This symposium is part of the CRAFT Open Forum Feminine and Feminist Architecture. This space is [not] for you, which investigates how architectural design and spatial practices can support antifragility, foster forms of care, and question specific forms of exclusion embedded in the built environment.  

Through presentations and discussions, we will analyse open and inclusive urban spaces and their capacity to activate forms of spatial agency. The aim is to illustrate the physical and spatial characteristics that allow habits and lifestyles to be modified, community belonging to be strengthened, and inclusion to be promoted; and to examine the theme of open-to-all urban spaces and the transformation of urban environments into places that respond to the diversity of bodies, needs, and lived experiences, engaging with topics such as proximity of care, public play, the neurodiverse city, and immersive and restorative environments. 

14:15 | Welcome and Introduction, Cassandra Cozza | DAStU, Politecnico di Milano

14:30 | Lectures

Designing Cities of Care: Inclusion, Social Value and Participatory Practice, Sara Candiracci | ARUP

Ecofeminism from the South Asian Women Architect’s Perspective, Sumita Singha | Ecologic Architects (online)

Chairs: Cassandra Cozza, Arianna Scaioli | DAStU, Politecnico di Milano

15:30 | Roundtable Discussion

Demetrio Scopelliti | AMAT, Diego Terna | Quinzii Terna Architecture, DAStU, Politecnico di Milano

Nadia Bertolino | Università di Pavia, AIM - Associazione Interessi Metropolitan

Chairs: Bendetta Brun, Cassandra Cozza | DAStU, Politecnico di Milano

16:30 | Lecture

Creating Collective Public Spaces, Bryony Roberts | Bryony Roberts Studio, Feminist Spatial Practice (online)

Closing Remarks

Cassandra Cozza | DAStU, Politecnico di Milano

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