The residential complex named "Novetredici" in via De Cristoforis, Milan represents the natural completion of the block bordered by the streets Viganò, Rosales, de Cristoforis and the street Fratelli Castiglioni, which flanks the new Unicredit skyscraper complex in the Porta Nuova development. The block acts as a hinge between the new urban transformation on its North side and the existing urban fabric on the South; the latter is formed by buildings aligned on the perimeter of the blocks, by ?transitional? elements - such as the existing houses in via Viganò, which open their courtyards to the street - and by post-WWII architecture, marked by a freer disposition and greater heights. Along with the nearby complex designed by CZA and called "La Corte Verde", which occupies the northern portion of the block, the Novetredici complex revises the master plan guidelines for the area in favor of a settling mode capable of reinforcing the existing urban structure and at the same time of generating a new environmental quality. 
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Architects: Cino Zucchi Architetti

Location: Milan, Metropolitan City of Milan, Italy

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Filippo Poli

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Text description provided by the architects. The residential complex named "Novetredici" in via De Cristoforis, Milan represents the natural completion of the block bordered by the streets Viganò, Ros...