Open-to-all Urban Spaces

Open Forum

Through presentations and discussions, we will analyse open and inclusive urban spaces and their capacity to activate forms of spatial agency. The aim is to illustrate the physical and spatial characteristics that allow habits and lifestyles to be modified, community belonging to be strengthened, and inclusion to be promoted; and to examine the theme of open-to-all urban spaces and the transformation of urban environments into places that respond to the diversity of bodies, needs, and lived experiences, engaging with topics such as proximity of care, public play, the neurodiverse city, and immersive and restorative environments. This CRAFT Open Forum investigates how architectural design and spatial practices can support antifragility, foster forms of care, and question specific forms of exclusion embedded in the built environment. The research aligns with several SDGs – 5 Gender Equality, 10 Reduced Inequalities, and 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities – positioning architecture as an active agent of social transformation.

Next Events

(New) Types and Typological Hybridisations Seminar Series

The aim is to examine the emergence of new types and typological hybridisations, presenting projects and theoretical positions capable of reconfiguring open spaces and buildings that activate forms of spatial agency and care. In particular, to elucidate the physical and spatial characters that enable the transformation of habits and lifestyles, the consolidation of a sense of community, and the promotion of social inclusion.

11/05/2026
Architectures for Care and Interdependence

Practicing, Teaching and Gender Equity, International Seminar

15/05/2026
The event addresses the themes of practicing, teaching, and promoting gender equity through training, awareness-raising, and knowledge-sharing.

Coordinator: Cassandra Cozza, Politecnico di Milano – DAStU

Contacts: cassandra.cozza@polimi.it, ariannaluisa.scaioli@polimi.it