Passages. Architecture for Flowing and Connecting Spaces
Conference Proceedings: Book of Abstracts
ISBN: 978-94-6518-101-1
DOI: 10.4233/uuid:a78f5941-ef4c-4371-a0a4-c0c20be7fa9a
How to cite: Cavallaro, R., Chierichetti, N. (Eds., 2025), PASSAGES. Architecture for flowing and connecting spaces. Conference proceedings: Book of abstracts. TU Delft Open
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Synopsis
« Ceci n’est pas une conférence sur la mobilité »
As infrastructures of movement often prioritize technical efficiency, they risk neglecting the qualitative and experiential dimensions of space, an oversight that architectural thinking is distinctively positioned to address. Architecture offers a special perspective to address this gap, particularly in light of SDG 09-Industry, Innovation and Infrastructures and SDG 11-Sustainable Cities and Communities, and in reference to the principles of the EAAE Charter.
By engaging with mobility through a transversal approach, the conference explores how architectural design can contribute to reimagining spaces to overcome functionalist engineering limitations, also considering the ecological, climate and social impacts of mobility spaces as something more than mere built objects.
Through the examination of design methodologies and prototype case studies, the conference attempts to unveil the potential of architectural design and research tools to enrich unconventional discussions about mobility in urban and peri-urban contexts, its spatial configurations and experiential qualities. Although mobility is intended as a framework, the discourse will focus on the spaces above, below, in-between, and to the sides of the ordinary boundaries of architectures of flow, as well as on the spaces of new forms of movement. The conference «Passages. Architecture for Flowing and Connecting Spaces» invited contributions which critically address the role of Architecture in the Shaping the spaces of mobility, and in their interference, around the sessions of “Intersection”, “Collateral” and “Evolution”.
Chapters
Intersection: Over, Under, Architecture
Chair: Fabio Lepratto
Intersection: Spaces of Transition
Chair: Francesca Zanotto
Collateral: Landscapes of Re-Invention
Chair: Andrea Oldani
Collateral: Mobility and the Cityscape
Chair: Chiara Nifosì
Evolution: Unfolding new Mobility
Chair: Giulia Setti
Evolution: Between Utopia and History
Chair: Leonardo Zuccaro Marchi