Design

Through the Design Workshops we explore the process of constantly drawing and redrawing the spatial, associational and economic relationships that define a city to rethink the scope, scale and consequences of the architectural project on the urban process. We see the city as a possible field of experimentation of novel spatial narratives and collaborative practices, investigating and challenging current national and international trends of producing the urban.

Drawings are used as tools to clarify questions, to spatialise and structure thoughts and arguments – for exploration and proposition rather than only for presentation. They are in this sense purposeful and communicative, setting up the basis for collaborative practices, critical thinking and decision making that are the core of our team-based design workshop approach. Experimentation and the testing of ideas are constantly in progress. Registered in our notebooks as sketches for more detailed drawings or writings, they are discussed, revised and updated in an ongoing iterative process. We aim to explore the potential of drawings as a way to experiment, innovate and define clear questions and propositions. We work to investigate the implications of a range of interventions, always with a multi-scalar approach.