The new residential village created by the Building Group in the former Galbani factory in Milan has been opened. Inside, 89 residential units with private gardens and patios, 5 commercial spaces and fitness or recreational areas, 4,500 m2 of park and the first communal aeroponic garden. Photography by Piero Ottaviano, Davide Pardini.

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Living in connection with nature in the city centre, immersed in a rural atmosphere and surrounded by plants and fruit trees: Forrest in Town is opened in Milan ? the urban redevelopment project of the Building Group ? which, in less than three years, has transformed the former Cascina Galbani into a green residential village.

The project ? designed by Daniele Fiori’s DFA Partners studio in collaboration with Boffa Petrone & Partners and marketed by Dils, as Advisor and Agent ? is developed from the horizontal condominium model, with two or three floors above ground. The residential complex includes private areas that overlook a 4,500-square metre communal park, created by the Hortensia studio, as well as the first communal basement-level aeroponic garden that uses the technology patented by Agricooltur®: a green space near the Naviglio Grande that makes it unique in the Milanese scene the quality of the relationship between nature and living in the city.
In fact, Forrest in Town interprets the new way of living and inhabiting the home, which returns to being a place conducive to h...