Functional programme: large scale masterplan for the new intermodal hub and redevelopment of the neighbouring urban areas for educational, residential, social, health, commercial, tertiary and recreational purposes, interchange hubs and green areas.
The redevelopment of the airport area to the south of Bergamo has been a subject of debate for decades and the subject of countless projects that have not been carried out.
The plan for regenerating a sustainable urban area starts from analyzing the specificity of the physical, social and productive components that are concentrated in the area, enhancing its peculiarities and transforming the elements into a new structure. the project’s aim is to create an urban park as the centre of the intervention that reconnects, between nature and skill, the two parts of city that are now historically divided.
The project is considered sustainable because it adds natural elements and reorganizes its infrastructures, creating a link between residences, schools, universities, healthcare and the tertiary sectors. Here, pedestrians and combined transport offer a new way of living that clearly distinguishes between slow and fast mobility. The new Masterplan’s key point is a new intermodal hub that integrates the current rail and road transport stations and acts as a new gateway to and from the city centre and the international airport, building a complex network of urban areas.
Team:
Architects: ARW Associates
Architects: Arch. Camillo Botticini, Arch. Matteo Facchinelli, Arch. Francisco Mangado, Arch. Attilio Gobbi, Vitali S.p.A., Arch. Andrea Plebani, Arch. Andrea Bosio
Urban design: Vitali S.p.A. (lead representative), Arch. Francisco Mangado, Arch.Camillo Botticini, Arch. Matteo Facchinelli (Substantial Architecture S.a.s.) with Arch. Attilio Gobbi
Design team: Arch. Alessandro Galperti, Arch. Andrea Plebani, Arch. Andrea Bosio
Landscaping consultants: PROAP João Nunes
Environmental and sustainability consultants: HABITECH - DTTN Eng. Francesco Gasperi
Mobility and transport consultants: Systematica S.r.l. - Eng. Giovanni Bottini, Arch. Samuele Camolese
Smart City consultant: Planet Idea S.r.l. – Arch. Graziella Roccella
Visualization: © Level Creative Studio
