Milano Santa Monica: An Eco-City Within a City
2010-01-20 from:Environmentalgraffiti author:
Long famed for its legendary fashion houses, Milan soon hopes to be known as a cutting-edge leader in yet another area of design: green communities. Come 2013, the bustling metropolitan area will be home to Milano Santa Monica, a two million square metre green space that will feature 2,000 apartments alongside schools, shops and sporting facilities.
The project will be located seven kilometres outside the Milanese city centre in the town of Segrate, currently home to about 33,000 inhabitants. The 'park', as it is known, will take up about 10 percent of this small city's total area.
