Understanding neighbourhoods in times of pandemic

23/04/2021 – h. 14:30 – 17:30
Piattaforma Webex
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The aim of the project is to share different approaches and ways to read and understand challenges and opportunities of cities in times of pandemic. In recent years, environmental challenges and the spread of pandemic are redefining the priorities of communities, requiring more suitable assessment of their vulnerabilities and their new needs. Moreover, remote teaching and, often, lack of direct experience of places have implied a rapid redefinition of tools and methods to analyse cities in urban design studios. For this reasons, three undergraduate studios in London, Milan, and Weimar (Berlin), join forces to launch a series of initiatives of ‘knowledge exchange’ with the objective to:
-discuss and compare problems of neighbourhoods in the three selected cities;
-compare notes regarding the challenges of remote (or partially remote) reading of places in urban design studios, and the way this can potentially affect the planning processes.
This is part of the 2021 initiative ‘Rethinking Cities under shocks and stresses’ of ILAUD – The International Laboratory of Architecture and Urban Design, and it fulfils one of the historic missions of ILAUD to improve and refine the ‘reading’ of contexts with the ultimate aim to enhance the quality of urban design projects

Relatori: Giulio Verdini, Corinna Dean, Anna Moro, Chiara Nifosì, Piero Sassi, Paolo Ceccarelli and the students of the different studios

Responsabile: Anna Moro