TEMI E PROGETTI DI ARCHITETTURA NELLA CITTA’ AL TEMPO DELLA CRISI

The theme of crisis has taken on a dominating central role in architectural projects. The examples chosen from the projects developedby the students of Architectural Design Studio V and Degree Laboratory L@bCity, present certain lines of thought regarding both the city at a time of crisis and architecture understood as a discipline of knowing and taking action in society. From this standpoint the results offer food for thought regarding the future of the European city, representing a critical reflection on the board panorama of open-ended questions relative to the state of thecontemporary project. The issues of re-use and re-cycling of waste-areas are tackled, with suggestions for new programs and activities with regard to infrastructure, energy supplies, and a solution to the conflict between apparently incompatible objects and subjects (aligning itself to the phenomenon of hybridization); this process is fully in agreement with research into the transformation of the contemporary architecture of the city at a time of crisis.