Golfi verdi e parquet Panga Panga Green gulfs and Panga Panga parquet Milano San Felice
The exhibition explores the modern utopia of the residential district Milano San Felice through the pho- tographs of Francesco Paleari selected from the book of the same title (Humboldt Books, 2023) and the site-specific installation of an original “San Felice” kitchen designed by Luigi Caccia Dominioni.
Milano San Felice is a residential district on the eastern outskirts of Milan, founded in the late 1960s based on the idea of engineer Giorgio Pedroni and designed by architects Luigi Caccia Domin- ioni and Vico Magistretti. In 1970, the first inhabitants arrived, fleeing urban Milan for “the all-green city, an oasis of peace only a quarter of an hour’s drive from the city centre.” The new neighbourhood offered a life far from traffic and noise, with ample open-air spaces, all services close at hand—from schools to shops. The flats were already furnished in great taste and style. More than half a century after its conception, the book examines the relationship between the early settlers and the urban planning, architecture and interior design of Milano San Felice, calling on both those who took part in the development phase and on its initial resident community—one which, with great care and pride, houses an incredible universe of private archives and personal and collective memories.
Elisa Di Nofa (Milan, 1992) is a communication designer. She deals with research, processes and strategies in communication and service projects. She is concerned with the study of narrative modes and curatorial communication pathways, with a passion for publishing design, the world of culture and archives. She lives and works in Milan.
Francesco Paleari (Milan, 1992) is an author who works with photography. He is interested in photographic publishing, devoting himself to both authorial and collaborative research projects in the fields of architecture, urbanism and landscape. As of 2019, he has been a lecturer on the Master course in Photography at Iuav University in Venice. He lives and works in Milan.
Elisa Di Nofa
Francesco Paleari
CONTRIBUTORS
Ivan Carozzi
Filippo De Pieri
CREDITS
Design: Simone Salvatore Melis
Courtesy Archivio Condominio Centrale Milano San Felice, Archivio Studio Magistretti / Fondazione Vico Magistretti, Archivio Luigi Caccia Dominioni
