From 1 to 3 October, the biennale svizzera del territorio returns for its sixth edition, centred at Villa Saroli and spread across Lugano, Mendrisio and Bellinzona.
The event is organised by Istituto Internazionale di Architettura under the direction of architect Ludovica Molo, and brings together emerging architects selected by an international committee, conferences, round tables, an urban walk and participatory activities open to the public.
The title "Handle with Care" is a timely invitation to reflect on the urgency of a responsible architecture centred on care – one that repairs, maintains and regenerates through attuned listening to places and to the pre-existing, and through community engagement. A complex alternative to the easier path of demolition and construction, hallmarks of an architecture that consumes territory and resources.
Thursday 1 October opens with a conference at the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio – an evening of debate within the architecture and design community, dedicated to the values of political and civic responsibility within the discipline, addressing fundamental topics such as housing, reuse and citizen participation.
Friday 2 October, organised in collaboration with the Canton Ticino Department of Territory and the City of Bellinzona,
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From 1 to 3 October, the biennale svizzera del territorio returns for its sixth edition, centred at Villa Saroli and spread across Lugano, Mendrisio and Bellinzona.
The event is organised by Istituto Internazionale di Architettura under the direction of architect Ludovica Molo, and brings together emerging architects selected by an international committee, conferences, round tables, an urban walk and participatory activities open to the public.
The title "Handle with Care" is a timely invitation to reflect on the urgency of a responsible architecture centred on care – one that repairs, maintains and regenerates through attuned listening to places and to the pre-existing, and through community engagement. A complex alternative to the easier path of demolition and construction, hallmarks of an architecture that consumes territory and resources.
Thursday 1 October opens with a conference at the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio – an evening of debate within the architecture and design community, dedicated to the values of political and civic responsibility within the discipline, addressing fundamental topics such as housing, reuse and citizen participation.
Friday 2 October, organised in collaboration with the Canton Ticino Department of Territory and the City of Bellinzona, opens with an urban walk through the places that best represent the city's transformation – from industrial fringes to public spaces, from rewilding areas to new residential and school hubs. This is followed by the opening of the Symposium at the Institute of Research in Biomedicine (IRB). This day offers a reflection on the vocation of a distinctive territory: a bridge between northern and southern Europe, situated between the Lombardy metropolis and the rest of Switzerland, marked by complex dynamics and fragile balances. Two round tables invite participants to interrogate these conditions, imagine the future vocation of the territory and identify the tools with which to act in the present.
In the evening, the projects in the park of Villa Saroli are officially inaugurated. The 10 installations selected through the Call for Action are unveiled and will remain on view to the public until 28 November.
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