SMART RESILIENT APPROACH FOR SOCIAL INNOVATION, WHAT ROLE FOR DESIGN?

MILAN OF TODAY

Approximate area of Milan, capital of Lombardy.

Largest municpality in terms of population size after Rome.

Average temperature increase Milan has experienced between 1901 and 2017.

Annual concentration of PM10. Urban heat is increasing air pollution.

182KM2

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+2°C

62.2MG/M3

Center of an area of Italy that is experiencing the most urbanization.

INTRODUCING 100 RESILIENT CITIES

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How is urban resilience defined?It is the capacity of individuals, communities, institutions, companies, and systems within a city to survive, adapt, and growth excluding chronic stresses and acute shocks that it experiences.

We help cities around the world become more resilient to the physical, social, and economic challenges that are a growing part of the 21st century.”

100RC aims to solve two problems:1. Cities are complex, siloed ecosystems;2. Existing solutions do not scale or reach cities efficiently.

IDENTIFICATION OF SHOCKS AND STRESSES IN MILAN

Rainfall flooding

Infrastructure failure

Financial and economic crisis

Cyber attacks

Hazardous materials accident

Water and air pollution

Extreme heat and heatwaves

Degradation of urban areas

Disruption due to construction sites

Social exclusion and inequality

Terrorist attacks and security risk

Influx of migrants

Riots or civil unrest

Lack of affordable housing

Aging population

SHOCK STRESS

WHAT CHARACTERISTICS SHOULD RESILIENT MILAN POSSESS? ReflectiveUsing past experience to inform future decisions ResourcefulRecognizing alternative ways to use resources

InclusivePrioritize broad consultation to create a sense of shared ownership in decision making

IntegratedBring together a range of distinct systems and institutions

RobustWell-conceived, constructed, and managed systems

RedundantSpare capacity purposively created to accomodate disruption

FlexibleWillingness, ability to adopt alternative strategies in response to changing circumstances

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THE 6 DISCOVERY AREAS FOR RESILIENT MILAN

1. Milan City of Water Infrastructure & Energy - Heritage & Future Services

2. Living Milan Social innovation - Housing Solutions - Training and Work

3. Cool Milan Climate adaptation - Livability and quality of life - Agriculture

4. Circular Milan Resources - Waste - Food Policy - Innovation - Productivity

5. Safer Milan Security - Risk Management - Digitalization

6. Next-US Milan Future trends & infrastructure

MEETING POINT BETWEEN RESILIENT MILAN AND DESIGN-DRIVEN INNOVATION

Living MilanSocial innovation - Housing Solutions - Training and Work

Cool MilanClimate adaptation - Livability and quality of life - Agriculture

Circular MilanResources - Waste - Food Policy - Innovation - Productivity

When city projects, plans, and policies are designed through a resilience lens, the output is a product that is resilient; resilient to climate change, economic state and political and social conditions. Designing and planning for resilience means better opportunities to innovate and to improve the quality of life for citizens.

COOLMILAN

Industrial productivity, human activities and habits have collectively contributed to a critically warmer global scenario that threatens our safety and health. By adapting to climate change, reducing our CO2 footprint, and creating more green spaces, we can reduce the quantity of harmful GHGs that contribute to heat island effect and air pollution, thereby creating an atmosphere for citizens that is healthier and improving quality of life.

COOL MILANREOPENING OF NAVIGLI

Opening a section of the Navigli may help cool parts of the city, and can offer a new way of living to residents and contribute to increased tourism, new ideas and businesses.

COOL MILANPARCO NORD

Countless studies demonstrate the benefit of having green areas in cities as means to increase biodiversity and help in cooling cities. Therefore with Parco Nord, citizens have access to green areas and interactions with nature.

LIVINGMILAN

The increase in the share of unsold and vacant houses, combined with high costs and economic crisis has left many families without an income and therefore unable to sustain their rent. Co-Housing is one of the innovative housing solutions that has been developed. Additionally, the Comune di Milano, along with the Welfare Foundation Abrosiano, created in 2015 a «Milano Abitare» that offers accomodation at an agreed fee that is less than 20-30% than the market price.

LIVING MILANOSTELLO BELLO

Hostel that provides high quality service and all inclusive prices that make it a place not only to sleep but to live. These graduates from IED Milan decided to create a space that can accomodate youth, low-cost travellers and tourists.

LIVING MILANADIDAS SPORT CITY

“Through sport, we have the power to change people’s lives.”This is why ADIDAS aims to concentrate its investments and create “extraordinary experiences“ in what it identifies as “Key Cities” (strategic cities) in the world and in Europe. Milan is among these. “Milano Home of Sports” stems from these assumptions.

LIVING MILANCYCLOCRACY

Cyclocracy is one of the research projects promoted within the framework IED For Future, developed in partnership with the Municipality of Milan. It leads to a wide-ranging reflection about cycling in the city, analyzing ways of fruition and perspectives and considering radical change in the way of living everyday mobility.

Cyclocracy is a design and cultural communication project, which aims to redesign the city and promote the cycling culture. It is creating a story to make citizens think about sustainable mobility, from an environmental and social point of view.

CIRCULARECONOMY

4 GUIDELINES FOR FOOD LOSS AND WASTE:• Promote actions of information and education addressed to citizens and local actors in order to reduce losses and waste.• Promote circular economy in the food system.• Promote recovery and redistribution of food losses creating relations among the local players (charities and food banks).• Promote a more rational use of packaging.

CIRCULAR ECONOMYMILANO FOOD POLICY

OPEN AGRI

The Milan Food Policy, developed in 2015, is a multidimensional approach around 5 key priorities, 16 guidelines, 18 actions: food loss and waste reduction being one of the most important, engaging several local actors such as research centers, food businesses, food banks, non profit organizations, foundations.

A collaboration with the Comune di Milano, is a Hub that promotes development projects involving SMEs and startups to accelerate new food enterprises in the city, to promote green transport for food companies and to foster skills and competences to lower the environmental impacts of farming. On the social dimension, community-led initiatives for inclusion, urban regeneration, social and territorial cohesion projects will be implemented.

FABLAB MILANO FabLab Milano is a fully equipped digital manufacturing laboratory. The location of FabLabs in previous industrial areas enables the transformation of abandoned areas into innovative spaces that encourage young entrepreneurs and startups. This regeneration of neighborhoods and areas that have either degraded or abandoned was a strategic decision to re-claim valuable land in Milan and utilize it in ways to advance social innovation and inclusion, increase new skills and training, transform the economy to be more circular and propel Milan to its future vision.

PROJECTS BY COMUNE DI MILANO

CIRCULAR ECONOMYBANCO ALIMENTARE

Foundation that is involved in the collection of excess food from agricultural production, food industry, large food distributors and restaurants, redirecting it to charity organizations. These activities highlight the importance of the need to change food habits, increase awareness and decrease environmental impact.

CIRCULAR ECONOMYFASHION REMAKE

Fashion Remake uses a resilience lens to innovate the design process and come up with new ways to produce sustainable fabrics, such as through the EKOCYCLE process. This project was showcased at Expo Gate and was a fashion laboratory not only for other designers but also for citizens.

CIRCULAR ECONOMYSPEEDO RACING UPCYCLING

This project has seen the birth of a collection of women’s clothes made with swim caps and Speedo racing costumes that could not be reintroduced in the market and were therefore destined for waste. The collection, named Perpetual_Artwork focuses on the concept of sustainability, which is very important to Speedo.

The manipulation of fabrics and materials has the aim of giving them a second life through six tailoring creations: six female outfits, three made entirely with Speedo costumes and swim caps and the other three using only some parts of the products supplied by the brand.

MILAN: AN INCUBATOR FOR SOCIAL INNOVATION

• Urban Spaces & Green Spaces

• AffordableHousing

Digital & Technology

• Food & Education

• Fashion, Materials & Design

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NEXT STEPS: RESILIENCE IN DESIGN FOR CITIES AND CITIZENS

Adressing over-production and pollution.

Eco-innovation and aesthetics to extend product lifecycles.

Engineering of materials.

Minimize inefficient manufacturing wasted human labour.

Production for disassembly and remanufacturing.

Distribution and logistics.

Communication.

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Resilience in Design all throughout its supply chain. How can we achieve resilience in design in a way that can be seen and felt in daily lives of citizens?

NEXT STEPS: RESILIENCE IN DESIGN FOR CITIES AND CITIZENS

Issue to address with Resilience in Design.

SOCIETY

Social Inequalities

Ocean Plastic

CO2 Emissions

Seasonal and Low-Quality Products

Excess textile and Clothing Waste

Excess Food Waste

Urban Heat Island

Contaminated Water Sources

Crease in Biodiversity

Low Quality of Life and Housing Conditions

Air Pollution

Hazardous Waste

DEFINING GUIDELINES FOR RESILIENCE IN DESIGN

1. REFLECTIVEBe known as a symbol of Made in Italy.How can we use past experiences, history, and tradition in guiding and informing our actions?

2. RESOURCEFULHow can we innovate and leverage technology to rethink how we use materials ? How can we prevent the use of materials at the source and rely on existing materials to be reused and refurbished ? How can the decision of the materials we use affect the quality of a product and its impact on its useful life, or attitude towards purchasing and throwing away?

3. INCLUSIVEBe universally applied.Can we make better decisions that collectively benefit society and citizens? How can we create a sense of shared ownership?

4. INTEGRATEDTransform a culture towards one that will withstand environmental, economic and social changes in an urban setting.What skills and competencies can we bring together to maximise impact? What kind of collaboration and mix of organizations do we need? How to integrate Resilience in Design all throughout its supply chain.

5. ROBUSTAlter consumer habits to rethink product lifecycles and their end-of-use. Being long-lasting expanding beyond the function of objects through asthetic and usefulnessAre our plans and products made to last, can we extend its lifespan and transform attitudes, habits and mentality to value things that are well-conceived and constructed?

6. REDUNDANT Bring about a change in economic activities to innovate socially and environmentally, and to reduce overproduction.How can we plan better to avoid over-production and excess waste. Can we identify which specifc areas need spare capacity to accomodate disruption, and which areas don’t?

7. FLEXIBLERender cities and their inhabitants more resilient.Are our strategies, plans and products designed to be flexible to changing circumstances?

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