MaPS. Mastering Public Space

A collaborative research network on cities and urbanity

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City Space Architecture

Non-profit Cultural Association

Operational headquarters via Paolo G. Martini 26/d

40134 Bologna (ITALY) Legal residence via Saragozza 135/2

40135 Bologna (ITALY)

T/F +39 051 6142934

www.cityspacearchitecture.org

info@cityspacearchitecutre.org

MaPS is a multidisciplinary educational project, aimed at scholars, professionals, public and private institutions, artists and citizens, regardless of age. a journey through the public space and the way to use it, live it, design it, in the various regions in the world. a story of many voices about the contemporary urban living.

MaPS uses an innovative and creative approach and language.

MaPS experiences

intersections between architecture, urban planning, photography and cinema.

MaPs offers a scenario between urban design and social practices of everyday life.

organized and curated by Luisa Bravo

MaPS involves scholars together with undergraduate, graduate and PhD students from: National Technical University of Athens, Greece / University of Auckland, New Zealand / Thammasat University, Thailand / Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain / Queensland University of Technology, Australia / Universidad de Palermo, Argentina / University of Canberra, Australia / Illinois Institute of Technology, USA / Università di Bologna, Italy / The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China / Bezalel

Academy of Arts and Design, Israel / Taylor’s University, Malaysia / University of Nicosia, Cyprus / Carleton University, Canada / KTH

Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden / co+labo

Radovic, Keio University, Japan / Università degli studi di Firenze, Italy / National Taiwan University, Taiwan

and professionals from: Barcelona / Beirut / Berlin / Bologna / London / Mostar / Tripoli

and non-profit cultural associations such as: International Society of Biourbanism / Labirinto: Culture e Civiltà Mediterranee / K.A.M. (Centre for Mediterranean Architecture) / AESOP Association of European Schools of Planning / Mostar ADA Center

20+ Working MaPS

Buenos Aires, Argentina / Chicago, USA / Ottawa, Canada / Bologna, Italy / Barcelona, Spain / Athens, Greece / Berlin, Germany / London, UK / Stockholm, Sweden /Beirut and Tripoli, Lebanon / Nicosia and Paphos, Cyprus / Jerusalem, Israel / Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina / Bangkok, Thailand / Hong Kong, China / Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia / Tokyo, Japan / Brisbane, Australia / Auckland, New Zealand.

Luisa Bravo

Table #1

Privately owned public spaces

Conversation coordinated by Manfredo

Manfredini

Discussants

Hendrik Tieben, Stefania Ragozino, Davisi Boontharm, Yiorgos Hadjichristou, Renata Priore Lima, Brenda Gimenez, Darko Radovic, Chen Lijing.

Key words

privatization right to the city

porosity/malleability

social complexity

Hendrik Tieben

Davisi Boontharm

Brenda Gimenez

Yiorgos Hadjichristou

Darko Radovic

Manfredo Manfredini

Renata Priore Lima

Stefania Ragozino

Chen Lijing

Table #2 Sustainable public spaces and smart cities

Conversation coordinated by Antonio Caperna

Discussants

Simone Garagnani, Guglielmo Minervino, Mattheos Papavasiliou, Elisa Ravazzoli

Key words

real/virtual world

technology versus communities process/evolution

civitas

Antonio Caperna

Elisa Ravazzoli

Guglielmo Minervino

Mattheos Papavasiliou

Simone Garagnani

Table #3

Space, identity and conflict: mapping the commons

Conversation coordinated by Angela Petrou

Discussants

Elena Konstantinidou, Rania Sassine, Ana Jugovic, Nilly R. Harag, Yamit Cohen-Liberman

Key words

identity as a value

identity is never singular identity belongs to the place and the users identity reveals the unseen

Angela Petrou

Yamat Cohen-Liberman

Elena Konstantinidou

Rania Sassine

Ana Jugovic

Nilly R. Harag

Table #4

Re-envisioning community space

Conversation coordinated by Hendrik Tieben

Discussants

Claudio Sgarbi, Mattheos Papavasiliou, Brenda Gimenez, Stefania Ragozino, Ceren Sezer

Keywords

diverse communities

academic activism/action research

social engagement

mediation

Ceren Sezer

Claudio Sgarbi

Mattheos Papavasiliou

Susanne Lager

Stefania Ragozino

Hendrik Tieben

Table #5

Creative solutions for social engagement

Conversation coordinated by Darko Radovic

Discussants

Davisi Boontharm, Nilly R. Harag, Yiorgos Hadjichristou, Ana Jugovic, wAngela Petrou, Valentina Orioli, Yamit Cohen-Liberman, Ivan Omazic

Key words

bottom-up approach momentum of temporality soft infrastructure contingency as a creative common ground

Valentina Orioli

Angela Petrou

Manfredo Manfredini

Yiorgos Hadjichristou

Darko Radovic

Nilly Harag

Ivan Omazic

Ana Jugovic

Davisi Boontharm

Table #6

Public spaces in the Mediterranean city

Conversation coordinated by Elena Konstantinidou

Discussants

Giorgia Tsouderos, Rania Sassine, Zacharias Pistopoulos, Valentini Karvoutzi, Antonio Caperna, Dimitra Nikolaou

Key words

porosity

life outdoor

multilayers of identity and culture time/climate

Elena Konstantinidou

Zacharias Pistopoulos

Giorgia Tsouderos

Dimitra Nikolau

Workshop #1 Narratives in Public Space (NaPS)

Coordinators

Elahe Karimnia, Mahdis Aliasgari

Journey Mapping / What if... / Future Scenario.

The first step is to map out a journey of everyday life which enacts cultural and social realities embedded in people’s narratives and activities. The objective is to illustrate a day’s journey that includes documentation of outdoor activities and mapping of locations/destinations in order to explore detailed explanations of key moments that shed light on the users’ initial motivation for wandering in the city. This will take place as an open-ended interview with diverse groups of participants. Once the map is developed, the follow-up step is to ask questions of “what if...” to relates their memories to their interests which can be objects, places, events as well as other people. The outcome of this exploration will be a short video, revisiting their journey from a single photo of their map. This exposure of social practices is an attempt to unfold everyday life as tangible and legible data, which provides a common language for us as designers, as well as other stakeholders of the city.

Mahdis Aliasgari

Workshop #2

Spatial attributes and patterns of human interaction in space

Coordinators

Elena Konstantinidou, Valentini

Karvoutzi, Mattheos Papavasiliou, Dimitra Nicolaou, Archontoula

Vasilara

Dimitra Nicolaou

Archontoula Vasilara

Valentini Karvoutzi

meets

MAXXI B.A.S.E. in Rome

INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM

organized and curated by Luisa Bravo

MAXXI B.A.S.E. Research Centre of the Museum of XXI Century Arts

24 May 2015

Europe and Middle East

Moderators:

Bologna | Luisa Bravo and Simone Garagnani

City Space Architecture, Italy

Beirut | Rania Sassine

Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts, Lebanon

Discussants:

Carpineto Romano | Stefano Serafini

International Society of Biourbanism, Italy

Genova | José Manuel Madrigal

University of Genova, Italy

Nicosia | Yiorgos Hadjichristou

University of Nicosia, Cyprus

Moutallos | Angela Petrou

University of Nicosia, Cyprus

Athens | Elena Konstantinidou, Valentini Karvoutzi, Mattheos Papavasiliou, Arhontoula Vasilara

National Technical University of Athens, Greece

Jerusalem | Nilly R. Harag and Yamit Cohen-Liberman

Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Israel

Mostar | Ana Jugovic

City of Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina

Canada and South America

Moderator:

Ottawa | Claudio Sgarbi

Carleton University, Canada

Discussant:

Buenos Aires | Elisa Ravazzoli

Universidad de Palermo, Argentina

Asia and New Zealand

Moderators:

Auckland | Manfredo Manfredini

University of Auckland, New Zealand

Tokyo | Darko Radovic and Davisi Boontharm

co+labo, Keio University, Japan

Discussant:

Hong Kong | Hendrik Tieben

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China

meets

MAXXI B.A.S.E. in Rome

EXHIBITION

curated by Luisa Bravo

Manfredo Manfredini

supported by Univertsity of Auckland

School of Architecture and Planning

New Zealand

MAXXI B.A.S.E.

Research Centre of the Museum of XXI Century Arts

May 24, 2015

Acknowledgements

Special thanks to Mario Spada and Pietro Garau for the invitation to join the Biennal of Public Space in Rome

Pippo Ciorra, Alessio Rosati and Viola Porfirio for the warm hospitality at MAXXI B.A.S.E. in Rome

Credits

All pictures included in this brochure are from Elettra Giulia Bastoni Photographer

Graphic layout

Arturo Del Razo Montiel