Porta Nuova (Milan)

Coordinates: 45°28′47.6″N 9°11′33.23″E / 45.479889°N 9.1925639°E

Porta Nuova
Sovereign state	Italy
Region	Lombardy
Province	Milan
Area
• Total	0.4 km^2 (0.2 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00
Website	www.porta-nuova.com

Porta Nuova (pronounced [ˈpɔrta ˈnwɔːva]; literally "New Gate") is the main business district of Milan, Italy. It is named after the well-preserved Napoleonic gate built in 1810–13 on this site.

Porta Nuova, Napoleonic Gate of Milan

The gates of Porta Nuova were built in 1810–1813 from a design of the poet Giuseppe Zanoia. Stylistically, it is a Neoclassic triumphal arch of Corinthian influence, featuring two Doric guard-houses.^[1] It was built in friable sandstone, and as a consequence its decorations have decayed over time.

A scale model of the new development.

Porta Nuova development

After a long period of urban decay, the Porta Nuova district is now undergoing a massive renewal, thanks to the "Progetto Porta Nuova" (Porta Nuova Project).^[2] The project, which has been under construction since the late 2000s, includes several modern high rise buildings, cultural centres, and a large city park. As a result of these developments, the Porta Nuova district will ideally merge with the bordering Centro Direzionale di Milano, the oldest business district of Milan that is characterized by 1950s-1960s towers, many of which dedicated to government offices and other major public and private companies.

This project effects areas from the neighborhoods of Isola, Varesine and Porta Garibaldi. Construction started in 2009, with completion planned in 2014.^[3] The project involves the work of noted architects such as Cesar Pelli, Stefano Boeri and Nicholas Grimshaw. The redevelopment area extends from Porta Garibaldi station to piazza della Repubblica and from Porta Nuova gate to Palazzo Lombardia.

The project was approved in 2004, comprising a total surface of about 340,000 m² (3,700,000 sq ft) divided into 3 parts:

• Porta Nuova Garibaldi
• Porta Nuova Varesine
• Porta Nuova Isola

The area is going to be home to 20 high-rise buildings, parks, a new metro station on the under construction line 5 of the Milan Metro and many underground car parks.

	Porta Nuova Garibaldi		Porta Nuova Varesine		Porta Nuova Isola
	m^2	ft^2	m^2	ft^2	m^2	ft^2
Office	50,500	544,000	42,000	450,000	6,300	68,000
Residential	15,000	160,000	33,000	360,000	22,000	240,000
Commercial	10,000	110,000	7,000	75,000	850	9,100
Exhibitions	10,000	110,000	0	0	1,600	17,000
Culture	0	0	3,000	32,000	760	8,200
Hotel	15,000	160,000	0	0	0	0
Car parks	1200		2000		570

Buildings

Towers and other buildings

Name	Architect	Type	Height (m)	Floors	Year	Headquarters	Notes
Unicredit Tower Tower A	Cesar Pelli	Offices	231	35	2012	Unicredit	The tower is ranking as eighth in the Emporis 2012, that rewards skyscrapers for excellence in their aesthetic and functional design. It's tall 162 m without the spire.
Palazzo Lombardia	Pei Cobb Freed & Partners	Offices	161	39	2010	Regione Lombardia	The building won the 2012 International Architecture Award for the best new global design. Tallest building in Italy, 2009/2011.
Diamond Tower	Kohn Pederson Fox	Offices	140	30	2012	Bank of America, BNP Paribas, Celgene
Pirelli Tower	Giò Ponti	Offices	127	32	1958	Regione Lombardia	Tallest building in EU, 1958-1966. Tallest building in Italy, 1958-1995. The building was a model for the MetLife Building in New York City and Alpha Tower in Birmingham.
UnipolSai Tower	Mario Cucinella	Offices	120	23	planned	UnipolSai
Torre Breda	Luigi Mattioni	Offices	117	30	1954		Tallest building in Italy, 1954/1958. Restoration work completed in 2009.
Torre Galfa	Melchiorre Bega	Mixed use	109	31	1959
Torre Garibaldi Tower A	Laura Lazzari	Offices	100	25	1992	Maire Tecnimont
Torre Garibaldi Tower B	Laura Lazzari	Offices	100	25	1992	Maire Tecnimont
Unicredit Tower Tower B	Cesar Pelli	Offices	100	22	2012	LinkedIn, Unicredit
Torre Uffici Tecnici Comunali	R. Bazzoni, L. Fratino, V. Gandolfi, A. Putelli	Offices	90	24	1966	City of Milan
Unicredit Tower Tower C	Cesar Pelli	Offices	70	12	2012	Unicredit
Piramide	William McDonough	Offices	70	11	2012	Google, Pandora
Torre Inps		Offices	68			INPS
Torre Bonnet	F. Diomede, C. Rusconi Clerici	Offices	68	20	1962
AC Hotel Tower		Hotel	60	20
Diamantini	Kohn Pederson Fox	Offices			2012	Canali, China Construction Bank, HSBC, Factory Mutual, Salvatore Ferragamo, Samsung, Shire
Palaxa	Goring & Straja Architects	Offices			2012	AXA
The Showroom	Piuarch	Offices Commercial	30	6	2013	Alexander Mc Queen, Limoni, Nike

Luxury residences

Name	Architect	Height (m)	Floors	Year	Notes
Solaria Tower	Arquitectonica	143	37	2013	Tallest residential building in Italy.
Bosco Verticale Tower E	Stefano Boeri	111	27	2014	The building won the 2014 International Highrise Award. The building is the first model of vertical densification of nature within a city.
Aria Tower	Arquitectonica	100	17	2013
Solea Tower	Caputo Partnership	79	14	2013
Bosco Verticale Tower D	Stefano Boeri	78	18	2014	The building won the 2014 International Highrise Award. The building is the first model of vertical densification of nature within a city.
V33	Vudafieri Saverino Partners		14	2013
Residenze di Corso Como	Munoz & Albin Cino Zucchi Architetti			2012
Corte verde di Corso Como	Cino Zucchi Architetti			2013
Residenze dei Giardini	Lucien Lagrange			2012
Ville di Porta Nuova	M2P Associati			2013

Other buildings

Name	Architect	Type	Height (m)	Floors	Year	Notes
Unicredit Pavilion / E3 West Building	Michele De Lucchi	Convention centre	22	3	2015
Coima Pavilion / E3 East Building	Mario Cucinella	Exhibitions		3	2016
Casa della Memoria	Baukuh	Museum		3	2015	Museum dedicated to the Italian resistance movement
Fondazione Riccardo Catella		Culture		2		Hub for the urban development
Incubatore per l'arte		Culture		2

See also

• Milano Porta Garibaldi railway station

References

1. Palgrave, sir Francis (1847). Hand-Book for Travellers in Northern Italy. London: John Murray. p. 145. ISBN 1143862937.
2. "Milano Porta Nuova official website". Retrieved 29 October 2012.
3. "Il progetto Porta Nuova avanza". Retrieved 2010-01-26.