During January 2019 Robert Sakula was one of five visiting professors taking part in MIAW 2019, a two week studio at the Politecnico di Milano. Working intensively with twenty six international students, Robert’s group investigated an alternative future for a peripheral suburb in the north east of Milan called Via Adriano. We aimed to turn it from a typical low-density, car-dominated suburb into a convivial neighbourhood with buildings set within an intensively cultivated productive landscape.