residential complex baranzate [milan] italy residential, commercial, urban design 2012 The mixture of different functions that coexist in the same area is the key to an urban design socially well balanced and economically feasible. The English-speaking private school, the public nursery school, the sanitary (ASL) offices and a residential building creates a compound in which each function strengthens and complements the other, where the unique architecture of its parts is a harmonious whole, and where the 'residential building plays a role in the control of public space from its strategic central location. A newly designed open spaces embraces and penetrates the site, giving unity to the intervention. A multitude of trees provide shade and color to the pedestrian area, and a new road is planned as a central pedestrian path for future developments. program 4000 sqm residential complex with 50 apartments and retail design 2011-2012 realization 2012-2014 client Montipò Trading srl design team Beth Campbell, Chiara Martini, Nicolò Riva, Lorenzo Rossetti, Federica Mameli, Ludovica Riva structural engineering Studio Delta, Novara installation consultant Paolo Rognone acoustic consultant Gabriella Sitta « Back to List