The metaphysical and methodological commitment of modern western urbanism is towards conceiving the project of the city and the territory as being part of a vaster biopolitical action. 

Bernardo Secchi ¹

Inaugurated in the framework of the Venice Biennale in 2021 by the Braillard Architects Foundation and the Habitat Research Center ENAC EPFL, with the collaboration of the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning of Ghent University, the 6th Bernardo Secchi Working Seminar aims to challenge the Transition as a project engaging space, life, and politics.

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It will take place at the Pavillon Sicli in Geneva on October 3 and 4, 2022, as part of the Quinzaine de l’urbanisme.

The event is part of the EDAR Course AR-668 and gives 1 ETCS for Doctoral Students. More information with Sandra Bottà. 
 

• with Paola Viganò, Valentin Bourdon, Mathis Wackernagel, Saskia Sassen, Panos Mantziaras, Michel Dehaene, Arturo Escobar, Steward Pickett
• + selected speakers 

Address:
Pavillon Sicli
Route des Acacias 45
1227 Acacias

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^{1 Secchi, B. (2014) A tradição europeia do planejamento: culturas e políticas. In E. Ribeiro Peixoto, M. F. Derntl, P.P. Palazzo, R. Trevisan eds., Tempos e escalas da cidade e do urbanismo: quatro palestras, XIII Seminario de Historia da Cidade e do Urbanismo (Shcu). Brasilia: Facoltà di Architettura e Urbanistica, Università di Brasilia. Now in: Secchi, B. (2015). La tradizione Urbanistica Europea. Culture e politiche. In: G. Fini, ed., Il futuro si costruisce giorno per giorno. Riflessioni su spazio, società e progetto. Roma: Donzelli Editore. See also: Cavalletti A. (2005) La città biopolitica, Bruno Mondadori, Milano.}