ECOWEEK 2021 Online in Rome, Italy Towards Intersectional Justice
On January 16 – 17, 2021 ECOWEEK organized the online event titled ‘Towards Intersectional Justice: Unbuilding structures of oppression; Making space for inclusive, empowering and reparative practices’.The 48-hours virtual event focused on the intersections between environmental and social struggles, challenged, once again and with more strength, the way we think, talk and write about architecture asking questions such as: ‘What, and who, matters in architecture? Which voices speak through the built landscape and through its written histories? How, and from whom, is change generated?’
W1: The Place of Gender
This virtual ECOWEEK event was curated by architect Maria Luisa Palumbo based in Rome, Italy, in collaboration with the University of Arkansas Rome Program, University La Sapienza, GBC Italia Chapter Lazio and Rebel Architette. Passionate and critical scholars and professionals shared their research and experience to foster a new approach to sustainability in architecture, one deeply rooted in the search for social justice. The lecture panels hosted architect Suad Amiry, architect and historian Esra Akcan, architect artist and educator Sandi Hilal, architect designer and activist Francesca Perani, architect and educator Francesco Bedeschi, architect Alessio Battistella, architect Nasrin Mohiti Asli, architect and educator Aslihan Gunhan, art historian researcher and educator Consuelo Lollobrigida, architect Francesca Riccardo, architect Alessandra Battisti, architect Alessandro Melis, art historian Anna Chiara Cimoli, and architect John Folan, moderated by Maria Luisa Palumbo and Sofia Passia, by Francesco Bedeschi and Elias Messinas, and Consuelo Lollobrigida and Despoina Kouinoglou.
A theoretical workshop about four texts by women authors. The juxtaposition of different perceptions made the presentation very much of a touching poetic and theatrical experience where every question created a new concept.
Thanks to their multidisciplinary approach, the panels triggered a discussion on architecture and design as critical disciplines with the ability to tackle and unbuild the many structures of violence and oppression: from patriarchy to colonial and exploitative regimes, making space for inclusive, empowering and reparative practices.
WORKSHOP Leader: Maria Luisa Palumbo. WORKSHOP Team: Danai Dafnouli, Amalia Athanasia Dimou, Constantina Karalaiou, Tolgay Keskin, Konstantina Pagkalou, Martha Seitanidou, Katarzyna Szambor, Maria Tatsiouli, and Marianna Tsapepa.
W2: Public Toilets for All WORKSHOP Leader: Alessandra Battisti. WORKSHOP Team: Livia Calcagni, Giulia Ciusani,Vasiliki Fragkaki, Evgenia-Maria Zolota, Ioanna Minetou, and Carla Procida. The workshop explored three categories: sun/ventilation, water, and green, and designed public toilets in a public park setting, that explore the integration of the elements and sustainable design strategies, context and views, relationship between inside and outside and leading paths.
W3: Designing the Protest WORKSHOP Leader: Francesca Perani. WORKSHOP Team: Serafina Amoroso, Christina Roma Athanasiadou, Angeliki Avramidou, Konstantina Choumi, Athanasia Chrysanthopoulou,
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