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>> MoreOasis Reconnaissance
In February 2025 we began the first round of workshops promoted by the OASIS project to support the participatory design of 13 cultural centres and their artist residence programs. Tesserae is facilitating the exploration of the territories surrounding the centres, applying the urban reconnaissance methodology to the aim of fostering an holistic understanding of the neighbourhoods and the impacts that the project can bring on them.
Cartografia resistente at GKN
CartografiaResistente, a bottom-up critical geography laboratory we contributed to animate twenty years ago, is being reactivated in conjunction with the adventures of the Biomechanical Venus. The sculpture is a traveling emblem of social struggles in Florence, recently landed at the GKN factory, which is self-managed by its workers in struggle.
URBIQUITÀ
The book on planetary urbanisation and cinematic urbanism by Lorenzo Tripodi published by AgenziaX Is now out in the bookshops!
Projects
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OASis
OASis is a Creative Europe project whose main aim is to support the creation of 13 International Residence programs for artists, in some cases in existing cultural centres, and in other cases supporting the creation of new cultural spaces.
EduCity
The Erasmus+ project Edu-City aims at promoting field educational experiences with a specific attention at deprived urban contexts where fragile adults are excluded from opportunities of inclusion, participation, learning and local resources valorisation. Tesserae contributes by coordinating the production of the handbook, providing specific training on participative methodologies, testing the the application of the method in the local lab in Berlin and organising ther final international conference.
UrbEX
UrbEX is an Erasmus plus project aimed at developing urban exploration as tool to engage and empower youths at risk of exclusion. Tesserae is lead partner and coordinator in the project, managing the partnership between five organisations in five different EU countries. We are delivering the URBEX handbook of Urban Exploration and testing the handbook’s methodologies in Berlin within local labs. Finally in September 2023 we will also be organising the project’s final international conference.
Places
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ĀGENSKALNS MARKET -RIGA
The Āgenskalns Market is case of regeneration of an old market structure in Riga done through a Private Public People Partnership. The building has been leased to a local company active in the neighbourhood, and the INHABIT Horizon 2020 provided additional resources to expand the social dimension of the project. Tesserae has trained the Local Community Activators and supported the participatory aspects and the engagement of stakeholders.
DRAŽOVCE – NITRA
Nitra, Slovakia’s sixth-largest city, is home to 78,353 residents (2020), including migrant workers from Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, and other Balkan countries, as well as a significant Roma community. While the economic base of the city is predominantly industrial, its surrounding areas maintain … Read more
Cecco Rivolta
This collective house in Via Dazzi, Firenze, on the slopes up to Rifredi, is a historical experience of a student squat that has been essential for various Florentine urban movement initiatives.