The works presented within this symposium explore youth homelessness and empty buildings through different practices of knowledge creation. Moving across disciplines and timeframes might offer a way to disrupt the narrative of fixity, thereby yielding new insight into policymaking and social, urban and architectural processes.

Introduction

Carolina Pacchi - Politecnico di Milano, Department of Architecture and Urban Studies.

Contributors

Anita De Franco - Politecnico di Milano, Department of Architecture and Urban Studies and University of Pavia, Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture.

Josiane Schmidt - ETH, station+ and HouseEurope!

Davide Landi - Politecnico di Milano, Department of Architecture and Urban Studies.

Gianluca Gatta - Università degli Studi di Milano Statale, Department of International, Legal and Historical-Political Studies.

The Symposium is free to attend.

It is part of PNRR - Missione 4 “Istruzione e Ricerca” - Componente 2 “Dalla Ricerca all’Impresa” Investimento 1.2 “Finanziamento di Progetti Presentati da Giovani Ricercatori” funded by European Union – NextGeneration EU - CUP D43C24002400001 - id progetto: SOE2024_0000055.