{"id":48036,"date":"2014-06-08T10:31:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-08T08:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.area-arch.it\/en\/milan-memoryinvention-universita-luigi-bocconi\/"},"modified":"2017-10-25T19:24:08","modified_gmt":"2017-10-25T17:24:08","slug":"milan-memoryinvention-universita-luigi-bocconi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.area-arch.it\/en\/milan-memoryinvention-universita-luigi-bocconi\/","title":{"rendered":"Milan memory\/invention – Universit\u00e0 Luigi Bocconi"},"content":{"rendered":"

We saw this brief as an opportunity for the Luigi Bocconi University to make a space at the scale of the city. To this end we have built at the scale of the site, 50 m x150 m. Inside, our building is thought of as a large market hall, directly influenced by Il Broletto.
\nAs with Il Broletto, this hall acts as a filter between the city and the university. The northern edge of the site fronts onto the artery of Viale Bligny, with the clatter of trams, the rush of busses, general traffic, people passing. It addresses the throbbing urban life of Milan, weaves into the mesh of the city. This frontage becomes the architectural opportunity to have a \u2018window\u2019 to Milan, a memorable image to confirm the important cultural contribution that the Bocconi University plays in the life of this city. For this reason, the public space of the aula magna occupies this frontage, asserting a symbolic presence and a register of the prestigious status of the University. This building is set back from the Viale Bligny & Via Rontgen edges to make a public space 18 m x 90 m inspired by the space forward of Hospital Maggiore. It\u2019s much larger frontage, of approximately 200m , creates a vibrant socially active edge to a building which inside is a maze of secret cloistered courtyards and walkways. The widened pavement and new urban space acts as bridge, the \u2018Social Lebensraum\u2019 and keeps the city at a respectful distance. This new deep \u2018finger\u2019 of space reaches out to the city and beckons the visitor into the heart of the interior. This public space continues into the building, bringing with its stone surface, the floor of the city.<\/p>\n