Agoraphilie

Literally meaning ‘gathering place’, the agora is placed in the heart of the community. When sensing a genuine need for debate and discussion in a particular place, the agora becomes a catalyst for a dense situation of exchange. In our current individualistic society, there is need for the promotion and reconfiguration of public life and this can be achieved in tangible places such as the agora. A series of exercises will lead us to the configuration of our own ideal agora and at the same time to a conversation around the role of architecture, as the practice of influencing society by organizing its spaces of encounter.

Workshop facilitator: ConstructLab