Urbanizzazione ‘creativa’ e modo artistico di produzione dello spazio. Due casi milanesi

Using as ground of investigation the 'creative quarters' that proliferate in the city and taking in the background literature hottest topic, the essay uses some of the teachings of Henri Lefebvre by an approach of urban political economy, with the aim of demonstrating that the 'creative quarters' can be considered not only as a spontaneous potpourri of urban buildings, courtyards, streets and a dense network of social and economic relations, but also as a land subject to the interests of the major social forces, economic and policies. From the minutes of two 'creative quarters' in Milan emerges a precise specialization and a functional diversification of the urban organization that have become an instrument through which the developer can exert a significant influence on the spatial transformation of cities.