Main meeting venues

La Fabbrica del Vapore (main venue)

Via Giulio Cesare Procaccini, 4, 20154 Milano MI

La Fabbrica del Vapore, a complex of industrial heritage buildings, promotes contemporary multidisciplinary arts and is an exceptional centre for productions and residencies. Administered by Milan’s city hall, the organisation is currently under deep transformation towards a more open and accessible model.

Accessibility
The building complex is wheelchair accessible. 
IETM sessions will take place on the first floor of the building located next to the Vapore 1928 restaurant. There is a lift to the first floor. There is one accessible toilet available on the first floor and one on the ground floor.

Performances of the artistic programme will take place in the central building of the complex, named Cattedrale. This building offers wheelchair access via a ramp on the right end side entrance. There is no level access available from the left hand side entrance.

The late night meeting point will be hosted by Casa del Popolo Elettronico. The entrance from inside the complex is step free. The venue is wheelchair accessible, though the ground is unlevel.

How to get there?
Metro line 5 - stop: Cenisio or Monumentale.
Both stations are equipped with escalators and elevators. The route to the venue is step free, and the pedestrian crossings are equipped with sound signals.

Tram lines 10, 12 and 14 - stop: Piazzale Cimitero monumentale Via Bramante
Lines 12 and 14 are wheelchair accessible. Line 10 is not accessible for wheelchair users.
The route to the venue is step free, and the pedestrian crossings are equipped with sound signals.
 

Palazzo Lombardia (Welcome speech)

Via Melchiorre Gioia, 37, 20124 Milano MII

Palazzo Lombardia is a building complex that hosts the Government of the Italian region of Lombardy. 

Accessibility
Located on the 1st floor of the N4 building, Sala Biagi is a large, natural lighted, step-free room. There is a lift which is fitted with voice commentary in Italian. There is one accessible toilet located on the first floor.

Note that guests are requested to leave an identity document at the reception in order to enter the building.

How to get there?
Metro line 3 - stop: Gioia.
The station is equipped with escalators and elevators. The route to the venue is step free, and the pedestrian crossings are equipped with sound signals.

Bus 60 - stop: Via Gioia Via Galvani
10 minutes walk from Porta Garibaldi Station (exit via Pepe).
 

Parco Sempione - Teatro Continuo di Burr (Farewell brunch)

Viale Enrico Ibsen, 20121 Milano MI

Parco Sempione is a vast green space very close to the Castello Sforzesco and the Milanese’s favourite park. The English landscape park was established between 1890 and 1893. 

Located at the heart of the park, the Teatro Continuo is a stage structure reduced to the essential, consisting of a platform raised from the ground and six side wings rotating painted white on one side and black on the other.

Accessibility
The park is wheelchair accessible.

How to get there?
Metro line 1 - stop: Cadorna. The station is equipped with escalators and elevators as well as accessible toilets. The route to the venue is step-free, and the pedestrian crossings are equipped with sound signals.
Metro line 2 - stop: Lanza. The station is equipped with escalators.

Bus lines fully served by lowfloor vehicles at the corner of the park:
Bus 61 - stop: Via Pagano Via Canova
Bus 57 - stops: Piazza Lega Lombarda - Arena - Acquario Civico

Tram lines fully served by lowfloor vehicles at the corner of the park:
Tram 4 - stops: Arena - Lanza - Piazza Castello
Tram 14 - stops: Piazza Lega Lombarda - Lanza
 

Artistic programme venues

Isola Pepe Verde IPV

Via Guglielmo Pepe, 10, 20159, Milano MI

Isola Pepe Verde is a shared garden located in Isola, a historic popular neighborhood that is currently in the process of being gentrified.

Accessibility
The space is accessible for wheelchair users.

How to get there?
Metro line 2 & 5 - stop: Garibaldi FS (exit via Pepe).
Wheelchair users must travel in the carriage that is first according to the running direction of the train, near the door closest to the driver’s cabin.
In the M5 trains, you can ask for assistance by pressing the special button located next to the wheelchair space. To request assistance. Garibaldi station is equipped with accessible toilets. Platforms of Metro 2 & 5 are accessible with escalators and elevators in both directions of the metro.
 

Zona K

Via Spalato, 11, 20124, Milano MI

Zona K is a cultural centre hosting theatre, cinema, dance, music and visual art events with particular focus on contemporary expressions and reflections on the present.

Accessibility
The venue is accessible for wheelchair users and is equipped with an accessible toilet.

How to get there?
Metro line 5 - stop: Isola.
Wheelchair users must travel in the carriage that is first according to the running direction of the train, near the door closest to the driver’s cabin.
In the train you can ask for assistance by pressing the special button located next to the wheelchair space. Isola station is equipped with accessible toilets. Platforms are accessible with escalators and elevators in both directions of the metro.
 

DiDstudio

Via Giulio Cesare Procaccini, 4, 20154, Milano MI

DiDstudio was founded in 2005 in Milan in order to offer young artists a place of research, education, experimentation and production, in the fields of dance and new technologies. 

Accessibility
Located at the entrance of La Fabbrica del Vapore, DiDstudio is accessible by a ramp. Accessible toilets can be found in the next building inside the Vapore 1928 restaurant.

How to get there?
Metro line 5 - stop: Cenisio or Monumentale.
Both stations are equipped with escalators and elevators. The route to the venue is step-free, and the pedestrian crossings are equipped with sound signals.

Tram lines 10, 12 and 14 - stop: Piazzale Cimitero monumentale Via Bramante.
Lines 12 and 14 are wheelchair accessible. Line 10 is not accessible for wheelchair users. The route to the venue is step-free, and the pedestrian crossings are equipped with sound signals.
 

Piazza Gae Aulenti

Piazza Gae Aulenti, 20124 Milano MI

The Piazza Gae Aulenti is the epicenter of Milan’s most modern neighborhood. The square was inaugurated on 8 December 2012 and is dedicated to the renowned female architect Gae Aulenti.

Accessibility
The square is accessible for wheelchair users coming from the west of Milan via elevators that lead to Viale Luigi Sturzo and an underpass that leads to the Milan Porta Garibaldi Station; from the north via a pedestrian avenue that connects the square to Via Gaetano de Castillia; from the east through a walkway that crosses Via Melchiorre Gioia; and from the south by means of a pedestrian bridge that surpasses Via Gaspare Rosales leading into Via Vincenzo Capelli and up to Corso Como.

How to get there?
Metro line 2 & 5 - stop: Garibaldi FS 
Wheelchair users must travel in the carriage that is first according to the running direction of the train, near the door closest to the driver’s cabin. 
In the M5 trains, you can ask for assistance by pressing the special button located next to the wheelchair space.Garibaldi station is equipped with accessible toilets. Platforms of Metro 2 & 5 are accessible with escalators and elevators in both directions of the metro.