Cantiere Scandurra: Telling the Story of the Changing City
What can we learn from a city in transformation? Every urban change, whether big or small, brings with it profound questions: which fragilities and needs remain unheard? Which contradictions and disparities emerge?
The city is never just a collection of buildings, streets, and services: it is a living organism, capable of reflecting the full spectrum of human emotions. Some phenomena are plain to see, while others remain hidden until a fresh perspective brings them to light, turning them into inspiration for imagining new scenarios. As designers but also as inhabitants, we cannot help but question its future. From this desire for exploration comes Cantiere Scandurra, the Scandurra Studio podcast for Collater.al, narrated by Alessandro Scandurra: a journey through the transforming city, episode after episode.
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Each episode tackles a different theme, sparking curiosity and opening unusual perspectives on architecture and urban life.
#1 Real Estate Voyeurism
The first episode explores the fascination (and risk) of the indiscreet gaze into other people’s spaces, between the real estate market, domestic intimacy, and new forms of urban desire.
#2 Social Prescribing
Where architecture and health meet: the second episode investigates a growing practice that uses experiences in physical space as a form of care and support for mental health.
#3 Boundaries and Exile
The third episode reflects on boundaries – both physical and metaphorical – and on the widespread condition of uprootedness in contemporary society, a crucial theme for architects and urban planners.
#4 Dark Ecology
Beyond the reassuring image of nature as a refuge, the fourth episode invites us to dive into its contradictions, embracing its complexity as an opportunity for growth and transformation.
#5 Pop-Up Architectures
The fifth episode is dedicated to temporariness: event structures, ephemeral installations, and experimental spaces that open new design possibilities beyond traditional constraints.
#6 Universal Design
The final episode addresses the theme of inclusion. An architecture capable of responding to everyone’s needs, without distinction, for a truly shared city.
Cantiere Scandurra is not just a podcast: it is an open laboratory on the future of cities, a space where questions matter just as much as answers. The format is an extension of our Backstage, the internal Research and Development team at Scandurra Studio, created to explore trends, solutions, and possible scenarios. Architecture is never neutral: it intertwines with daily life, with health, with emotions, and with the social challenges of our time.