Environmental redevelopment – New houses and services in Lecco

The urban redevelopment project involved a semi-periphearal an abandoned, industrial area, close to the town centre. By replacing the industrial structure, which was moved out of the town, the new residential complex with services involved an environmental redevelopment and regeneration process with the creation of an urban park and the river redevelopment of a creek that delimits the area. The project implemented a substantial reduction of the buildings’volumes. A new residential complex, with a volume of about mc. 38.000 and heights up to 4/5 floors above the ground, will sit on an area of approximately 17.000 square meters, previously occupied by mc. 133.000 industrial buildings. The buildings with a typological compositional model characterized by broken lines and plastic articulations, offer privileged views of the surrounding environment. Carparks are all placed at basement level, with motor-vehicles traffic pathway separated from the cycle-pedestrians one. The project also sought a higher environmental sustainability, with buildings featuring high energy savings and the best living comfort.