Today we confront a multiple scale social reality of emergent collectivities, where physical space coexists with the digital as an attempt to compose common codes of communication, collaboration and solidarity. Within that context we can think of physical and digital space of the city as assemblages that is to say as a multitude of components and entities that interact with each other forming each time a different assemblage, depending either on the scenario or the relational model. What matters is the redefinition of activity constituting the public, the collective that produces it, the description of the relationship between the components of collectivities, and the definition of the interaction and interconnection with other collectivities.
Urban design no longer forms and defines areas in detail, but it creates spatial frameworks that would allow creating a range of unpredictable situations. Through a multitude of innovative, small and local initiatives, the collective consciousness could be awakened and encouraged by creating communication channels between the existing and the emerging assemblages of the city.
Teacher
- Athena Stavridou, Assistant Professor (Συντονίστρια)
