Project 2 - Welcome to Our Quartiere
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Jacopo Ammendola Sonia Cabral Matos Matteo Pra Mio Program
MA Eco-Social Design Semester
2025/26 SS In Project 2, student teams work with external partners on real-world, open-ended projects aimed at creating social-ecological benefits. Risk-taking is encouraged, and failure is treated as part of learning and creative practice. This semester, projects range from tools and methods for participatory urban and landscape design to initiatives promoting youth mental health and strategies addressing the current housing crisis.
All projects in Project 2 - Welcome to Our Quartiere

Alessandra Capuano, Ana Belen Perez Gonzalez, Louis Steinhauser, Luca Damiano Collignan
Can a multi-layer participatory design process empower a school community?
David Vincent Schwarzfeld, Johanna Cepeda Hess, Luca Toscano, Sophie Louise Meyer, Wentao Lu
How could water reshape the way we gather, cool down, and co-create a city?

Anna Pitton, Beatrice Guerra, Elena Galvani, Tommaso Sottopietra
How can a park guide people with dementia toward autonomy and inclusion?

Anael Arthur, Aparna Gomathi Nataraja Pandian, Carlota Coutinho Coelho Da Silva Portela, Dide Su Unluakin
What if the key to escaping the room was to learn to ask for help?