Citylife masterplanning

Re-development project of the historical Milano Fair area in Milan. The project, now part of the Milano skyline is the design of an international bid competition won in 2005 by the group composed by Pier Paolo Maggiora – ArchA S.p.A. (Turin), Zaha Hadid (London), Arata Isozaki (Tokyo), Daniel Libeskind (New York). Lorena Alessio worked at the Technical Coordination/ Design Management as a Consultant for ArchA S.p.A., coordinating all the involved groups of designers and engineers.

year: 2003 – 2005 

location: Milan, Italy 

function: mix-use facilities, residential, commercial, museum, kindergarden, park 

scale: NA 

client: City Life – Fiera Milano 

technical coordinator/design manager for ArchA S.p.A.: Lorena Alessio 

architects: Pier Paolo Maggiora – ArchA S.p.A., Zaha Hadid, Arata Isozaki, Daniel Libeskind 

design phases: feasibility studies / preliminary design / development design 

winner of international competition