The cultural district of Lomellina

Client: Associazione Irrigazione Est Sesia
Gruppo di ricerca: Stefano Baia Curioni (Scientific supervisor), Massimiliano Nuccio (Coordinator), Giorgia Casalone, Sonia Fanoni, Beatrice Manzoni

In the last forty years, the territory of Lomellina (an area in the south-western part of Lombardy) has been characterized by remarkably different models of development: on the one hand, a countryside devoted to rice-growing; on the other, little towns with manufacturing industrial districts. This divergence in economic, social and cultural trajectories has leaded to a political polarization of the projects for the future of the territory.
In this context, the Associazione Irrigazione Est Sesia and the Vigevano Municipality have signed an agreement that commit them to present a feasibility study to Fondazione Cariplo, in collaboration with ASK Research Centre and Arcus S.p.a.
The study is primarily aimed at verifying the possibility to combine the different perspectives, individuating the synergies and creating a sufficient critical mass of interventions. The logistic integration between the two models, the development of the surrounding urban area, the repositioning of the neighbouring areas and productions, the presence of other initiatives competing with Lomellina require a unitary and systematic project.