Climate Urbanism
The atelier moves from the dominant narrative of “sustainable urbanism” based on “resiliency” to a radical systemic approach that considers Climate Change (CC) alterations as a present condition instead of an eventual future hazard, aiming at evolving new models of living together instead of preserving the actual neoliberal and extraction narratives. While promoting spatial justice as a climate action issue, the atelier works with the case of Biella, a “medial” territory representing the majority of contemporary territorial conditions in Europe. The first phase of the course aims at defining a territorial imaginary for Biella 2050. The second phase develops the projects on a specific case study along the Cervo River either in the town of Valdilana, both coping with a challenging common future.