On September 7th our Senior Researcher Laura Colini, together with Yuri Kazepov, AbdouMaliq Simone and Celine d’Cruz participated to the online panel Climate Change and Social Housing organised by Iba Research Lab. The panel concentrated on bottom-up planning processes and self-organisation in climate adaptation and mitigation strategies, discussing the way inhabitants are involved, resources are shared and conflicts are resolved.
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.
The Cities Engaging in the Right to Housing project has launched a new website to promote exchanges between cities and connections with strategic players at national and EU levels on the theme of housing rights. The website also provides access to the project’s research and case studies, including information on collaborative and non-market oriented housing schemes, community land […]
A visit to Prinzessinnengarten, Berlin meeting Marco Clausen. Recorded during the Urban Reconnaissance Lab #3 Spontaneous City. Part of Switch On Mehringplatz – EULER, EU Erasmus plus project. Here an article about Prinzessinnengarten by Laura Colini published on the URBACT website.