




Overview
CityLife is one of Europe’s largest urban regeneration developments, transforming Milan’s former fairground and exhibition district into a major mixed-use destination comprising commercial towers, residential buildings, retail, public realm, and extensive landscaped open space across approximately 37 hectares. The development features three landmark towers: Il Dritto (“The Straight One”) by Arata Isozaki, Lo Storto (“The Twisted One”) by Zaha Hadid, Il Curvo (“The Curved One”) by Daniel Libeskind While at Ramboll Group, as Project Director, Shonn Mills lead the multi-disciplinary engineering team, working in collaboration with J&A Consultants (Milan). His involvement included project management, value engineering, multidisciplinary technical review, and Owner’s Engineer services across the initial three tower developments. Subsequently, Shonn Mills acted as Project Director for the international design competition and concept design phases of the CityWave development by BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group, including the integration of the signature catenary-shaped canopy structure linking the development’s commercial buildings and public realm spaces. This project was not undertaken by WWM Design Pte Ltd. The experience described above was gained by members of our team through their roles with previous employers.


Credits : BIG
Project Details
Project Details
City
City
Milan, Italy
Milan, Italy
Client
Client
Generali Real Estate
Generali Real Estate
Architect
Architect
Zaha Hadid, BIG, Daniel Libeskind, Arata Isozaki
Zaha Hadid, BIG, Daniel Libeskind, Arata Isozaki
Prior Experience
Prior Experience
Multi Discipline Engineering, Concept
Multi Discipline Engineering, Concept
Type
Type
Large-scale Mixed-use, Urban redevelopment & Public realm
Large-scale Mixed-use, Urban redevelopment & Public realm
Area
Area
366,000 m²
366,000 m²
Overview
CityLife is one of Europe’s largest urban regeneration developments, transforming Milan’s former fairground and exhibition district into a major mixed-use destination comprising commercial towers, residential buildings, retail, public realm, and extensive landscaped open space across approximately 37 hectares. The development features three landmark towers: Il Dritto (“The Straight One”) by Arata Isozaki, Lo Storto (“The Twisted One”) by Zaha Hadid, Il Curvo (“The Curved One”) by Daniel Libeskind While at Ramboll Group, as Project Director, Shonn Mills lead the multi-disciplinary engineering team, working in collaboration with J&A Consultants (Milan). His involvement included project management, value engineering, multidisciplinary technical review, and Owner’s Engineer services across the initial three tower developments. Subsequently, Shonn Mills acted as Project Director for the international design competition and concept design phases of the CityWave development by BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group, including the integration of the signature catenary-shaped canopy structure linking the development’s commercial buildings and public realm spaces. This project was not undertaken by WWM Design Pte Ltd. The experience described above was gained by members of our team through their roles with previous employers.



