Citywide tactical urbanism programme

Piazze Aperte – a citywide tactical urbanism programme – was developed by Milan (IT), with the support of AMAT-Municipal Agency for Mobility and Environment in collaboration with Bloomberg Associates, and the Global Designing Cities Initiative. The project enhanced public spaces as community hubs, expanded pedestrian areas and promoted green mobility to improve the environment and quality-of-life of citizens. Piazze Aperte adopts the approach of tactical urbanism to bring public squares back to the centre of neighbourhood life, as places where people can connect. Since 2019, stakeholders have collaborated in the design, development and implementation of this initiative, which has spread across Milan.