Politecnico di Milano

L’École de design Nantes Atlantique

Aalto University

D I S , D E S I G N A N D S Y S T E M I N N O VAT I O N F O R S U S TA I N A B I L I T Y

The TANGO (AH-DEsign) project is funded by the Culture Programme (European Union – Education and Culture DG)

SYSTEM DESIGNFOR SUSTAINABILITY

courseProfessor Carlo Vezzoli

Design School Politecnico di Milano (Italy)

Academic year 2011/2012

Giambellino hubCOMMUNITY GARDEN

THE EXISTING OFFERThe Community Garden

Authors:

Elisa BacchettiAlberto FossatiClaudio SarcìCarlo Vezzoli

Italian Coordinator: Carlo Vezzoli

1. The Existing O�er2. O�ering Diagram3. System Map4. Qualitative Sustainability Report

The HUB GIAMBELLINO EXISTING OFFER is the following:

Within the Giambellino district there’s a multifunctional space called “Casetta Verde” where a group of people manage and realize several activities open and dedicated to the habitants of the neighbourhood – elderly, children, families, disabled, teenagers. Primary objective of this place is to be an open, cozy location where to talk about the district’s issues and where to work together to promote the local context to be able to act onto the shared priorities with concrete actions that would improve the quality of life of the territory; one of the proposal, which is also one of the most active, is the community garden lab, it has a shared habitants participation in an gardening action.This activity has been proposed by a resident of the neighbourhood. With the consent of the different promoters and associations in the area and the support of the “Punto e Linea” project, this activity is on and working since one year every Saturday morning, and at the end of each of this Saturdays the people don’t miss the opportunity to socialize, having a big lunch together with the products of the garden. The lab is aimed to the active use and participation of the space, people design and plan together the activities to be done. The entrance is open to anyone and till nowadays there’s the stable participation of 15 persons, of all gender and ages, from children to seniors.

The Existing O�er

O�ering Diagram

cultivate a garden near your home

you will learn socializing

a professional gardener can help you

plan together

bring and take the garden products

On saturday morning from 9 to 12 a.m. Gardening activities ends with a brunch all together.

You have the chance to maintain and design the garden

Thank to socializing between promoters and enrolled people you can gain gardening skills.

The professional gardener Manuel is always available to teach and help

everyone, even if not enrolled, can felle free to pick vegetables or fruits

it is possible for the users to make change or add new vegetables or fruits

System Map

participants community garden

inhabitants of Giambellino distict

la Cooperativa Giambellino

Spazio Aperto Servizi

district lab/control room

Criplofoundation

botanical garden

equipment

enrollment

participation in the neighborhood

events

labor

communication

design/creation of spaces

vegetables and fruits

equipment

food dishes

labor

promotion and informations

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equipment

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Milan city hall council of area 6

department of the city hall of public green and gardens

Manuel and �vepromoters

Ercole

participants of the green little house

Libere Rape Metropolitane

ZONA 6Milano

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Qualitative Sustainability Report

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