Shaping Public Space 2016

2016 Venice Architecture Biennale
Atelier Pagnamenta Torriani invited to "Time Space Existence" International Exhibition.
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There, Lorenzo Pagnamenta and Anna Torriani launched the Shaping Public Space (SPS) initiative and research project which aimed to reflect on the nature of public space.

We created a pavilion and video entitled “SPS”.

The pavilion, built locally with wood, cork and strings, was an intimate space within the main exhibit. The video, which showcased our own public/civic work in New York City and abroad, offered a spatial and temporal glimpse into our design process, highlighting our research, concepts and synthesis.

The installation also had an interactive component — visitors were asked to respond to three questions via the video and physical sketchbooks:

1_What is public space?
2_What makes a space public?
3_What is your favorite public space?

APT has compiled all the written answers received during the six months period of the 2016 Biennale.