A Journey Through the History of Bocconi
A large urban campus in the city center, with various buildings designed by Italian architects such as Giuseppe Pagano, who inaugurated the historic building on Via Sarfatti in the early '40s, and Ignazio Gardella, designer of the "Velodromo," the large classroom building inaugurated in 2001. There are also buildings created by large international studios, such as Grafton Architects, designers of the building on Via Roentgen, and Studio Sanaa, to which we owe the brand-new spaces in via Sarfatti 10. These structures have welcomed generations of students, and now host about 15,000 young people on a daily basis from all over the world, as well as the more than 10,000 managers who attend the SDA Bocconi School of Management every year.
Bocconi University organizes guided tours of its campus in the city of Milan, one of the largest college campuses in Europe. Visitors can hear about the stories, characters, architecture, as well as anecdotes and fun facts about the buildings and the University. "An interesting thing that we talk about during the tours and that very few people know," says Matteo Barucci, who works in Library & Archives, "is that the architect Pagano, who began working on the project for the Via Sarfatti building in the '30s, already imagined the area in front of the Ravizza Park as suitable for the construction of sports fields and a swimming pool." Cinzia Di Deo (Library & Archives) continues, "An anecdote that makes you smile and understand how different the times were is that during the first years of the Bocconi Residence, Sundays were marked by long distance calls to families: first you had to book a spot, then once the phone call arrived, the concierge had to shout the name on each floor of the dorm."
Tours are open to anyone and start in front of the "Knowledge That Matters" installation on the corner of Viale Bligny and Via Röntgen in the area designed as a "gateway" to the campus. They continue with the Via Röntgen building, following an itinerary that includes the new part of the campus for the finale. There are two types available: the full tour, lasting about two hours and with access to several buildings (Sraffa 13, Sarfatti 25, Sarfatti 10), and the short tour, about an hour long and outdoors only.
Upcoming dates:
21 February at 12:30-1:30pm (in English); 11 March at 11:00am-1:00pm (in Italian); 15 April at 11:00am-1:00pm (in Italian); 20 May at 11:00am-1:00pm (in Italian); 24 May at 12:30-1:30pm (in English).
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