Milan's L'Innesto development to provide net-zero social housing

Architecture studio Barreca & La Varra has designed a social housing project for Milan called L'Innesto, which will be carbon-neutral and encourage community self-management through shared spaces.
L'Innesto Milan is one of the winners of the Reinventing Cities global urban development competition, and Barreca & La Varra is aiming to make it the first zero-carbon example of Italy's "housing sociale".
The scheme is destined for Scalo Greco Breda, the six-hectare site of a former freight te