Located in the south-eastern part of the city of Latina, Piazza Ilaria Alpi is one of the place identified by the UPPER UIA project in Latina as a demonstration site for the planting of new plant species to counteract the increase in temperature, linked to the heat island effect. Tesserae was responsible for the co-design activitiies of the project.
UPPER is a project financed by Urban Innovative Actions to transform misused and abandoned green and concrete areas of the urban and peri-urban space of the city of Latina (Italy) into Productive Parks (PP) devoted to research, technological development and self-production of advanced and innovative nature-based solutions to tackle environmental, socio-economic and governance challenges. Tesserae is responsible for the digital communication – website, social media and realisation of 30 UPPER Stories- and will take care of the Co-design Workshops, producing a methodological manual for these workshops and the guidelines resulting from the participative process.
Starting from an urban gardening project, the experience of Prinzessinnengarten extended to a wide range of innovative practices, political stances and networking activities fostering a DIY integrated approach. Since 2020, the gardens occupy two distinct areas, both organized on principles of self-sufficiency, food-independence and social inclusivity: the original site located in Moritzplatz (Berlin-Kreuztberg) and the recent acquisition of San Jacobi cemetery (Berlin-Neukölln). The Prinzessinnengarten project promotes gardening as a practice of community building and social emancipation from urban neo-liberal dynamics, while also offering its visitors and members a wide range of cultural and educational activities aimed at sharing different forms of knowledge and skills and at raising consciousness on current ecological issues and social challenges.
