PALIMPSEST closing event

On 23 April 2026, the final event of the European project PALIMPSEST will take place at Politecnico di Milano, marking the conclusion of a three-year research exploring the role of artistic and creative practices in environmental and territorial transformations.

PALIMPSEST operates within the framework of the New European Bauhaus initiative and explores the transformative potential of creative and artistic initiatives in real-world contexts, with a particular focus on landscape transformations oriented towards environmental sustainability. PALIMPSEST experimented in three pilot cities: Jerez de la Frontera (ES), Łódź (PL), and Milan (IT).

The event will unfold in three main sessions: a morning dedicated to the presentation of the project and its key insights; a policy roundtable in dialogue with other EU projects (HERITACT and UNLOCKTHECITY!); and an afternoon book launch.

Programme:

9:00 – Opening
Institutional greetings I Carolina Pacchi Head of DAStU – POLIMI

9:30 – PALIMPSEST Perspectives, Practices and Lessons Learnt
Moderator: Annalena Amthor (online* in english)

R&I action in NEB initiative I Laura Kasnauskaite PALIMPSEST Project Officer
PALIMPSEST overview I  Grazia Concilio PALIMPSEST coordinator – POLIMI
Culture, creativity and care I Irene Bianchi DAStU – POLIMI
Measuring the co-creation process I Chema Segovia CULTURALINK
The three pilots in a nutschell I Nicola Morelli Aauborg University
Legacy and future scenarios I

• Milan (ITA) Daniela Masotti ERSAF
• Łódź (POL) Michał Piernikowski Lodz Design Festival
• Jerez de la Frontera (ESP) Francisco Pazos Nomad Garden

Closing comment I Sanna Lehtinen Aalto University

11:15 – From Research to Transformative Action | Policy Roundtable
PALIMPSEST in Dialogue with HERITACT and UNLOCKTHECITY! Projects
Moderator: Irene Bianchi (in-person in italian)

PALIMPSEST policy guidelines I Grazia Concilio DAStU – POLIMI
PALIMPSEST CCI recommendations I Sendy Ghirardi CULTURALINK
UNLOCK THE CITY! I Gabriele Pasqui DAStU – POLIMI
HeritACT I Valentina Galiulo LAND

discussants:
Stefano Beghi KARAKORUM, Luca Leonardi ANCI Toscana, Dario Kian ERSAF, Pierluigi Sacco Università UNICH – Maria Tartari IULM

1:00 pm End of the morning session

3:00 pm Landscapes in Trouble, Landscapes in Action: Theories and Practices Between Space, Art and Ecology | Book launch (in-person in english) > all additional information on the book launch to be found HERE

Coordinators: Irene Bianchi, Talita Medina, Francesca Berni
Contact: Talita Medina talita.medina@polimi.it

👉 To join online, access the webex HERE