| The project: to be implemented in time for Expo 2015 | | | | will be (or so they say...) the completion of the two |
| in Milan. The theme: "Feeding the Planet, Energy for | | | | lines. In the "Orto", we will witness the transformation of |
| Life." Ambition: a great place for people from all over | | | | food, but also taste the specialties, in the central |
| the world expected to come and cultivate the land and | | | | square, a huge spot indeed, with its about 4000 square |
| produce food. These are the initial coordinates of the | | | | meters extension. |
| Botanical Garden Planetarium to be built in Milan at the | | | | The architects are convinced: the project will boost |
| behest of many, and the doubts of many others. | | | | tourism in Milan, revitalizing the economic situation and |
| The project has been presented at Strehler Theater in | | | | will also be the main reference point for scientific |
| the presence of authorities, including Tourism Minister, | | | | research, which will be able to study in detail the |
| Michela Vittoria Brambilla, Deputy Minister for Economic | | | | transformations the agricultural world is undertaking. |
| Development, Paolo Romano, the Mayor of Milan | | | | Around the Expo, a new production center of Rai TV |
| Letizia Moratti, the CEO of Expo 2015, Lucio Stanca, | | | | will be built, with an investment of more than 200 million, |
| the President of the Lombardy region, Roberto | | | | but also a vast artificial lake, an amphitheater, six or |
| Formigoni, together with the team of architects who | | | | seven event areas. |
| designed the mega space: Ricky Burdett, Stefano | | | | After the Expo, however, a different exploitation of |
| Boeri and Jacques Herzog. | | | | space will be achieved, holding around the "Orto", a |
| Those traveling to Milan in 2015 will find foods from all | | | | series of ad hoc spaces for visitors (ethnic restaurants, |
| around the world, and will be able to walk into a place | | | | for example...). Milan with the Expo excuse and the |
| that represent all climates of the planet and all the | | | | garden project will review many things.... Major Moratti |
| natural landscapes of the globe, assisted in various | | | | is convinced, the Garden will be "the most important |
| ways to understand agriculture and food production. | | | | opportunity for Milan, to assert its vocation of |
| The event, the organizing committee promises, will | | | | economic capital of the country. " |
| attract at least twenty million visitors. | | | | Will this represent a good way to unify the urban |
| "We are sure enough, that the 157 countries hosted | | | | environment with nature? |
| inside the giant vegetables space will show much | | | | A way to underline that this world must necessarily be |
| more than the way they produce food." | | | | "sustainable"? |
| It is also certain that the whole project, noticeably | | | | A way to give more impetus to Milan? |
| demanding, will have to represent the city of Milan, a | | | | We'll see... meanwhile the organizational machine has |
| real challenge. The Milanese will profit from the | | | | been finally set in motion... and, avoiding the potholes, will |
| opportunity for a complete redesign of its | | | | get to its final destination. |
| infrastructures, such as the subway, for which there | | | | |