VARESE – The aims of the intervention, the different functions that will coexist and some particular characteristics that make the area unique in the Varese area. The councilor for public works Andrea Civati took stock of the project for Villa Baragiola in the session of commission 3 which took place on the evening of Friday 7 June.
The new accommodations
The works, for a total of 12 million euros thanks to Pnrr resources, they left between February and March. «The meaning of the project is to integrate living with different services: in this case they are cultural services that strengthen the Masnago neighborhood», began Civati. The main work concerns precisely the creation of 23 new homes for Social Housing Services. These are studios and two-room apartments with surfaces ranging from a minimum of 28 to a maximum of 56 square meters. Living spaces designed for a temporary uselocated between the “slat”, near the municipal offices, and three other adjacent buildings.
Museum and clinic
Inside the historic villa three accommodations will be intended for young artists who will collaborate with the museum which will open its doors and will feature a foundation that owns works of contemporary art and photography. In the building closest to Piazza Ferrucci there will be on the ground floor medical clinics and on the first floor multifunctional spaces for activities related to social services. «It is a challenge to make these different functions coexist, but it is also a choice that we wanted to make – said Civati – the idea of maintaining the offices, therefore a garrison of the administration, with the social part open to the public with the clinic of the general practitioner, the cultural spaces and the living spaces is one of the aspects that were most appreciated during the evaluation by the ministerial commission. Multifunctionality allows control, vitality and respectful use.”
Work by 2026
720 days of work are expected, with the end of the interventions by spring 2026. Among the objectives is to recover the historical peculiarities as much as possible. The villa has painted wooden coffered ceilings, a particular feature that is not found in other buildings in the city. There is also a winter Garden with windows through which the sun filters, which will become the headquarters of the cafeteria-snack of the museum. So among the curiosities a monumental fireplace on the ground floor, with anthropomorphic figures holding it up. «The challenge that companies are facing at the moment is to be able to save the historical elements – added the councilor – here, as well as on the former Garibaldi Barracks, painstaking work is being done, for example in conserving the wooden floors present. The historical spirit of the villa will be recovered.” There will also be measures, including the use of geothermal energy, for improve energy performance of the property.
Square and park
At the end of the works the villa will open onto Masnago, with new passages from Piazza Ferrucci. There will be new flooring and that is planned accessible green paths to everyone towards the park. The recovery of the ancient one is planned in the green area aviary and the spaces of the orchard, which is another peculiarity of the villa: there are no spaces of this type in the other public historic parks of the city. The idea is to entrust the management of the orchard to the third sector or local associations. As for the parking lots Civati explained that the administration is working on a solution to recover a private space in front of the Masnago church, both for tenants and guests of the park and museum, to enhance the parking offer of the area.
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