On September 23rd, 2023 Laura participated to the conference Abitare, una questione politica organised by Fondazione Michelucci in Fiesole in the context of the Festival della Nuova Città.
Laura introduced the discussion with a presentation on “Strategie sociali per l’abitare: politiche e pratiche in Europa” (Social strategies for housing: politics and practices in Europe).
Find here the video recording of the event.
Friday June 26 the second event of the series “Cities engaging in the right to housing” took place. The web conference No one left behind organised by by Urban Innovative Actions (UIA) and URBACT was facilitated by Laura Colini. The conference offered a preview of the 2020 Report on Housing Exclusion in Europe, co-written by FEANTSA and Fondation Abbé Pierre, […]
Florence, Italy: The iconic Venere Biomeccanica (Biomechanical Venus) sculpture is under threat of being removed as part of a larger regeneration project in the city. The 5-meter tall anthropomorphic statue is located in a former textile machine factory complex in the Rifredi neighbourhood of Florence. The sculpture was built by a group of activist artists who […]
From 8-11 may in Barcelona, Tesserae organised a teaching module for the Master U-RISE at the IUAV in Venice within the frame of the EU UIA BMINCOME pilot project. The pilot is a unique experiment combining passive and active policies to fight poverties in the peripheries of Barcelona. A municipal Guaranteed Minimum Income (GMI) is […]