New Generations Festival 2015

Next month comes to Genoa the New Generations Festival, with workshops, presentations, round tables and other events that will revolve around three themes: the constant change of cities and the actors involved in their configuration, the evolution of the architect's role and his relationship with other disciplines, and the economic sustainability of projects, presenting new models of collective funding.

The international architecture festival New Generations, curated by Gianpiero Venturini (Itinerant Office) for the cultural association New Generations and promoted by the Genoa Chamber of Architects and its Foundation, arrives in Genoa (Museo di Sant’Agostino - Piazza di Sarzano, 35r) from November 26 - 29, 2015.

This year’s programme includes cultural activities with more than 80 international guests and is structured according to three main topics:

(City) urgencies
Cities are constantly changing. Architects, citizens, public administrators, private stakeholders and private companies
are all directly involved in the redefinition of the urban space. Urban governance, reactivation of public and private
spaces, and new technologies will be at the core of the debate.

Architect ground zero
In order to better understand the evolution of the architectural profession, some of the most influential European
firms will congregate to explore the complex network between architecture and other disciplines—the participating
offices include: Aparicioeeraerts (Belgium), Salon Architects (Turkey), Teratoma Atelier (Spain), studioWOK,
Orizzontale, Matteo Ferroni (Italy), Maciej Siuda (Poland).

Funding models
Economic sustainability is one of the most critical aspects of modern design according to the new generation of
architects. Here they will discuss the feasibility of new economic models through the presentation of crowd-funding
experiments and collaborative projects.

New Generations Festival 2015 includes 4 different formats:

Workshop
During the heart of the Festival two workshops will be open to students and recent graduates. The first workshop,
curated by Edouard Cabay (Appareil, Barcelona – EPFL, Lausanne) and Margherita Del Grosso (MaDGStudio –
EPFL, Lausanne), consists of a self-building intervention in the historic setting of Piazza Negri; the second workshop,
led by Openfabric (Rotterdam), will focus on the reactivation of neglected spaces in the centre of Genoa with the
aim of changing the perception of public space and integrating ephemeral architecture.

Face-to-face presentations
During the Festival, there will be 30 lectures of 20 minutes each dedicated to different issues identified by
appropriate hashtags conceived by Itinerant Office for the Festival, such as: #architectsandstakeholders,
#newtechnologies, #internationalization, #tools, #creatingnetworks, #learningbydoing, #physicalVSdigital,
#smallness, #citysaturation.

Round tables
The three main topics will be discussed during 12 round table sessions, each divided into 4 debates held
simultaneously at the Museo di Sant’Agostino. The sessions will host over 40 guest speakers, including architects
and local as well as international public administrators.

Satellite events
Numerous side activities will be scattered throughout the city to enrich the program of the Ligurian kermess. These
range from the Festival Opening at the Palazzo della Borsa and the Pecha Kucha night at the Teatro Della Tosse,
to architectural itineraries as studied by the Genoa Chamber of Architects, which encourage awareness of the city
architectural heritage.

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Dates.- From November 26 to 29, 2015.
Venue.- Museo di Sant’Agostino - Piazza di Sarzano, 35r, Genoa.