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Starting from the neighbourhood to reach the neighbourhood

urban planning, participation, neighbourhood,
pianificazione urbana, piano, plan, abitanti,
inhabitants, partecipazione, progetto, project,
quartieri, san donato milanese, plans & policies

Francesca Cognetti

The work of San Donato’s Quartieri laboratory was based on the assumption that it is possible to plan on a local scale in conjunction with the inhabitants, examining the territory from the neighbourhood standpoint. Like focus points in which to identify common issues, the sense of belonging, the community of reference and the community’s premises, without consequently overlooking the new urban layout in general.

This article appears in issue 136 of Urbanistica (pag. 41).