Francesca Berni

Cities in Action for Learning Lab

is a reflexive and experimentation space at DAStU, Politecnico di Milano

works with diverse contributions and inputs from researchers and practitioners from different backgrounds

is a research lab that works in multiple contexts: urban and territorial, institutional, community-based

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Seminar on recovery planning with Restart Agency
28 April 2026

Seminar on recovery planning with Restart Agency

What does it mean to plan for reconstruction in the midst of a conflict? To what extent can planning serve as a compass in conditions of radical uncertainty and help us "strategically navigate" in the face of evolving conflict dynamics?

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PALIMPSEST closing event: a celebration of three years of creative research
27 April 2026

PALIMPSEST closing event: a celebration of three years of creative research

Three years of artistic research, cross-border collaboration, and creative experimentation came to a celebratory close at Politecnico di Milano, as the full PALIMPSEST consortium gathered for its final event.

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Landscapes in Trouble, Landscapes in Action: a new publication from PALIMPSEST
22 April 2026

Landscapes in Trouble, Landscapes in Action: a new publication from PALIMPSEST

We are delighted to share the (open access) publication of Landscapes in Trouble, Landscapes in Action: Theories and Practices Between Space, Art and Ecology (Mimesis International).

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Entangling soil and sky: water, mycelium and meander as languages of landscape contamination
7 April 2026

Entangling soil and sky: water, mycelium and meander as languages of landscape contamination

Reflections from the Łódź Pilot Project, PALIMPSEST On March 27th Francesca Berni took part in the IASLA National Conference 2026 “Contaminations”, contributing to the thematic track Representations with a reflection on how landscape can be read, imagined, and reconfigured through alternative ecological narratives and spatial practices.  The contribution develops within…

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CALL in solidarity with Gaza

Over a year ago, we hosted the seminar “Planning, Space, and Ethnic Conflict: Illuminating the Struggle over Israel/Palestine in Gaza and Beyond”, featuring palestinian and israeli scholars—Manal Totry-Jubran (Bar-Ilan University), Oren Yiftachel (Ben-Gurion University), and Omar Yousef (Al-Quds University). We explored the spatial-political dimensions of conflict, with a focus on domicide, urbicide, spacio-cide, genocide, urban segregation, and the right to land. As the humanitarian crisis in Gaza deepens, CALL reaffirms its commitment to justice. We unequivocally condemn the genocide and stand in solidarity with all those affected by occupation, violence, and dispossession.

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