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SUMMARY:7th Bernardo Secchi Working Seminar. SPACE\, LIFE\, AND POLITICS: 
 COUNTER-PROJECTS AND THE SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL TRANSITION / HRC
DTSTART:20241028T130000
DTEND:20241029T180000
DTSTAMP:20260916T035543Z
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Paola Viganò (Lab-U/HRC\, EPFL)\, Tommaso Pietropolli (Lab-U/
 HRC\, EPFL) Panos Mantziaras (Fondation Braillard Architectes)\, Kristiaan
  Borret (Bouwmeester of the Brussels Capital Region)\, Maria Kaika (Univ
 ersity of Amsterdam)\nOctober 28th – 29th\, 2024\nFoyer SG\, EPFL\nZoom 
 link:  https://epfl.zoom.us/j/69528985269\n\nMarking Bernardo Secchi’s
  10th memorial anniversary\, the JBS 2024 extends the reflection initiated
  in 2022\, focusing on the ecological\, social\, and spatial transition of
  modern urbanized territories. Delving into the interplay between socio-ec
 ological Transition and radical adaptations in our practices\, policies\, 
 and projects\, the seminar aims to unravel the inherent tensions in naviga
 ting these complex dynamics.\n\nAs per Bernardo Secchi\, European democrat
 ic culture forms the canvas for a “vaster biopolitical action”. This e
 ndeavor intricately shapes and transforms urban spaces intending to safegu
 ard\, educate\, and emancipate its people. Consequently\, the planning and
  design of the 19th and 20th centuries are characterized as techno-scienti
 fic and creative extensions of this enduring tradition. Today\, this cont
 emporary project concerning space and life\, often pejoratively labeled 
 “biopolitical” by Michel Foucault2\, grapples with profound economic\,
  social\, and environmental challenges such as threats to ecosystems from 
 excessive extraction\, societal divisions\, escalating spatial injustices\
 , weakened economies\, and global health risks. Redirecting designers’ f
 ocus on space\, life\, and politics becomes a pivotal approach to devise p
 lanning and design tools for a habitable\, equitable\, and healthy planet 
 facing these complexities.\n\nThe seminar will delve into concerns such as
  socio-spatial conflicts\, strategies for mitigating climate change\, coun
 teracting its impacts\, and the emergence of new ecologies in modern urban
 ized regions. It is organized into three main axes:\n– Concrete utopias
 \n– Counter-actions and activism\n– Radical policies
LOCATION:Foyer SG - Archizoom https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==SG%20294.22 http
 s://epfl.zoom.us/j/69528985269
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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