The real estate property , known as the former school building in Via Zama, is located in the eastern suburbs of Milan. The property, which has a volume of 20,000 cubic metres, will be redeveloped through the transfer of surface rights with a public tender. The urban regeneration intervention involves the establishment of functions such as social and university housing.
The property, built in the 1920s, was intended as a school with an adjoining gym and external appurtenant space; unused for years, it is in poor maintenance conditions.
The property consists of a large building, divided into three aboveground floors above (plus a basement), with an L-shaped layout, with the main front along Via Zama (to the west) and a lateral one on Via Berlese (to the north); the building is constructed with a load-bearing brick masonry structure, brick-cement floors and sloping pitched roof with mainly French gutter tile covering. The property, with a gross covered area of approximately 3,740 sqm, stands on a plot of land measuring 3,700 sqm and is completed by a low attachment (amusement room), with a flat roof.
An urban regeneration intervention is envisaged, with environmental and social value, through the redevelopment of the existing urban-building fabric and the establishment of university and social housing functions, spaces intended for ancillary functions and the development of green urban areas and related services to promote social inclusion and a sustainable lifestyle.
The property is located in a peripheral area of Milan, in the Lombardy region. The area is specifically located in the Local Identity Area (or “Nucleo d’Identità Locale – NIL”) “Taliedo-Morsenchio-Q.re Forlanini”, Municipality 4, eastern quadrant of the city. The neighbourhood is bordered to the east by the A51 ring road and to the west by the stretch of railway line between the “Milano Rogoredo” station to the south and the “Milano Forlanini” station to the north. To the west, it borders via Zama, where its access can be found; to the north with via Antonio Berlese, giving access to the public park of via Salomone (to the east) and to a series of recently built private residential buildings. To the south, it runs alongside a built portion of the lot intended for public purposes. The building is located 700 m away from Piazza Ovidio, recently redeveloped, and from Via Mecenate, in a varied urban context, with the presence of purely productive-tertiary areas. To the west of the railway line, the buildings of the Farm Produce Market can be found. The area is inserted in a residential fabric stretching towards the north-east, towards the Forlanini district, characterized by a good balance between open and closed spaces and a discreet presence of services and commercial activities. The “Repetti” stop on Line 4 of the metro is 1.5 km from the property; Linate international airport is 4.5 km from the area.