Architect Stefano Boeri has said that the proposed new stadium for AC Milan and Inter is ‘too close to the residences’ and this is the major problem with the development.
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Speaking whilst at the Italia Direzione Nord event (via Milan News), Boeri shared some of his thoughts on the various design proposals that Milan and Inter evaluated and the winning bid’s design.
He explained that he thinks the Patroclus tunnel should have been moved in order to build the stadium in a position that is not so close to the current residents of the San Siro area.
“By moving the Patroclus tunnel that passes under San Siro and that will have to be put back in any case, you can put the stadium in a position that in my opinion is more intelligent than the one chosen by the winning projects, that put the stadium too close to the residences.”
Boeri went on to explain his point by using the Piazzale Axum in Milan as an example of wasted development space.
“This for me is a problem. Let’s remember that Piazzale Axum, in fact, today it is a huge void, a chasm, an element that separates three very different areas of Milan: the area of the working-class neighbourhoods to the south, the wealthier area to the north and east, and the area with the racecourse and green areas to the west.
“It is an area full of potential resources, intervening on Piazzale Axum means looking at all these things and sometimes it has not been done.”
The long-awaited public debate on the new stadium recently concluded and the municipality is nor reviewing the findings. The clubs are hoping for a swift answer from mayor Beppe Sala on what happens next.