SUPERSPATIAL
IS A MULTIDISCIPLINARY OFFICE, BASED IN MILAN, THAT USES ARCHITECTURE AS A TOOL TO TRANSFORM CONTEXTS AND TO CHALLENGE THE TRADITIONAL WAY OF THINKING.      
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CASCINA MERLATA - R10

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COLLABORATORS


EUROMILANO spa
MILANO, ITALY
2024
MPARTNER
TECHNION (Mep)
The project is set within the distinctive residential context of Milan, a laboratory of modernity in Europe. Thanks to the richness of its built fabric, the creativity of design solutions, and the refinement of formal proposals, living in Milan has become synonymous with quality. The proposal for R10 plot is a project that looks to the future while perfectly engaging with the present, offering the utmost in comfort and technology, yet establishing a strong relationship with the city by studying its past. The project immediately conveys to its inhabitants a sense of belonging to a cultural context, a constructed landscape, and an emblem of urbanity like Milan itself.
The project, in addition to playing with perspectives  lightens a heavy structure, creating a choreography of views and relationships within a defined masterplan, suspending trees and open spaces. The idea originates from a simple design gesture on the facades, whose diagonal movement generates new viewpoints and provides apartments with terraces that guarantee both privacy and openness. Simultaneously, the thinning of the parapets as they ascend gives the building a gradual lightness. In this way, the structure becomes more urban, enclosed, and private on the lower floors, ensuring the residents’ intimacy, while almost dissolving into the sky at higher levels.
Through the design of open spaces, the traversability of the central square, the interplay of volumes, and the presence of double-height areas, the lot can become a landmark for the neighborhood. It is a strongly urban space, which not only acts as a distant landmark for Viale Pasolini but also becomes a true “place.”
The project is divided into distinct building volumes unified by a common podium. This podium is not merely a green plaza or parking space but a veritable platform with a complex functional program, fostering interaction with the city. Thanks to the podium, the building maintains a constant connection to its surroundings, making its ground interface highly permeable to the neighborhood. At times, one encounters commercial spaces and concierge areas; at others, staircases and ramps leading to the elevated plaza, or co-working spaces and shared condominium amenities.

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