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Winning team announced for Parco Romana
regeneration project in Milan
The winners have been announced for the competition to create Parco Romana, an urban redevelopment project in Milan’s Porta Romana district. The winning team comprised Outcomist, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, PLP Architecture, CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati and Arup. The large industrial site, a disused
railway yard adjacent to the Fondazione Prada, has divided neighbourhoods for more than a century. The project aims to transform this into ‘connective tissue’ instead, by creating a new mixed-use district. The scheme will have a park at its
centre, located over the active railway that bisects the site. Using the existing railway infrastructure, an elevated greenway will be developed called the Suspended Forest, containing hundreds of trees and
providing views over the area. A biodiverse woodland and wetland ‘exo-zone‘ will be created, interspersed with community gardens offering communal activities – linked with Milan’s Rotaie Verdi environmental network. Echoing historic Milanese planning,
there will be a series of urban blocks with landscaped courtyards. The Eastern Gateway district will be a new business area, while the western edge will be a mixed-use residential district initially housing athletes for the Milan 2026 Winter Olympics, to be converted into intergenerational living quarters afterwards. The project will follow a sustainability
framework focused on decarbonisation, climate adaption, resilience, biodiversity and circular economies.
Rainlight wins design awards for Nagare collection and AMBITUS luminaire
Design studio Rainlight has won awards in two recent competitions. The Nagare furniture collection for Japanese ofice furniture manufacturer Okamura won at the Good Design Awards 2020, and the AMBITUS luminaire for Austrian manufacturer Zumtobel took home the Best of the Best product award at the Red Dot Awards 2021. Nagare (sketch pictured)
means ‘flow’ in Japanese, and the range of seating and tables responds to the fluid working practices now current. AMBITUS, developed over a ten-year collaboration between Rainlight’s Yorgo Lykouria and Zumtobel, is defined by its compact profile and circular shape, designed to emit maximum light distribution.
rainlightstudio.com
Pooja Agrawal appointed CEO of Public Practice Architect and planner Pooja Agrawal, has been appointed CEO of Public Practice following a recruitment process by its board. Agrawal co-founded Public Practice, a not-for-profit social enterprise that places built environment experts within public authorities, with Finn Williams in 2017. She succeeds Williams as CEO, commencing the role on 21 June. Agrawal commented: ‘The built environment is integral to addressing fundamental societal issues: Covid-19 has shown the disproportionate impact on ethnic communities due to life circumstances; climate change is changing our landscape; and public space continues to be unsafe for women. We need a public sector well equipped with multidisciplinary and creative skills to redefine the future of work, adapt our local high streets and reach carbon zero targets.’
publicpractice.org.uk
London Institute for Healthcare Engineering ‘ecosystem’ gets green light Lambeth Council has granted planning permission for the London Institute for Healthcare Engineering (LIHE), an initiative led by King’s School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences with the Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust. A UK first, the
‘ecosystem’ aims to develop new medical technologies and accelerate NHS adoption of new technologies. Initial focuses will be clinical challenges in cancer, neurological, cardiovascular, ophthalmology, oral health and prenatal conditions, selected for their high disease burden and potential for transformation through healthcare engineering. The building, embedded within St Thomas’ campus, will be delivered by HLM Architects.
150 years of Sedus Stoll Ofice furnishings manufacturer Sedus Stoll has celebrated its 150th birthday. Founded by Albert Stoll I, its 1926 Federdreh wooden ofice chair was a forefather to the swivel ofice chair; now, Sedus offers technologically complex solutions alongside its furniture.
sedus.com
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