Abitare il Paese – La cultura della domanda

Social marginalisation is one of the effects of urban inequality at a global level: not being considered as citizens fuels exclusion and discrimination. Thus, the need to start a research where children are the first protagonists since they are citizens of the present, users and authors of experiences in the city. Their involvement is not during the design phase, but in participating in the search for the meaning of the city, place of relationships and meetings, of daily life and feelings.

Walking, crossing the neighbourhoods and observing one’s own area were the starting point of the research on the meaning of city: each one according to their own experience, their own memories, adults and children together. Maps and drawings were created using the traces and clues collected, and these offered possible cues for the future of their city. They were exhibited in May 2019 in Rome at the final meeting of the first year of the project.

The National Council of Architects, Designers, Landscape Architects and Conservators in dialogue with Fondazione Reggio Children opened the second edition of the project to continue to raise awareness about the fact that architecture should be considered a collective good, starting with children and young people.

Year 2018/2019

Year 2019/2020