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DEMANIO: DESIGNCOMPETITION FORYOUNG ARCHITECTS

The call for entries for the firstdesign competition sponsoredby Italy’s

Agenzia del De-manio

has been published. Thecompetition, open to studentsand recent graduates, is entitled‘The Identity of Public Prop-erty’. On the occasion of thefirst Città Territorio Festival inFerrara, dedicated to the con-cept of city and relationship of the city with its surroundingterritory, the

Italian PublicProperty Agency

has an-nounced the competition forurban renewal and redevelop-ment projects for state ownedproperties. The competitionwill involve young designers inthe search for new uses andnew identities for Italy’s realestate heritage.The

competition

concernsthree projects:- For the open area that sur-rounds the

Cittadella of theMunicipality of Alessandria

(Piedmont), a renewal projectincluding light infrastructure fora tourist route, and develop-ment plans for the urban andnatural landscape.- For the

Pozzarello Fort inthe Municipality of MonteArgentario

(Grossetto, Tus-cany) for a project to reorgan-ize the exterior and the build-ings for use as temporary exhi-bition spaces and for the sale of local gastronomic specialities.- The former

Piccolo CircumMare Railway in the Munici-pality of Taranto

(Puglia), fora redevelopment project

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In Italy

POZZUOLI: 6 MILLIONEURO AUCTION FOR 2ASSETS

The Town of Pozzuoli (Naples)is putting up for sale, through

public auction

, the ex cityslaughter house, located in Fas-cione Street, and the buildingthat at present hosts theneighbourhood market, locatedin the Toiano area. Both assetsare owned by the Council. Theex slaughter house in FascioneStreet is a structure realised bythe Town of Pozzuoli in the 70sand was used a slaughter housefor approximately 20 years, upuntil the beginning of the 90s,when it was closed for hygienicand sanitary reasons and sincethen has never been used again.The entire compound is fencedand develops on a total surfacearea of 6.640 square metres.

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EXPO 2015, THE CHANG-ING FACE OF MILAN

There are people who believethat World Expos alwayschange the look of the citiesthat host them, launching theminto the sphere of great metro-politan areas; there are thosewho underline that the fairshelp organize the lesser aspectsof the cities as well, includingthe day to day administration.No matter whom is right, Mi-lan, a metropolis that spreadsacross municipal borders andwhich has a population of 9 mil-lion, wanted the World Expofor both reasons. As to whocontend that after all, and asopposed to Izmir, Milan alreadyhas everything, the city’s replyis that everything needs to beadapted to meet the challengesof the future. This means thatthe Expo will be an opportunityto reinforce Milan’s modernityas well as that of the region of Lombardy and Italy as well; thegreater Milan area will receivedirect and indirect investmentsof at least 20 billion euros. Forthe World Expo, scheduledfrom May 1 to October 31,2015, 4.2 billion euros havebeen directly invested in infra-structure and the fair area it-self.

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BOLOGNA, A 40MILLION EURO PLAN TORE-LAUNCH ANURBAN AREA

The programme agreement forthe renovation of the urbanarea of Viale Berti Pichat in Bo-logna, where the managementof the company Hera is based,has been signed. The renova-tion project is worth 40 millioneuros and includes land recla-mation, the creation of an18,000 square metre park andthe restoration of the oldgasometer, as well as the con-struction of a hotel (6,600square metres), of an under-ground parking area with 340car spaces and of an officebuilding (9,800 square metres).The agreement that will comeinto effect in June, after the pe-riod that is required by law forresidents to make their obser-vations, includes the transfer of the management of Hera to anarea owned by the municipalityin the territory of Castenaso (infront of the current headquar-ters of the Frullo’s rubbish dis-posal centre). The plan includescreating a new structure, where500 of the 1,000 employees of Hera will be moved. The areaof Viale Berti Pichat, whichneighbours with the centre, willbe used to develop a new head-quarter for the Holding and anoffice for customers, where theremaining 500 employees willbe based. The project has beendivided into two stages, accord-ing to the President of HeraSpA Tomaso Tommasi diVignano. They should start in January 2009 and will be com-pleted within three years at theend of 2011 after a Europeancompetition in the autumn.