Joint first prize: “NUOVE GUGLIE CARLO TOGNOLI”
The thesis “RIVERSCAPE REAPPROPRIATION STRATEGIES FOR URBAN RESILIENCE AND ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION OF THE SEVESO RIVER” was awarded joint first prize in the “NUOVE GUGLIE CARLO TOGNOLI” competition for 2026, an award given to the best thesis focusing on Milan and the themes of the ecological transition.
Winner project: RIVERSCAPE REAPPROPRIATION STRATEGIES FOR URBAN RESILIENCE AND ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION OF THE SEVESO RIVER
Team members: Livia Arianna Mazzetti e Tommaso Gnudi
Supervisor: Prof. Alessandro Bianchi (Politecnico di Milano), Prof. Marco Lucchini (Politecnico di Milano)
The award was presented to 6 graduates out of 84 nominees. The project addresses issues of urban resilience and the ecological restoration of the River Seveso, proposing strategies for territorial and environmental regeneration focused on sustainability and the quality of urban space.
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CUT Campus Competition - Honourable Mention
The extension of the Czyżyny campus of the Cracow University of Technology was designed to work as a complex mechanism divided in two parts.
The top part is community-oriented, meaning that it contains functions open to the broader public of the city of Cracow. In this part the circulation is defined by the open spaces that bridge the buildings together. The city’s heritage is carefully considered by conserving the old runway and giving it a new life by partially de-paving it and adding vegetation and bodies of water.
The bottom part is designed along a strong axis that conceptually cuts the section in half. A depression in the main pathway helps transmit the importance of the axis and brings people together enhancing the sense of community.
Team members: Luis Enrique Márquez Luévanos (Politecnico di Milano), Kacper Arkadiusz Pietrzak (Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio, Politecnico di Milano)
Supervisor: Ph.D. Arch. Gerardo Semprebon (Politecnico di Milano)
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