Bovisa-Goccia Campus of the Politecnico di Milano

The plan to expand the Politecnico's spaces, which aims for energy independence and zero CO2 emissions, includes the construction of three classroom buildings, five startup buildings, an underground conference hall, two university residences of about 500 lodgings in addition to the redevelopment of a historic industrial building for food and beverage to serve campus guests. The master plan aims to reconnect the Drop to the city through interventions on mobility and includes the redevelopment of the area of the former gasometers, pre-existing industrial archaeology landmarks of the neighborhood that will be recovered and earmarked to host a hub for innovation, where laboratories, startups and a space dedicated to wellness and sports, also open to the city, will find a home.

The twenty new buildings in the master plan will be joined by civic schools and a mix of functions, connected by pedestrian tree-lined avenues, that will make it a living neighborhood. A large pedestrian cycle axis to the south, between Gasometri and the Lambruschini campus, will unite the two stations, Bovisa and Villapizzone, which will be renovated and interconnected to the entire campus.

All buildings on the campus will be made of predominantly wooden structures. The trees that will be planted in the green areas will return within 30 years the wood mass used in the construction of the buildings.
The structures, regardless of each building's own intended use, were designed following the load and structural importance requirements that would be devoted to university classrooms, in a logic of total space flexibility.

Concrete foundations from which stand out steel framed structures, beams and pillars supporting cross-laminated timber panels that form the floors of the various floors. A collaborating reinforced concrete hood makes the floor rigid in its plane and improves sound insulation from one floor to another.
The roof is a spatial lattice structure with a pyramidal module formed by tubular beams and diagonals joined at the nodes with a multidirectional connection formed by fusion. It will be pre-assembled on the ground, raised and anchored to the building structure.

New buildings with mixed wood, steel and concrete structures will be built within the existing steel skeletons of the gasometers. The roof is a large wooden dome formed by curved radial beams connected at the center. The pre-industrial structures will be maintained and restored. All damaged knots and profiles will be restored, the entire carpentry will be sandblasted, treated and repainted.