Cascina Cuccagna – regeneration and design

The Cascina Cuccagna site opens its doors to Fuorisalone 2011 to showcase projects by Italian and international designers.

One of Milan's oldest farm complexes features for the first time on the programme of the Public Design Festival and Porta Romana D.2011 to collect funds to finish its refurbishment, left in a state of abandon for years. Fuorisalone 2011 offers a great opportunity to promote Cascina Cuccagna (still a worksite) as a venue for design exhibitions and cultural and culinary activities. Participation and encounter are the project themes, the very same that have always driven the Consorzio Cuccagna in its promotion of this space as a meeting place and an attraction for neighbourhood and city alike.

The inner courtyard contains the Panchina Circolare - which encourages socialisation and is the icon of the new Esterni Design brand - by Holland's Jair Straschnow and Wouter Nieuwendijk. More young talents that have worked on the outdoor space of the Cascina are Nicolò Spina with Mobile Bench and Mobile Tank and Antonia Gucciardi with No-Made Case. Several exhibitions and activities have been set up inside including Moustache Style and Cartaelatte (a cross-media project centred on food and design), the Domo project sponsored by Regione Sardegna, the Terra Blu ceramic workshops, Corvasce furniture, beer tasting at the Bq Bar and spaces designed by the magazine Casafacile. Elena Ferrari

12-17 April 2011
Cascina Cuccagna

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