Fair pavillion refurbishment proposal. Special mention. Fondazione Fiera . Milan, ITA

Despite the proposal to transform the two pavilions of the Fiera Milano City into a jail could seem utopian and provocative, the idea originates from absolutely pragmatic considerations. According to EU regulations, a prisoner must have 7 square meters minimum per cell. Still according to EU regulations, a pig must have at least 6. The San Vittore Prison in Milan is totally unsuitable to absorb the contemporary prison population. A building so obsolete and crumbling that it would be economically convenient to demolish and rebuild it instead of renovating it. Our hypothesis is to relocate the old jail inside the fair. In this way, the total prisoner capacity will be increased significantly, solving the space/cell necessity and freeing up a building, even if collapsing, whose land could still guarantee a high rent value if sold through development rights.

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