Bergamo is a city in the alpine region of Lombardy approximately 40km northeast of Milan. With a population of around 120,000, Bergamo is the fourth-largest city in Lombardy and is the seat of the Province of Bergamo. The city of Bergamo is composed of an old walled center, known as the Città Alta (“Upper Town”), that is encircled by massive Venetian defensive systems that are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Bergamo is well connected to several cities in Italy, thanks to the A4 motorway stretching on the axis between Milan, Verona, Venice and Caravaggio International Airport, and it is the second most visited city in Lombardy, after Milan.

The project’s targets are:
The project is included in a new vision of the city with a new face: smart, innovative and green. “Bergamo: the city of the future” is a highly innovative territorial project characterized by a strong orientation toward low impact, sustainable choices and with elevated energy standards, in order to create a multifunctional integrated city.
The Quality City: the city as a new place, bringing a new way of life that guarantees an improved quality of life for its citizens, and easy to access to functions and services;
The Historic City: historical identity through an expansion of cultural functions; The Social City: a development that works on public spaces, on relationships, on the symbols of the municipality and on the identity of a territory open to the world; The Smart City: the city of innovation and technology will lead to an improvement of quality of life in an urban environment; The Nature City: Bergamo will become the “green” city par excellence.

*this is a preliminary project proposal by the company Vitali S.p.A., still in the process of evaluation and authorization from the Municipality of Bergamo

Total area: 480.000 sqm

Busto Arsizio is a city in the province of Varese, in the region of Lombardy, 34 kilometers north of Milan.
The economy of Busto Arsizio is mainly based on industry and commerce. It is the fifth largest municipality in the region by population and the largest in the province.

The project:
Ur.Ba.Mi. (Urban Regeneration from Busto Arsizio to Milan) is a development project focused on the railway station Busto Arsizio Nord.
The area is owned by both the city and private enterprises with a total area of 170.000 square meters. It is about 20 minutes from Milan Malpensa airport and 40 minutes from the city center of Milan.
The plan includes the construction of totals 72.000 square meters of private buildings with mixed functions, as well as 15.000 square meters serving the infrastructure (parking for bikes, motorcycles and cars for municipal offices), including new public spaces and cycle-pedestrian connections.

Total area: 87,000 sqm | Commercial: 12,000 sqm | Office: 2,200 sqm | Service building: 2,000 sqm | Residential: 36,000 sqm | Parking: 15,000 sqm

Sabbioneta is a town in the province of Mantua.
It is situated about 30 kilometers north of Parma, not far from the northern bank of the Po River. Sabbioneta was founded by Vespasiano I Gonzaga in the late 16th century along the ancient Roman Via Vitelliana, on a sandy bank of the Po river.
In 2008, Sabbioneta was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List as a recognition of its perfect example of practical application of Renaissance urban planning theories.

The project:
An architecturally historic building, the holiday resort of the 18th century Villa CantoniMarca is located in the municipality of Sabbioneta, a UNESCO heritage site. The building is a court with a manor house and accessory wings, inserted in a centuries-old park, under the protection of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage.
Since 2016, restoration work has been underway with the aim of using the building for tourist accommodation functions.
The presence of an equipped kitchen, a spacious hall and reserved rooms (bedrooms with private bathrooms) make it suitable for even more functions, such as catering, events, meetings, wedding parties, hospitality and other activities to be held both inside and outside in the large garden.

Total area: 2,315 sqm

Mantova (Mantua) is a city in the region of Lombardy and capital of the province of the same name. In 2007, Mantova’s old town and Sabbioneta were declared by UNESCO to be World Heritage Sites. Mantova’s historic power and influence under the Gonzaga family has made it one of the main artistic, cultural, and especially musical hubs of Northern Italy, and the country as a whole. Mantova is noted for its significant role in the history of opera; the city is also known for its architectural treasures and artifacts, elegant palaces, and its medieval and Renaissance cityscape. Mantova is surrounded on three sides by artificial lakes, created during the 12th century, as the city’s defence system. The area and its environs are important not only in naturalistic terms, but also anthropologically and historically.

The project:
The fifteenth-century Santa Lucia convent still shows signs of a glorious past, although it has not been used for a long time. The ambitious project proposed by Fondazione Gonzaga aims to restore this precious city space but it also entails a considerable extension of the building. The objective is to re-use the space, which is compatible both with the needs of the present and the convent’s legacy, the protection and elevation of which we want to promote.

The operational reorganization foresees mixed functions: accomodations/tourism, hab-lab, offices/studios, and commerce/residence.

The proposed re-use can be altered according to the building’s structure.
The 20/30 year term management or potential co-management with the Fondazione could represent the return of an initial investment of the convent restoration, with the
possible prospect of selling a part of it.

Total area: 5,681 sqm | Office: 801 sqm | Entertainment: 1,191 sqm | Residential: 1,455 sqm | Education and training: 1,520 sqm | Auditorium: 714 sqm

Mantova (Mantua) is a city in the region of Lombardy and capital of the province of the same name. In 2007, Mantova’s old town and Sabbioneta were declared by UNESCO to be World Heritage Sites. Mantova’s historic power and influence under the Gonzaga family has made it one of the main artistic, cultural, and especially musical hubs of Northern Italy, and the country as a whole. Mantova is noted for its significant role in the history of opera; the city is also known for its architectural treasures and artifacts, elegant palaces, and its medieval and Renaissance cityscape. Mantova is surrounded on three sides by artificial lakes, created during the 12th century, as the city’s defence system. The area and its environs are important not only in naturalistic terms, but also anthropologically and historically.

The project:
The project involves developing a production area with a logistic purpose, but with the added possibility of some commercial properties, thanks to the presence of some already present structures. The area is situated close to the port of Valdaro. As the natural terminal of the Mantova – Adriatic waterway (136 Km), Valdaro is the most important intermodal centre of east Lombardy. The docks of Port Valdaro (1,456 m long) are linked to the railway, and the port has warehouses with bridges cranes for loading and unloading dry goods. The port yard 199,300 sq m.) has port service operators equipped to move grain, coils, containers and other bulk materials.

The strategic position of the project area and Port of Valdaro, crossed by the A22 Brennero motorway, means it perfectly complements traffic directed towards the European Quadrant in Verona. In fact, Port of Valdaro port can be considered an internationally important trimodal platform within the above system, with railway connections to the national railway network. 2,850,000 square meters are available for artisan and industrial production type nearby.

Total area: 1,099,819 sqm | Office: 10,425 sqm | Commercial: 30,885 sqm | Industrial/Artisan: 1,058,509 sqm