Shaping the City Venice 2025 | Day 1

Описание: Shaping the City | Forum for Sustainable Cities and Communities
21-22 November 2025

What are the main urbanisation issues shaping our cities nowadays? Shaping the City is a forum organised by the European Cultural Centre Italy as part of the public programming of the Venice Architecture Biennial Exhibition titled #TimeSpaceExistence. The event brought together local and international academics, urban planners, designers, architects, policymakers and organisations to address challenges facing today’s cities and their communities.

TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Opening Remarks by ECC Italy team
14:57 Keynote Speech "Architecture as a Care Act" by Tatiana Bilbao (Founding Partner and Director, Tatiana Bilbao ESTUDIO / Charles Gwathmey Professor of Architecture, Yale School of Architecture)
1:33:42 PANEL 1 | LIVING TOGETHER: HOUSING AS A COLLECTIVE PROJECT
Housing as a Communal Project by Heather Woofter (Dean, School of Architecture, University of Texas at Austin)
Vienna – Housing for All by Michael Obrist (University Professor and Head of Department, TU Vienna / Founding partner, feld72 architects) & Sabine Pollak (Partner, Köb&Pollak Architecture, Vienna)
Renovate – Don’t Speculate! by Ludwig Engel (Partner, HouseEurope! gGmbH)
3:07:35 Book Presentation "UNVEILING THE UNSEEN" by Faisal Alohali (Architect) & Abdullah Alsanea (Architect, Foster + Partners)

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About:
European Cultural Centre Italy (ECC Italy), part of the non-profit association ECC Worldwide based in the Netherlands, promotes cultural and intellectual exchange through immersive exhibitions, engaging events, cultural projects, and educational initiatives. In Venice, we restore historic venues and host our biennial architecture exhibition, Time Space Existence and art biennial exhibition, Personal Structures.
Website: https://ecc-italy.eu/

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