Database research record2025·Italy (Bergamo)
A Tale of Soft Spaces and Seeds Under the Snow
Francesca Gotti, Yona Catrina Schreyer
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Urban Farm DB summary
This essay describes two alternative spatial practices implemented in Bergamo, Italy: "Software-ing Spaces," a living-designing-building residency in a former monastery, and "Seeds Under the Snow," an experimental laboratory for knowledge exchange and innovative methods within Bergamo's social gardens. Both projects aim to challenge systemic procedures in the construction sector and develop spatial ideas based on empathy, synchronizing place, resources, users, and builders.