Next Urban Landscapes: Datum and Resiliency

The exhibition includes a selection of Domus Academy workshop projects related to the 21st-century city, examining the built environment through the lens of a modified and challenged datum where economics, social, environmental and quality of life issues take on different roles and importance.

The real estate footprint (value) —also vertical—is supplanted by individual and collective concerns and strategic proposals of resilience. Private ownership, use of shared and public space are questioned. All projects acknowledge current and future technological potential, which may be mediated, controlled or resisted.

In this series of workshops, the investigatory context (the physical space) is defined as the stratum above or beside existing urban buildings or city fabric. The framework of layers is relevant in most projects--physical, smart and occupied. This became informally referred to as the ‘roofs’ workshop.