The impact that the pandemic has had on metropolises, together with their evident fragility during an environmental crisis, requires a new vision of cities. [...]
We owe the intuition that cities behave just like human beings - and therefore require more than the competences of urbanists alone – to Scottish botanist Sir Patrick Geddes, the founder of city science. The fact a botanist was the first to perceive that it is necessary to study a city’s metabolism to develop and govern one is not haphazard. However, animals are not the best model to understand a city’s pulse. Plants are a far better metaphor. Like cities they do not move but grow outwards. And starting with the structure and metabolism of plants, which unlike animals are not overly greedy of resources, but energetically autonomous, we can imagine new solutions for our cities.
Curing our metropolises as if they were plants by plant neurobiologist Stefano Mancuso, which was published yesterday on La Repubblica, seems perfect to introduce the final event of Project RoLAB - Rome Live Art Lab. The project, which is held in collaboration with the United States Embassy in Rome, involved students in redesigning urban areas while the city was in lockdown. All the projects developed during the health emergency address relations, aggregation and social distancing.
On Thursday, July 9, we will discover which amongst the ten finalists presented the winning project with Anna Laura Orrico, Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities.
ROLAB - ROME LIVE ART LAB
RETHINKING URBAN CITY SPACE DURING THE LOCKDOWN
Live Event – July 9, 2020 – 11:00 – 12:00
High school students, national and international artists, academies and architects come together to regenerate urban spaces and find new ideas for abandoned city areas in Rome, imagining new ways of socializing and coming together.
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