The Premio Ricas is promoted by Rotary Club Milano Villoresi and Rotaract Milano Sforza with the goal of supporting and promoting talent and creativity. Dedicated to young people under 26, it benefits from the collaboration of Careof to develop opportunities for dialogue, exchange, and visibility, offering moments of personal and professional growth.

The theme of this edition focused on the city of Milan and, in particular, on Chinatown—a historic Milan neighborhood known for its large-scale immigration from the Zhejiang region starting in the early 1900s, and also the location where Careof itself is based. Currently undergoing major transformation, Chinatown has always been a place of exchange, transit, and encounter, but also of tensions. Over the past century, the neighborhood has hosted activities related to silk and leather, and later services such as supermarkets, herbal shops, and internet points, becoming a point of reference for Chinese citizens and a place of fascination for Italians.

Following the path set by the previous edition, the prize offered 10 young people under 26 the opportunity to participate in a three-day workshop led by the studio Lupo&Burtscher, divided into a neighborhood investigation and a presentation through graphic works. These were screen-printed with the technical support of Edizioni Perpetua.

Starting from the question Where are you from?, the workshop aimed to analyze the different modes of relationship between the neighborhood and the city through meetings and stories of people who live and work daily in the area. The intention was to deepen the concept of neighborhood and belonging to build possible maps that trace new relational paths.

The participants created booklets of visual and textual documentation based on their research conducted in the Chinatown neighborhood—download to take a look!

Alessandra Draghi and Maria Gnozzi
Branda Vaiani and Emanuela Frisari
Clara Scola and Giulia Bencini
Glenda Trubiano and Francesca Sabato
Irene Coletto and Riccardo Bertoia