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Prosthetic Clouds: Online Follow-Up Session Friday 6th of February 3.30-5.30 GMT / 4.30-6.30 CET Online Register on Eventbrite – link in bio This online session shares outcomes from Prosthetic Clouds, a two-day participatory workshop developed by Research Cluster 15 of the Master in Urban Design at the Bartlett School of Architecture (London), and held in Castello, Venice on 16–17 January. The workshop unfolded through a series of urban walks mediated by wearable sensing devices, investigating how biometric sensing may act as a prosthetic extension of perception and reconfigure the relationship between body, technology, and urban space. The walks focused on material textures and surface conditions, mobility as a negotiation with irregular terrain, density and spatial compression, emotional engagement, and cultural attachment, translating bodily, behavioural, and environmental signals into shared sensory outputs. Rather than producing representational maps, the resulting “prosthetic clouds” articulate temporary, atmospheric, and lived readings of the city, grounded in embodied experience and collective reflection. This follow-up session brings together students, workshop participants, and wider audiences to revisit these experiments, share student-led insights, and open a discussion on the methodological and spatial implications of prosthetic sensing in urban contexts. The session is open to workshop participants and the wider public, and is conceived as a moment of exchange, reflection, and dialogue. @annarita.papeschi @vincent.now @flow.architecture @mariaaeff , @_lemonot , @matteobinci , @osservatoriosantanna

Just returned from two intense days of engagement with the local community in Castello, Venice. RC15 students shared knowledge-building and citizen science practices, mapping the area’s unique characteristics through sensing and augmented interviews. An experience that deepened their understanding of the area and will continue to inform the co-production of future scenarios for its revitalisation. With @annarita.papeschi @vincent.now @flow.architecture @osservatoriosantanna @mariaaeff @_lemonot

Just returned from two intense days of engagement with the local community in Castello, Venice. RC15 students shared knowledge-building and citizen science practices, mapping the area’s unique characteristics through sensing and augmented interviews. An experience that deepened their understanding of the area and will continue to inform the co-production of future scenarios for its revitalisation. With @annarita.papeschi @vincent.now @flow.architecture @osservatoriosantanna @mariaaeff @_lemonot

Join RC15 Pervasive Urbanism on the street of Venice tomorrow, Friday 16th, and again on Saturday 17th of January for our Prosthetic Clouds workshop. Prosthetic Clouds is a two-day engagement workshop organised with Ossevatorio Sant’Anna. The workshop investigates how wearable sensing devices can function as prosthetic extensions of perception, reconfiguring the relationship between body, technology, and urban space. Deployed through a series of mediated walks in the area of Castello, in Venice, the devices externalise physiological, behavioural, and environmental signals, translating them into shared sensory outputs, rendering perceptible the non-conscious dynamics through which urban space is inhabited, regulated, and contested. Walking becomes a co-cognitive practice, where perception is distributed across human and non-human agencies, and where individual experience resonates within a collective field. No registration needed. Join us from 10 AM - 4 PM at Osservatorio Sant’Anna with @osservatoriosantanna @mariaaeff @annarita.papeschi @vincent.now @flow.architecture Photo: RC15 26 Goutham Javagi, Kunpeng Ray Lei, Taiga Nishio.

Cosa registra il nostro corpo mentre attraversiamo la città? Cosa ci dicono questi dati del nostro modo di percepirla e viverla? Venerdì 16 e sabato 17 gennaio il Research Cluster 15 del Master in Urban Design della Bartlett School of Architecture (Londra) porta a Castello Est un workshop partecipativo di due giorni, articolato in camminate urbane mediate da dispositivi di sensing indossabili. Le passeggiate, guidate dallə studentə, sono concepite come pratiche situate e incarnate di registrazione affettiva, attivando strumenti che rilevano e traducono segnali corporei, comportamentali e ambientali in output sensoriali condivisi (suono, luce, vibrazione). Le camminate danno così vita a “nuvole protesiche” di dati: configurazioni temporanee e relazionali che restituiscono una mappatura vissuta dello spazio urbano di Castello, contribuendo ad ampliarne e arricchirne la conoscenza a partire dalle esperienze quotidiane di chi lo attraversa. Il punto di ritrovo, per entrambe le giornate, è alle ore 10.00 presso OSA, da cui prenderanno avvio quattro camminate tematiche, dedicate a texture materiali e condizioni delle superfici, mobilità come negoziazione incarnata con terreni irregolari, densità e compressione spaziale, coinvolgimento emotivo e attaccamento culturale. La partecipazione alle camminate è libera e non richiede competenze specifiche né registrazione. Il contributo delle e dei cittadini mira a cogliere e condividere l’esperienza incarnata della città, col tentativo di informarne una percezione altresì invisibile. Vi aspettiamo! @pervasiveurbanism @annarita.papeschi @vincent.now @flow.architecture Credits immagine: RC15 2026 Zimu Chen, Han Dou, Hao Tong

We are in Venice today to join a roundtable hosted by @osservatoriosantanna . Looking forward to what promised to be a very interesting dialogue with @tiri_lab ! With @flowarchitecture @pervasiveurbanism @vincentnow @annaritapapeschi . More info (in Italian) below: Più informazioni (per gli amici italiani) qui sotto: @reshare_app @osservatoriosantanna Venerdì 14 e Sabato 15 novembre @tiri_lab ci raggiunge dal Nord della Grecia per condurre un laboratorio di mappatura collettiva a @osservatoriosantanna , ispirato agli esperimenti urbani di Zuloark (Madrilles, IC) e alle indagini rurali di TiriLab (Transoikeiology, ASOC). Il laboratorio, della durata di due giorni per 8 ore ciascuno, è gratuito e aperto a tutt*, e si inserisce nella cornice del progetto Hypervillage, un’iniziativa supportata da @mic_italia e @invitalia_gov per rafforzare il capitale umano e i sistemi di gestione e sviluppo organizzativo nei settori culturali e creativi, con un focus sui borghi e sulle aree rurali marginali. L’evento sarà inaugurato venerdì alle ore 10.00 con una tavola rotonda che vedrà la partecipazione di Christina Serifi e Juan Chacón (TiriLab) insieme ad Annarita Papeschi e Vincent Nowak (@pervasiveurbanism ), che presenteranno la loro metodologia di lavoro per il cluster di ricerca RC15 presso la Bartlett School of Architecture di Londra, di cui Sant’Anna e OSA saranno focus dislocato da gennaio a giugno 2026. Vi aspettiamo!

✨ We had a wonderful evening yesterday celebrating with our RC15 students at the opening of The Bartlett School of Architecture Autumn Show. 🍾🥂 Even more exciting, RC15 had the great pleasure of receiving the UD Gold Prize for A Living Archive — congratulations to Yiling Wang, Xianlang He, and Berry Zhou for this incredible achievement! 💫

Sentiment Topographies Mapping the emotional life of the city How do people feel about urban space — and how can we map that sentiment? In this two-part online course, we’ll use Flickr metadata, sentiment analysis, and Grasshopper to explore public emotion as a spatial layer. From likes and comments to poetic 3D terrains, we’ll trace how collective perception leaves its mark on the city. You’ll learn how to: Use the Flickr API to collect geolocated image data Apply sentiment analysis using Python (no coding experience needed) Visualize urban emotion as a 3D “Sentiment Topography” in Grasshopper Reflect on how digital traces can inform design and planning Course details: Dates: 6th & 7th September Time: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM (UK Time) Platform: Zoom Requirements: Windows 10 (64-bit), Rhino, Grasshopper, QGIS, Flickr & Gmail accounts Max 15 participants Beginner-friendly — open to architects, designers, artists, and creative technologists Link in bio. #architecturestudents #rhino3d #UrbanData #DataVisualisation #ArchitecturalVisualization #Grasshopper3D #Qgis

What an incredible experience it has been to curate the @territoriesofcocognition symposium alongside @illycaffe75 and @roberto_bottazzi_bba . I really enjoyed the event last week in Venice at @oceanspaceorg . It was especially meaningful to carve out space for transdisciplinary dialogue during such a busy moment in Venice—right in the middle of the Biennale opening. In a context often dominated by spectacle, it felt important to pause and reflect on the deeper implications of automation and ethical responsibility in design and architecture. Speakers included Luciana Parisi [Duke, (US)], Julian Besems & Andrew Porter [UCL (UK)], Patricia Reed [DAE (NL)/Folkwang (DE)], Fiona Zisch [UCL (UK)], and William Cavendish (Arup). The conversation has just begun. Follow @territoriesofcocognition for more insights.

It is with great pleasure that I can finally share the details of the symposium: TERRITORIES OF CO-COGNITION: Automation, Ethics, Built Environment which, to mark the opening of the 2025 Venice Biennale, will take place on 7 May 2025 at Ocean Space in Venice. @territoriesofcocognition Co-curated by Roberto Bottazzi, Ilaria Di Carlo, and myself, the event has been organised by The Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, in collaboration with TBA21-Academy and generously supported by global sustainable development consultancy Arup and the Architecture Research Fund of the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL. The symposium will showcase research from The Bartlett and its extended network, exploring the opportunities and challenges of automation and the application of AI in novel strategies of worldmaking. Speakers include Luciana Parisi [Duke, (US)], Julian Besems & Andrew Porter [UCL (UK)], Patricia Reed [DAE (NL)/Folkwang (DE)], Fiona Zisch [UCL (UK)], and William Cavendish (Arup). It’s been a real privilege to work with such a talented and generous team to bring together what promises to be a truly engaging and timely discussion. Thanks to: bartlettarchucl, @oceanspaceorg , @arupgroup , and for the mesmerising visuals @flow.architecture . I’m genuinely proud of the collaborative effort behind this! We all hope to see you in Venice! info: /activities/territories-of-co-cognition contact: [email protected]

Earlier today, it was great to visit the building site of Polo Scolastico Munari in Le Torri di Arcugnano, that we designed with @faber_des , @marcheluzzomarco (MEP) and Massimo Nardi (structure). The structure is a mass timber construction with a series of portals that create the building’s curvilinear geometry. We are particularly happy with the results and can’t wait to see it finished! Stay tuned! #arcugnano with @vincent.now and @annarita.papeschi

A really nice update about our Polo Scolastico Bruno Munari project in Arcugnano (Italy) from our structural engineer on site. Thank you Massimo Nardi for the pictures! @annarita.papeschi @vincent.now @faber_des