Exercises in Urban Reconnaissance is a methodology developed during decades of activity by the ogino:knauss media collective and produced by Tesserae. It is employed as a general framework to survey the complexity of factors that affect a given socio-spatial context and to start a preliminary reflection to any sort of intervention or project.
The Asilo (The shelter) is a centre for independent production and sharing of art, managed by an informal open community. The building is owned by the City, but its management is devolved to the artist community through the innovative model of the “Usi Civici”, creating an experience of direct democracy and opening the way for the istitutional development of urban commons in Naples.
WHERE AND WHEN? Lausitzer Strasse 10-11, Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany. 2019-2021 WHAT’S GOING ON? Similarly to other cases in the district, the Lause is being threatened by the possibility of an unaffordable rent increase due to the intention of the owner to sell the building to the highest bidder, by around 20 million euros – an […]
A booklet recording and reflecting on the presentations and workshops at the conference Learning from Context organised by Tesserae in Berlin (22nd-23rd September 2017) in the frame of the EULER project.
