International Conference
PICS Public Identity and Common Space
CALL FOR PAPERS

Tools, designs, actions, gazes for a new landscape
identity in the public neighbourhoods of the 1960s - '80s

Rome, Italy
DEADLINE | 8.03.2013
Living Urban Space
Università Roma Tre
Department of Architecture

THEME OF THE CONFERENCE
The hypothesis that PICS (Public Identity and Common Space) intends to verify is that the quality of living in public housing neighbourhoods is a urgent core theme of reflection for designing the contemporary city, and that the design of open space may be a fertile point of operative observation. Regenerating open spaces may be the first step in a recovery strategy that integrates the physical, spatial, and environmental components with social and behavioural ones.
Aim of the conference is to collect and recount situations, projects and procedures for guiding designers, technicians, officials and residents, in order to improve the liveability of residential peripheries through actions on open spaces.

THEMATIC SESSIONS
1. Gazes | explorations, narratives and representations of public housing neighbourhoods.
2. Programmes | policies and projects for renewing the landscapes in public neighbourhoods.
3. Actions | informal practises for reactivating the landscapes in public housing neighbourhoods.

CALL FOR PAPERS
• Abstracts must be sent to the following e-mail address:
pics.conference@uniroma3.it;
• All the selected papers and projects will be published in an instant book to be distributed at the conference’s opening. The best papers will be presented to the audience by the authors;
• The official languages are English and Italian.

REGISTRATION FEES
€ 80 | Students and Doctoral candidates
€ 120 | Regular registration

IMPORTANT DATES
8.03.2013 | Delivery of abstract
22.03.2013 | Notification of acceptance of paper
27.04.2013 | Delivery of full paper
27.06.2013 | Conference

REFEREES
• Francesco Careri
• Paola Di Biagi
• Francesco Ghio
• Isabella Pezzini
• Andrea Vidotto

SCIENTIFIC SECRETARY
• Anna Lambertini
• Annalisa Metta
• Maria Livia Olivetti

INFORMATINS AND CONTACTS
PICS website
EMAIL | pics.conference@uniroma3.it