Winner – Learning from the Future

Learning from the Future

AUTHOR(S) — Marta Benedetti (IT), Davide Fuser (IT), Federica Gallucci (IT), Maria Letizia Garzoli (IT), Silvia Tasini (IT), David Vecchi (IT), Architects

WEIZ (AT) — WINNER

CONTACT — 44 Bramber Road, W149PB London (GB) +32 496038746 e15.learningfromthefuture@gmail.com www.learningfromthefuture.eu

TEAM POINT OF VIEW — “Learning from the Future” proposes a sustainable, experimental, and active urban landscape to match and reflect the creative and entrepreneurial energy of Weiz’s inhabitants. The masterplan designs both the physical spaces and their strategies with a circular economy in mind, expanding upon local strengths, namely the pioneering attitude towards energy and climate, which has yielded world class industries and knowledge services. The project addresses several scales and ecologies, to work within both time and landscape ‘seamlessness’. “Learning from the Future” is the mise-en-place of best practices for a life-oriented city, a city to thrive in.

JURY POINT OF VIEW — The project offers a spatial quality of the proposed street scenario. It addresses the road as a public space whose surface not only links the green space with the urban texture, but also defines different scales and different traffic speeds. The project proposes a function-mix for the old tannery. In general, the coherent program is lauded not only for its scope but also because it is rooted in the specific industrial activities of the city.