On the occasion of its 50th anniversary, COIMA, a leading group in the investment, development and management of real estate assets on behalf of institutional investors, is organizing the “Hackathon for Inspiring Cities,” an event in which 140 students from different majors present their contributions.
The initiative “is the way to look ahead” and “listen to all voices, not just the more technical ones of those studying architecture or engineering. The future of cities will also depend on sociologists, psychologists, physicians, and artists,” explains Kelly Russell, who leads the Catella Foundation.
At the event’s conclusion, Alida Catella, wife of Riccardo Catella (founder of COIMA) and managing director of Coima Image, will present the book “Inspiring Cities,” edited by architect Fulvio Irace, which recounts through images and interviews the company’s history and many urban transformations.
Among the most renowned works, there is the Porta Nuova area in Milan with the Bosco Verticale, where Stefano Boeri tells the story of the building-prototype of a new biodiversity architecture, which places at the center no longer only humans, but the relationship between humans and other living species.
The book is also an opportunity to reflect on the future. Indeed, Europe is facing two interconnected challenges: climate change, to which cities contribute by producing most of the CO2, and social polarization, with increasing urban poverty. These issues, often considered separate, require integrated solutions through architecture and urban policies.
The city of the future must ensure a high social as well as functional mix, allow for a diverse range of public transportation modes, accommodate within it all the technologies needed to optimize energy consumption, and have living nature, trees and plants as a constituent component.
To find out more: https://coima.com/it/inspiring-cities