Call for spaces

The CALL FOR SPACES, IDEAS, PLACES, BUILDINGS is an initiative launched to involve the citizens of Venice in a participatory process aimed at mapping abandoned or unused spaces, buildings, and places in the lagoon city and the mainland. This project, carried out exclusively online, represented a collective call to identify and enhance hidden or neglected urban resources, promoting a shared vision for the future of the city.

The main goal is to identify spaces with strong regeneration potential, in order to transform them into resources for the community. Citizens are invited to report any area in need of attention and care, from forgotten courtyards to large abandoned buildings. These spaces represent an essential part of Venice’s urban heritage, which, with targeted interventions, can be repurposed for new uses related to housing, work, and social activities.

The reports were collected and incorporated into an interactive map, a key tool to make these opportunities visible and to facilitate the subsequent design work. This map allowed citizens, professionals, and students to immediately see where the abandoned areas are located, what their characteristics are, and what potential they may offer to the community.

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The CALL FOR SPACES is not concluded and represents only the beginning of a regeneration process. The interactive map continues to be available to receive new reports and enrich itself with new contributions, stimulating a continuous and proactive dialogue between citizens and the city.

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Read more about this project in the article published in the weekly Gente Veneta

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Event: Beautiful, Sustainable, Together in Venice.

An integral part of the CALL FOR SPACES was the event "Beautiful, Sustainable, Together in Venice," held at the Thetis Space in the Arsenale of Venice. The event was organized by Venice Urban Lab, the official partner of the New European Bauhaus, as a day of training and reflection on global challenges as they manifest in our city.

The day included various activities, including:

1. Professional development seminar with the provision of continuing education credits for architects registered with the Order

The role of the architect

Professional development seminar co-organized with the Order of Architects PPC Venice

Introduction and moderation: Anna Buzzacchi, with contributions from Duccio Maria Traina, Diego Zoppi, Reiner Nagel (Bundesstiftung Baukultur)

2. Workshop for the community

Beauty, sustainability, and inclusion: tools to design the future - The role of the citizen

An opportunity for debate and open discussion between young people and experts, citizens and professionals, to outline new projects with an innovative and cross-cutting vision.

Exploration of needs and opportunities through a creative and interactive mapping of unused places in the city reported by citizens with a CALL FOR SPACES, IDEAS, PLACES, BUILDINGS taking place the week before the event. The creation of the map will serve as the basis for a moderated discussion coordinated by Chiara Fedato and Margherita Povolato, along with a group of young people and students.

Co-organized with the association Venice Calls

3. Workshop for children

Sustainable, beautiful, together: what can it be? The role of children

Treasure hunt in the garden of Thetis Space at the Arsenale for children aged 5 to 10, to play in contact with nature while learning about plants, flowers, herbs, and trees!

Coordinated by Maria Giulia Da Sacco, Margherita Fusco, and Sofia Pascolo

4. Presentations of innovative projects

Art, publications, technology, and photography

Vittorio Da Mosto - AizeneV project and publication of the book “Dimore Veneziane - The art of living Venice”;

Claudio Iannelli - e-concept / e-dock, infrastructures for electric boating, and e.contest, a competition for images on “Images of Venice in the future.”

5. Happy-hour with music from Opificio to stay together

Organized by Venice Urban Lab in collaboration with Venice Calls, Bundesstiftung Baukultur, Ordine degli Architetti Venezia, with the patronage of Comitati Privati Venezia.

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