This project represents the first of the following coordinated INA-casa neighbourhoods.
The original project covered 33 hectares for a total of 6100 dwellers and was based on the family as the essential core.
Lack of funds led to the reduction of the lot to 20 hectares, with a consequent compression of spaces and cuts to the functions, thus modifying the formal quality and the functional completeness of the district.
The district is located 15 kilometers from Milan along the road to Varese on an area near the Ferrovie Nord layout.
Destined for the workers and clerks commuting to and from Milan, the new settlement looks for a dialogue with the existing village of Cesate, with the purpose of creating relationships involving houses, services, roads.
Most houses are one-family houses and are gathered around a center in groups of 150 families, thus identifying a first multiple of the household in which the basic collective functions are performed. 
The centers, which are small squares, gather around another hub, located near the railway station, where higher collective functions are held.
Schools are located near the center.
As for the road system, a main road tangent to the center collects all traffic, which then spreads to the secondary roads branching off the main road.
This project clearly shows the intention of reproposing the traditional Lombard courtyard or semi-detached house, except for Castiglioni’s building, and the selection of materials refer to rural architecture: colored plaster, floor-to-ceiling vertical windows and the special attention paid to the construction details.
How to get there: By train: FNM (Milano - Saronno).
By car: A8; State Road SS233; State Road SS527
Modern architecture in the surrounding areas: Church and parish buildings
Sources: Raffaele Pugliese (a cura), La casa popolare in Lombardia 1903-2003, Unicopli, Milano 2005
Luigi Spinelli (a cura), I luoghi di Franco Albini, TriennaleElecta, Milano 2006
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