are only rumors about new high-rise complexes that could arise in the new district of the area of Cadorna station. However, nothing is certain yet.
Declarations on new construction works in the city
Between approved projects, buildings under construction and complexes almost finished on milan face It is changing and it will change very quickly. However, at a time when Milan is in the spotlight as an increasingly expensive city, many have wondered if these new skyscrapers are heading in the wrong direction, favoring ever-higher housing costs.
A project of new buildings developed “in height” was also designed for the area of public housing from San Siro. Specifically, Massimo Roj, general director of Progetto CMR together with the engineer Gianni Verga and the lawyer Antonio Belvedere have studied a proposal presented to the bodies of the Municipality and the Region “at zero cost for the public administration”.
Massimo Roj, also the architect of the two Garibaldi Towers and many other projects at La Repubblica, explains why he appreciates the build vertically: “By demolishing and rebuilding vertically, the land is freed, squares and neighborhood shops are rediscovered, the city can once again be a place of sociability and also of integration. The space that is freed up can help to rediscover the social fabric. Space on the ground allows you to meet others, have greenery. The skyscrapers also become an attraction for tourism: cities cannot live only on the architecture of the past”.
The architect and urban planner Stefano Boeri, for his part, relaunched with an idea of social housing which combines new high-rise buildings with social projects dedicated to young people. Specifically, always in La Repubblica, Boeri talks a lot about wanting to resume a dutch project:: “Tall buildings are always public, because they are exposed to everyone’s eyes; therefore, they demand great responsibility from those who design them. We have built a vertical forest in the Netherlands in social housing, for rent for young people; we would like to take this idea to Milan”.
