andthanksto the collaboration of the tenantsalso provides
communal spaces andservices (cinema,club house, swimming
pool).And the same is true for the Chinese mega-projectRaffles
City at Hangzhou, 400,000square metres that mix housing, of-
fices andleisure facilities in a single “hub” active through the
week anddesignedto discourage use of the car. “We are op-
posed to the Smart City as a model based solely on technology
andurbanefficiency. We are interested in indicating directions
of virtuous developmentthat take into accountthe well-being
of the elderly andfamilies, as well as the health of the planet.
Thisincludes the circular economy, energy transition, the pro-
duction of food within the community andthe recyclingof wa-
ter.” A lot of ideasare on the burner. Amongthem a protocol
for the sustainable developmentof city tourismthat is basing
on the “case history”of AmsterdamandVenice. But UNStudio
still hasn’t built anythingin Italy: in Genoathe projectfor the
Ponte Parodi mega-wharf, a terminal for cruise ships that will
also be equippedwith leisure facilities, conceived as a way of
revitalizingthe passengerport, hasremainedat the planning
stage since2001.In Milan on the otherhandthe Dutch studio is
currently on the shortlist for the fourth towerof the Citylife dis-
trict, to be built alongside the highly characterized skyscrapers
of Arata Isozaki, ZahaHadid andDaniel Libeskind. ○
UN“HUB” ATTIVO TUTTA LA SETTIMANAE BENCOLLEGATOALLA CITTÀ
OFFICES AND LEISUREFACILITIES IN A SINGLE“HUB” ACTIVE THROUGH THE WEEKAND DESIGNEDTO DISCOURAGE USE OF THE CAR
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