1. Design and System Innovation for Sustainability Research Unit ! AH-DESIGN, EU PROJECT!
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
HUB GIAMBELLINO: “A sustainable community
garden”
DESIGN BRIEF:
design a product-service system that allows the community garden in the
center of the Hub district of Milan Giambellino to self-sustain from the
economic point of view even after the end of the Punto e Linea project,
becoming a driving force for improvements in social cohesion and
intergenerational dialogue for the neighborhood and helping in reduction
environmental impact.
The center of the Giambellino Hub is a small house, situated in a public park
within the neighborhood.
Currently many initiatives and events are being carried out. One of the
activities is in fact linked to a community garden, created around the
cottage, which is taken care of once a week, by a group of people of different
ages and backgrounds (passersby are free to participate in the care of the
community garden).

2. Design and System Innovation for Sustainability Research Unit ! AH-DESIGN, EU PROJECT!
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
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9 GIAMBELLINO DISTRICT MAP
comunità del
giambellino
azione solidale
giambellitaly spazio aperto
servizi
samarcanda
seneca
A77
il balzo
casetta verde
casetta verde planimetry
ASSOCIAZIONE IL BALZO
Viale Etiopia 6 - 20146 Milano / www.balzo.it /
Tel. 0247710541 / fax 0247716955
ASSOCIAZIONE GIAMBELLLTALY
Via Gentile Bellini, 6 - 20146 Milano / www.giambellitaly.org /
ASSOCIAZIONE SAMARCANDA
Via Solari 22 – 20144 Milano / samarcanda.aps@gmail.com /
http://sam2001.altervista.org
ASSOCIAZIONE SENECA
Via Montevideo 5 - 20144 Milano / Tel: 02 89420532 / Fax: 02 89420532 /
seneca@associazioneseneca.org / www.associazioneseneca.org
COOPERATIVA SOCIALE A77
Largo Promessi Sposi 5 - 20142 Milano / tel. 0284894051 /
fax 0284893615 / cooperativa@a77web.it / www.a77web.it
COOPERATIVA AZIONE SOLIDALE
via Zurigo 65 – 20147 Milano / Tel-Fax 0248304931 / www.azionesolidale.com
COOP. SOC. COMUNITÀ DEL GIAMBELLINO
via Gentile Bellini n° 6 - 20146 Milano / Tel. 02.425619 / fax 02 48954183 /
giambellino@giambellino.org / www.giambellino.org
COOPERATIVA SPAZIO APERTO SERVIZI
Via Gorki, 5 - 20146 Milano / Tel. +39 02.425527 / Fax +39 02.48955500 /
info@spazioapertoservizi.org / www.spazioapertoservizi.org
GRUPPO SCOUT MI 7 CNGEI
Via degli Ulivi 2 – 20152 Milano / http://milano.cngei.it

3. Design and System Innovation for Sustainability Research Unit ! AH-DESIGN, EU PROJECT!
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
The professional
gardener Manuel is
always available to
teach and help.
On Saturday morning
from 9 to 12 a.m
Gardening activities
ends with a brunch all
together
Thank to socializing
between promoters and
enrolled people you can
gain grading skills.
It is possible for the users
to make change or add new
vegetables or fruits.
Everyone, even if not
enrolled, can feel free to
pick vegetables or fruits.
You will learn
socializing
A professional
gardener can
help you
Plan together
Bring and take the
garden products
Cultivate a garden near
your home
You have the chance to
maintain and design a
garden.

4. Design and System Innovation for Sustainability Research Unit ! AH-DESIGN, EU PROJECT!
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
Milano ZONA 6
Founds
La cooperative Giambellino
Spazio Aperto Servizi
Manuel and five
promoters
equipment
Criplo
foundation
Botanical garden
District lab/Control room
2. communication
1. design/creation of spaces
labor
2. communicationevents
equipment
Promotion and information
Vegetables and fruits
Food dishes
4. Participation in the neighborhood
labor
Equipment
3. enrollment
Inhabitants of
Giambellino district
Participants
Community garden
Ercole
Participants of the
green little house
events
spaces
authorizations
Milan city hall Council
of area 6
Department of the city hall
Of public green and gardens
Libere Rape
Metropolitane